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SENSATION COMICS #5
Cover Date: May 1942
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Art: Harry G. Peter
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Credits:
| Story | Charles Moulton |
| Art | Harry G. Peter |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Captain Trevor
- Etta Candy
- Eve Brown
- Colonel Darnell
- Holliday Girls
Villain(s):
- saboteurs (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)
Credits:
| Story | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Art | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Lettering | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Dona Bonita Valor
- Court Jester
- Justin Valor (first appearance; son of Jon and Dona Bonita Valor; shown soon after his birth)
Villain(s):
- Don Diablo (first appearance; a minister of the court of King Phillip secretly working for King Louis; dies)
- King Louis of France (first appearance)
Other Character(s):
- King Phillip of Spain
Location(s):
- Spain and France (in the 16th Century)
Comment(s):
- This story takes place some time between 1570 and 1572.
Credits:
| Story | Charles Reizenstein |
| Art | Hal Sharp |
| Lettering | Hal Sharp |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Casper Crunch (first appearance; a gambling ring owner who masquerades as a reformer)
Story Reprinted in:
- The JSA All Stars Archives #1 (2007)
Credits:
| Story | Irwin Hasen |
| Art | Irwin Hasen |
| Lettering | Irwin Hasen |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
- "Long John" O'Malley (first appearance; a very short and tough police detective of the 4th Precinct)
Supporting Character(s):
- Inspector Appleton (first appearance; a huge man with very little brain)
Villain(s):
- Emil (first appearance; head waiter at the Pork Club; kills Grabbit for eating olives)
Other Character(s):
- Sam Grabbit (first appearance; a portly politician; dies)
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Howard Purcell |
| Lettering | Howard Purcell |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
- Grim Ghost (briefly possesses a German officer)
Villain(s):
- Flaming Hand (first appearance; General von Schlitzer; chief of Nazi occupying force in an area of France; uses a flame thrower in place of his arm; probably dies)
Location(s):
- Occupied France
Credits:
| Story | Bill Finger |
| Art | Jon L. Blummer |
| Lettering | Jon L. Blummer |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Commissioner Calcum (first appearance; running a milk racket)
Other Character(s):
- District Attorney Dan Rogers
- Martha Rogers
Location(s):
Credits:
| Story | Bill Finger |
| Art | Irwin Hasen |
| Lettering | Irwin Hasen |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Stretch Skinner
- Joan Fortune (becomes Stretch's secretary)
Villain(s):
- "Chips" Cardem (first appearance; runs a crooked gambling operation)
Story Reprinted in:
- The JSA All Stars Archives #1 (2007)