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Sensation Comics 3

SENSATION COMICS #3

Cover Date: March 1942
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Irwin Hasen


Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCharles Moulton
ArtHarry G. Peter
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Wonder Woman (becomes a secretary for Colonel Darnell; assumes the rank of Second Lieutenant)

Supporting Character(s):

Captain Trevor
Etta Candy
Lila Brown (first appearance; Captain Trevor's secretary)
Eve Brown (first appearance; Lila's sister; tricked into becoming a spy; receives a scholarship to Holliday College)
Colonel Darnell
Holliday Girls

Villain(s):

Gross (first appearance; Nazi spy X-46)
Nazi spy ring (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Washington, DC
Baltimore, MD

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)


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Second Story: "The Sword of Hate" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StorySheldon Moldoff
ArtSheldon Moldoff
LetteringSheldon Moldoff
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Black Pirate

Supporting Character(s):

Dona Bonita Valor

Villain(s):

Don Carlos
Juan Marche (first appearance; a schemer and charlatan; dies)

Other Character(s):

King Phillip of Spain

Location(s):

Spain (in the 16th Century)


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Third Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCharles Reizenstein
ArtHal Sharp
LetteringHal Sharp
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Mister Terrific (types up a large report by memory)

Supporting Character(s):

Wanda Wilson

Villain(s):

Wealthy land owners (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

President Del Rio (first appearance; newly elected president of Santa Flora)

Location(s):

Santa Flora (first appearance; a small South American country)

Story Reprinted in:

The JSA All Stars Archives #1 (2007)


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtHoward Purcell
LetteringHoward Purcell
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Grim Ghost

Supporting Character(s):

Deborah Wallace

Villain(s):

Billy the Blood and Boxcar Benny (first appearance for both; feuding gangsters)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Comment(s):

This story leads directly from last issue.


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtJon L. Blummer
LetteringJon L. Blummer
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Little Boy Blue

Supporting Character(s):

Blue Boys:
Tubby
Toughy (gets his own costume between last issue and this one)

Villain(s):

Croaker Shayne (first appearance; a crook)

Other Character(s):

District Attorney Dan Rogers
Jeb Peters (first appearance; an elderly security guard)

Location(s):

Big City


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtIrwin Hasen
LetteringIrwin Hasen
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Wildcat

Villain(s):

Mitch Daly and Joe Conti (first appearance for both; crooks executed and places taken by other members of the Purple Mask Gang)

Story Reprinted in:

The JSA All Stars Archives #1 (2007)


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