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Issue: Sensation Comics #5
Publication Date: May 1942
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Issues: #5 of 109 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: J. R. Publishing Co.
On Sale Date: 03/03/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (assistant editor)
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Harry Peter
Inker(s): Harry Peter
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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In Issue: FlagWonder Woman Archives #1 [First Printing] published April 1998
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wonder Woman; Sensation Comics
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Wonder Woman versus the Saboteurs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Ensign Martin (introduction); Admiral Funston; Dr. Sands (submarine inventor); Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; the Nazis (villains, saboteurs)
Synopsis: Wonder Woman prevents the destruction of a new submarine and clears an Ensign blamed for the attempt to blow the sub up.
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In Issue: FlagWonder Woman Archives #1 [First Printing] published April 1998
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-Flash Quarterly
First Line: Here it is again!
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Pages: 0.5
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Green Lantern
First Line: Thanks a million, boys and girls...
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Pages: 0.5
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The Treason of Don Diablo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): Black Pirate
Character(s): Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Don Diablo (Introduction, Death, Villain); King Louis of France (Introduction); Justin Valor (introduction, Black Pirate's son, born in this story); Donna Bonita; the court jester
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Pages: 8
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The "Reform" of Caspar Crunch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Reizenstein (signed)
Penciller(s): Hal Sharp (signed)
Inker(s): Hal Sharp (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. Terrific
Character(s): Mr.Terrific [Terry Sloane]; Wanda Wilson; Caspar Crunch (introduction, villain)
Synopsis: A well-known reformer asks the public to contribute to his cause of closing up all the gambling houses in the city. But when Terry Sloane helps save the life of a man thrown from a car, he discovers the man's attacker is none other than the reformer, Caspar Crunch!
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In Issue: FlagThe JSA All Stars Archives #1 published December 2007
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Pages: 8
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The Toothpick Murder Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Irwin Hasen (signed)
Penciller(s): Irwin Hasen (signed)
Inker(s): Irwin Hasen (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): O'Malley
Character(s): James Aloysius O'Malley (Introduction); Emil (Introduction, Death); Sam Grabbit (Introduction, Death)
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Pages: 4
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The Flaming Hand

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Howard Purcell
Inker(s): Howard Purcell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Gay Ghost
Character(s): Gay Ghost [Charles Collins]; The Flaming Hand [Von Schlitzer] (Introduction, Death, Villain); the Nazis (Villains)
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Pages: 9
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Double Danger, Part 2

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Evelyn Gaines (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Hal Mason
Character(s): Hal Mason
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Pages: 1.5
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
First Line: 500 years into the future with the Justice Society of America!
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Pages: 0.5
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Kaner (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sensations in Stamps
First Line: Because of the hatred for the exiled president...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
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The Adventure of the "Sour" Milk!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Jon L. Blummer
Inker(s): Jon L. Blummer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, superhero
Feature(s): Little Boy Blue
Character(s): Little Boy Blue [Tommy Rogers]; The Blue Boys: Toughy; Tubby; Dan Rogers; Commissioner Calcium (Introduction, Villain); his gang (Introduction, Villain)
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Pages: 6
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Have You a Civilian Defense Club in Your School?

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Chips Carder's Big Fix

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger (signed)
Penciller(s): Irwin Hasen (signed)
Inker(s): Irwin Hasen (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wildcat
Character(s): Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Stretch Skinner; Joan Fortune; Sgt. Grogan; Chips Carder (villain, introduction); L. J. Decker (introduction, death)
Synopsis: Just after Stretch hires Joan to be his secretary, he has two men around him die, and Wildcat figures they are connected. So he assists Skinner round up a crooked gambler responsible for one of the murders.
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In Issue: FlagThe JSA All Stars Archives #1 published December 2007
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
First Line: Do you want us to be represented in the Justice Society of America...
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lancaster County Seed Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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