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Sensation Comics 17

SENSATION COMICS #17

Cover Date: May 1943
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Harry G. Peter (signed)


Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCharles Moulton
ArtFrank Godwin
LetteringMechanical
Assistant editingTed Udall, Dorothy Rubicek
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Wonder Woman (last in Wonder Woman #4)

Supporting Character(s):

Major Steve Trevor
Etta Candy (is engaged to be married, but breaks it off)
Colonel Darnell

Villain(s):

Princess Yasmin (first appearance; Hindu princess and a Nazi sympathizer and spy; dies)

Other Character(s):

Ginger Trevor (first appearance; Steve's niece)
Steve's unnamed older brother (first appearance; Ginger's father)

Location(s):

Washington, DC
Cairo, Egypt

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:

Four Star Spectacular #1/2 (March-April 1976)
Wonder Woman Archives #2 (2000)
Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2016)


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Second Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtFrank Harry
Assistant editingTed Udall, Dorothy Rubicek
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Little Boy Blue

Supporting Character(s):

Blue Boys:
Tubby
Toughy
Dan Rogers

Villain(s):

Nazi kidnappers (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Ronnie Graham (first appearance; a young English boy sent to live in America during the war)

Location(s):

Big City


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Third Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryTed Udall
ArtHoward Purcell
Assistant editingDorothy Rubicek, Ted Udall
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Grim Ghost

Villain(s):

German Soldiers (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Keith Everet's ghostly ancestors (last in issue #1; aid Grim Ghost against the Nazi soldiers)

Location(s):

Pettigrew Air Field, NC


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Fourth Story: "The Emperor's Millions!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryTed Udall
ArtHal Sharp
Assistant editingTed Udall, Dorothy Rubicek
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Mister Terrific (last in Wonder Woman #232)

Supporting Character(s):

Wanda Wilson

Villain(s):

Klipp and Fluke (first appearance for both; two crooked lawyers)

Location(s):

Mexico


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Fifth Story: "The Return of The Black Pirate" (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtSheldon Moldoff
LetteringSheldon Moldoff
Assistant editingDorothy Rubicek, Ted Udall
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Black Pirate

Supporting Character(s):

Justin Valor

Villain(s):

Don Muerte (first appearance; uses pirates in glider suits to try and attack Valor's island; dies)

Other Character(s):

Captain Valor and his son (first appearance for both; descendants of Justin and Virginia)

Location(s):

Valor's Island


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Sixth Story: "The Case of the Half Finished Tie!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtIrwin Hasen
Assistant editingTed Udall, Dorothy Rubicek
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Wildcat (last in Comic Cavalcade #2/6)

Supporting Character(s):

Stretch Skinner

Villain(s):

Racketeers (first appearance for all)
Nazis

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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