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Issue: Sensation Comics #4
Publication Date: April 1942
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Issues: #4 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: 02/03/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (7 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 U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
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): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (also inset)
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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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The Matchlock Gun

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Josette Frank
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Books Worth Reading
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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School for Spies

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]; Enid Harper (death); Etta Candy; The Holliday Girls; Hippolyte; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; Eve Brown; Carla Swanson; Brenda Lee; Baroness Paula von Gunther (villain, introduction); Sigfried (villain, Gunther's butler); Henkle (villain)
Synopsis: While investigating the death of Enid Harper, and the disappearance of Carla Swanson, Wonder Woman allows herself to be captured and discovers an insidious plot by Baroness von Gunther to brainwash girls by her spies.
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In Issue: FlagWonder Woman Archives #1 [First Printing] published April 1998
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Pages: 13
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-Flash Quarterly
First Line: Well, here I am again...
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Pages: 0.5
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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 Man in the Iron Mask

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): The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; King Philip of Spain; Don Carlos (villain, death); Count Valdez (villain, introduction, death); Jester
Synopsis: Count Valdez and Don Carlos (the King's son) plot to place Don Carlos on the throne by imprisoning the King. But the jester tips off The Black Pirate, who rescues the King, imprisons Count Valdez and helps to kill Don Carlos.
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In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #443 published January 1975
as Throne of Spain! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Writer verified by Moldoff.
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The Comeuppance of Dapper Joe

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; Dapper Joe (villain, introduction); Buster Anderson (a policeman, introduction)
Synopsis: When Buster Anderson arrests a big time hood, he discovers to his dismay that he and his goons have too much pull to remain in jail. So Mr. Terrific decides to intervene by distributing specially marked "bribe money" through underground channels to entrap Dapper Joe.
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In Issue: FlagThe JSA All Stars Archives #1 published December 2007
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Smashing the Supply Train

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox (signed)
Penciller(s): Howard Purcell (signed)
Inker(s): Howard Purcell (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Gay Ghost
Character(s): Gay Ghost [Charles Collins]; Deborah Wallace; Baron Von Molte (villain, introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); the Nazis (villains); Philip Langdon (introduction); Tommy Langdon (introduction); General Rourke
Synopsis: Charles Collins volunteers to pilot a bomber being sent to England so that he can get into action against the Germans.
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Pages: 13
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Double Danger [Part 1]

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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The Justice Society Invites You to Their Next Meeting!

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
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Pages: 0.5
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Stamp of Death!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Kaner (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sensations in Stamps
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes several ads from stamps dealers.
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The Scorpion's Counterfeiting Ring

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; Officer Clancy; The Scorpion (villain, introduction); Fancy Dan (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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Now on Sale Everywhere!!

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Pages: 1
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Introducing Stretch Skinner

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]; Hiram Skinner [Stretch] (introduction); Giles (villain, introduction); Hogg (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: While on his daily training run, Ted runs into a "newly certified" detective, Stretch Skinner...then he smells a rat when he makes the connection between jewel heists taking place and the firm that awarded Stretch his diploma!
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In Issue: FlagThe JSA All Stars Archives #1 published December 2007
In Content Item: Flag100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-14 published February 1973
as Introducing Stretch Skinner [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Prizes for All!

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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Seed Co.
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wonders of Science Simplified
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): How You Can Defend Your Home!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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