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SENSATION COMICS #1
Cover Date: January 1942
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Art: Harry G. Peter, Jon L. Blummer
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Credits:
| Story | Charles Moulton |
| Art | Harry G. Peter |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
- Wonder Woman (last in All-Star Comics #8/3; next in flashback in All-Star Squadron #20; takes identity of Diana Prince)
Supporting Character(s):
- Captain Trevor (last in All-Star Comics #8/3)
- General Darnell (first appearance; Trevor's commanding officer)
Villain(s):
- Bank robbers (first appearance for all)
- Al Kale (first appearance; a promoter who steals the receipts for Wonder Woman's shows)
- Nazi spy ring and pilots (first appearance for all; most die)
Other Character(s):
- Diana Prince (first appearance; a nurse who sells her identity to Princess Diana; see Comments)
Location(s):
- Washington, DC
Comment(s):
- This story takes place over the course of four weeks in the spring of 1941.
- The nurse, Diana Prince, seen in this story is the mother of Super-Friend Marvin Prince.
- 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:
- Famous First Edition #C-30 (1974)
- Wonder Woman Archives #1 (1998)
- Millennium Edition: Sensation Comics No. 1 (October 2000)
- Wonder Woman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2007)
Credits:
| Story | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Art | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Lettering | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
- Black Pirate (last in Action Comics #42/3)
Supporting Character(s):
- Dona Bonita (marries Jon Valor)
Villain(s):
- Don Carlos (son of King Phillip of Spain)
Other Character(s):
- King Phillip of Spain
Location(s):
- Spain (in the 16th Century)
Comment(s):
- This story takes place in 1558.
Story Reprinted in:
- Famous First Edition #C-30 (1974)
- Millennium Edition: Sensation Comics No. 1 (October 2000)
Credits:
| Story | Charles Reizenstein |
| Art | Hal Sharp |
| Lettering | Hal Sharp |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
- Mister Terrific (Terry Sloane; first appearance; a genius and gifted athlete; also in flashbacks to his youth)
Supporting Character(s):
- Wanda Wilson (first appearance; a social worker)
Villain(s):
- Big Shot (first appearance; a gangster who attempts to use children for aiding his crimes)
Other Character(s):
- Billie Wilson (first appearance; a young boy nearly led astray by Big Shot; becomes a charter member of the Fair Play Club)
Comment(s):
- The person seen trying to console Terry at a party in a flashback in this story may be his brother, Ned.
Story Reprinted in:
- Famous First Edition #C-30 (1974)
- Millennium Edition: Sensation Comics No. 1 (October 2000)
- The JSA All Stars Archives #1 (2007)
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Howard Purcell |
| Lettering | Howard Purcell |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
- Grim Ghost (Keith Everet, Earl of Strethmere; first appearance; an Irish noble killed in 1700 and returns as a ghost to protect the descendant of a woman he loved; appears in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #42/2 between panels; see Comments)
Supporting Character(s):
- Deborah Wallace (first appearance; a descendant of the woman Everet loved; appears in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #42/2 between panels)
Villain(s):
- Three Highwaymen (first appearance for all; kill Everet during a robbery; all three die)
- Nazi spies (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- Debroah Wallace (first appearance; Everet's fiancée in 1700; ancestor of Deborah Wallace)
- Ancestors of Keith Everet (first appearance for all; ghosts who instruct him in the use of his spectral abilities to fight evil when he returns to earth)
- Charles Collins (first appearance; foppish suitor of the modern Deborah Wallace; dies and has his body inhabited by Everet)
Location(s):
- Castle Connaught, County Ulster, Ireland (in 1700 and through 1941)
Comment(s):
- This story is retold with new details in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #42/2.
- This character is renamed The Grim Ghost from the original (Gay Ghost) due to modern interpretations of the word.
Story Reprinted in:
- Famous First Edition #C-30 (1974)
- Millennium Edition: Sensation Comics No. 1 (October 2000)
Credits:
| Story | Bill Finger |
| Art | Jon L. Blummer |
| Lettering | Jon L. Blummer |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
- Little Boy Blue (Tommy Rogers; first appearance; a young boy who decides to fight crime to help his father)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Wolf Lupo (first appearance; a gangster and extortionist)
Other Character(s):
- District Attorney Dan Rogers (first appearance; Tommy's father and D.A. of Big City)
- Martha Rogers (first appearance; Tommy's mother)
Location(s):
- Big City (first appearance)
Comment(s):
- This story takes place during the week of July 14, 1941.
- Tommy and Tubby get the idea of becoming mystery men from reading Sensation Comics, and the origin of Wildcat (the next story in this issue) and his idea of dressing up as a mystery man from reading All-American Comics.
- Jon Blummer initials each page in this story.
Story Reprinted in:
- Famous First Edition #C-30 (1974)
- Millennium Edition: Sensation Comics No. 1 (October 2000)
Credits:
| Story | Bill Finger |
| Art | Irwin Hasen |
| Lettering | Irwin Hasen |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
- Wildcat (Ted Grant; first appearance; a young boxer who is falsely accused of killing his mentor; also in flashbacks to his youth; appears in flashback in All-Star Squadron Annual #1 between panels)
Supporting Character(s):
- Joan Fortune (first appearance; Socker's fiancée)
Villain(s):
- Ralph Flint and Natie Skinner (first appearance; Smith's crooked managers, accidently kill Smith)
Other Character(s):
- Socker Smith (first appearance; Heavyweight boxing champion and mentor to Ted; dies)
Comment(s):
- This story takes place during early part of 1941.
Story Reprinted in:
- Secret Origins #3/2 (July-August 1973)
- Famous First Edition #C-30 (1974)
- The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told (1990)
- Millennium Edition: Sensation Comics No. 1 (October 2000)
- The JSA All Stars Archives #1 (2007)