Unofficial Sensation Comics Index

SENSATION COMICS #90

Cover Date: June 1949
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1949-04-18

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Cover Credits:
Art: Harry G. Peter

Story: "The Secret of the Modern Sphinx!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Robert Kanigher
Art	Harry G. Peter
Lettering	Jim Wroten, Margaret Wroten
Editing	Robert Kanigher

Feature Character(s):

Wonder Woman

Supporting Character(s):

Steve Trevor

Villain(s):

Spies (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Captain Jack Lane (first appearance; accompanies Steve on a mission; dies)

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Story Reprinted in:

The Wrotens letter using an Ames Lettering Guide.

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Second Story: "The Mystery of Cell 17!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Arthur Peddy
Editing	Robert Kanigher

Feature Character(s):

Wildcat (next in DC 100-Page Super-Spectacular #6)

Supporting Character(s):

Stretch Skinner

Villain(s):

Creeps Handley (first appearance; hides engraving plates in Cell 17; dies)

Silt and his gang (first appearance for all; Wolf and Brak named)

Other Character(s):

Mort Skinner (first appearance; Stretch's uncle running for County Sheriff)

Comment(s):

This is the final Wildcat story published in the Golden Age. Another story is published in 1971.

This is the final appearance of Stretch Skinner.

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Third Story: "The House of a Thousand Secrets!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Emil Gershwin
Editing	Robert Kanigher

Feature Character(s):

Lady Danger

Supporting Character(s):

Mr. Sparks

Gary Grath

Villain(s):

Needles Rawson (first appearance; a crook and a blackmailer)

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