Issue | #5 |
Published | May 1942 |
Cover Price | 0.10 |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | M. C. Gaines; Sheldon Mayer |
Characters | Wonder Woman |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Harry G. Peter |
Inks | Harry G. Peter |
Reprinted | in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 |
Characters | Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; V: Nazis; Ensign Martin (I), Admiral Funston; Dr. Sands; Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; Holliday Girls. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | William Moulton Marston [signed as Charles Moulton] |
Pencils | Harry G. Peter (signed as H. G. Peter) |
Inks | Harry G. Peter (signed as H. G. Peter) |
Reprinted | in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 |
Characters | Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; V: Don Diablo (I, D), King Louis of France (I); Justin Valor (intro, Black Pirate's son, born in this story); Donna Bonita; the court jester. |
Genre | period |
Script | Sheldon Moldoff (signed) |
Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff (signed) |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff (signed) |
Notes | Writer revision by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005) and verified by Moldoff in interview with Roy Thomas. Credit previously given to Ted Udall. |
Characters | Mr.Terrific [Terry Sloane]; Wanda Wilson; V: Caspar Crunch (I). |
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! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Charles Reizenstein (signed) |
Pencils | Hal Sharp (signed) |
Inks | Hal Sharp (signed) |
Notes | Credits by Jerry Bails. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-18-08. |
Reprinted | in JSA All Stars Archives, The (DC, 2007 series) #1 |
Characters | James Aloysius O'Malley (I); Emil(I, D); Sam Grabbit (I, D). |
Genre | detective |
Script | Irwin Hasen (signed) |
Pencils | Irwin Hasen (signed) |
Inks | Irwin Hasen (signed) |
Characters | Gay Ghost {Charles Collins]; Villains: The Flaming Hand (Von Schlitzer)(I, D), the Nazis. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner F. Fox |
Pencils | Howard Purcell |
Inks | Howard Purcell |
Characters | Hal Mason |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Evelyn Gaines (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Little Boy Blue [Tommy Rogers]; The Blue Boys: Toughy & Tubby; Dan Rogers; Villains: Commissioner Calcium and his gang (Intro for all). |
Genre | superhero; children |
Script | Bill Finger |
Pencils | Jon L. Blummer |
Inks | Jon L. Blummer |
Notes | Writer credit by Jerry Bails & Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). |
Characters | 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. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Bill Finger (signed) |
Pencils | Irwin Hasen (signed) |
Inks | Irwin Hasen (signed) |
Notes | Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-18-08. Story title corrected by Andy Mangels via the GCD Errors list, November 2009. |
Reprinted | in JSA All Stars Archives, The (DC, 2007 series) #1 |
Synopsis | 1000 free copies of the next issue of Sensation Comics are offered to readers who send in a post card answering the question of what characters in Sensation should join the Justice Society. |
Genre | superhero |
Letters | ?; typeset |
Notes | Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-18-08. |