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Sensation Comics 4

SENSATION COMICS #4

Cover Date: April 1942
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Harry G. Peter


Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCharles Moulton
ArtHarry G. Peter
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Wonder Woman

Supporting Character(s):

Captain Trevor
Etta Candy
Eve Brown
Colonel Darnell
Holliday Girls

Villain(s):

Baroness Paula Von Gunther (first appearance; runs a sadistic spy ring)
a Nazi spy ring (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Comment(s):

The lettering in this story is done with an Ames Lettering Guide, probably by Peter, but this is not confirmed.
Charles Moulton is the pen name of psychologist William Moulton Marston.

Story Reprinted in:

Wonder Woman Archives #1 (1998)


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Second Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StorySheldon Moldoff
ArtSheldon Moldoff
LetteringSheldon Moldoff
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Black Pirate

Supporting Character(s):

Dona Bonita Valor

Villain(s):

Don Carlos (dies)

Other Character(s):

King Phillip of Spain

Location(s):

Spain (in the 16th Century)

Story Reprinted in:

Action Comics #443/5 (January 1975)


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Third Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCharles Reizenstein
ArtHal Sharp
LetteringHal Sharp
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Mister Terrific

Supporting Character(s):

Wanda Wilson

Villain(s):

Dapper Joe (first appearance; a protection racketeer)

Other Character(s):

Buster Anderson (first appearance; a former schoolmate of Terry's; now a policeman on his first day)

Story Reprinted in:

The JSA All Stars Archives #1 (2007)


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtHoward Purcell
LetteringHoward Purcell
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Grim Ghost

Supporting Character(s):

Deborah Wallace

Villain(s):

Adolf Hitler and Nazis

Other Character(s):

Everet's ancestors

Location(s):

New York City, NY
England


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtJon L. Blummer
LetteringJon L. Blummer
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Little Boy Blue

Supporting Character(s):

Blue Boys:
Tubby
Toughy

Villain(s):

Fancy Dan (first appearance; a racketeer)

Other Character(s):

District Attorney Dan Rogers
Tubby's father (first appearance)
Martha Rogers (now a blonde)

Location(s):

Big City


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Sixth Story: "Introducing Stretch Skinner" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtIrwin Hasen
LetteringIrwin Hasen
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Wildcat

Supporting Character(s):

Stretch Skinner (first appearance; a newly minted "deetecatif")

Villain(s):

Giles and Hogg (first appearance for both; crooks who steal jewels and then return them for a fee)

Comment(s):

This story takes place on April 19th-21st. (The month may be topical)

Story Reprinted in:

100-Page Super-Spectacular #DC-14/7 (March 1973)
The JSA All Stars Archives #1 (2007)


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