Sensation Comics
#109
(May-June 1952)
DC,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-03-05
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[Fingers of Fear]
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My fingers - - alive! And threatening me with death!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Cover idea reused on Justice League of America #10.
Bob Bailey credits this cover to Jim Mooney (pencils) and Frank Giacoia (inks). Keith Chandler : I see no Anderson here, and agree with Bob Bailey's id.
Happy Hobby Time!
Superboy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Frank
- Synopsis
- Superboy shows Frank that he can be creative, regardless of whether his creations are perfect, and notes an expressive hobby can be life long enjoyment.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Inks credit confirmed by Mortimer.
Fingers of Fear!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- His five fingers lived!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Albert Tisdale; Jackson; Emerson; Powers; Duvall
- Synopsis
- Albert Tisdale kills the other members of his expedition, but then their faces begin to appear on his fingers and try to take their revenge.
- Reprints
-
in The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #17 (October-November 1971) which is reprinted -
in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #1 (1972) -
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #1 (August 1972) -
in Skrækmagasinet (Williams, 1972 series) #1/1972 ([Juli] 1972) -
in Skrekk Magasinet (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1972 series) #1/1972 ([august] 1972) -
in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #37 ([November 1979]) - in Showcase Presents: The Witching Hour (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([May] 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
Art id by Jerry Bails. Bob Bailey says inks are by Sy Barry.
A Guide to Ghostly Behavior
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- What ghosts are able to do.
- Reprints
- in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #92 (November 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
Art id by Jerry Bails. Bob Bailey suggests Ruben Moreira.
The Beast That Walked Like a Man!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Charlie Daggett was a clever, successful circus performer!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Charlie Daggett; Dr. Joel Pearson; Tereza; Aldo (lion tamer)
- Synopsis
- Charlie Daggett performs as "Panza the Panther-Man" in a circus show. One day he finds out that by taking sleeping pills he can really transform into a panther. Driven by his animal instincts Daggett starts killing off his rivals - until he is hunted down.
Indexer Notes
Art id by Jerry Bails. Bob Bailey says inks are by Joe Giella. Keith Chandler: The face, at least, of Tereza IS inked by Giella throughout.
[no title indexed]
Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Inks
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When does the race start?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Pud
Indexer Notes
Strip ad for Dubble Bubble Gum.
Editorial Advisory Board
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Includes plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.
The Ferry Was Waiting!
comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I was an hour late!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Doctor Rawlings; Captain Slocum
- Synopsis
- Doctor Rawlings is transported on a night ferry whose captain actually died a short time earlier. This way the deceased captain pays off a debt to the doctor.
- Reprints
- in The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #127 (September 1971)
- in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #4 (1972) [oorspronkelijke titel: "The Ferry Was Waiting"]
- in Skrækmagasinet (Williams, 1972 series) #4/1972 ([Oktober] 1972)
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #4 (November 1972)
- in Skrekk Magasinet (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1972 series) #4/1972 ([november] 1972)
-
in Skräckmagasinet (Williams Förlags AB, 1972 series) #4/1972 (10 november 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
First-person narrative.
Superstitions About Spiders
comic story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Beliefs about spiders and their webs
- Reprints
- in Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #3 (June-July 1956)
- in My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #41 (March 1960)
- in My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #64 (February 1962) [reduced] which is reprinted
- in Super Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #67
- in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #183 (November-December 1969) which is reprinted
- in House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2018 [March 2019])
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([April] 2006)
-
Indexer Notes
Art id by Bob Bailey.
Can You Explain It?
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Accounts of strange incidents through time.
Indexer Notes
art id by Steve Rowe
The Demon in the Mirror!
Johnny Peril / comic story / 7.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let me help you tie your tie, Johnny Peril!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Johnny Peril; Don Domingo; Aline
- Synopsis
- Johnny Peril helps apprehend "deadly" Don Domingo, a killer who employed voodoo magic in his crimes. Domingo can escape from death row by stepping through a mirror and banishing Peril into the prison world. Peril has to do some quick thinking, because the guards plan to execute him instead of the cunning criminal.
- Reprints
- in Super DC Giant (DC, 1970 series) #S-23 (March-April 1971)
- in The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #38 (January 1974)
-
in Flash Espionnage (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #71 (octobre 1975) [N&B [B&W]] - in Fantomet (Semic, 1976 series) #24/1996 (uke 48 1996)
-
Indexer Notes
Pencils credit for Toth from Steven Grant via the GCD Error List. Barry inking credited from Mark Waid. We previously credited inks to Frank Giacoia per Jerry Bails.
Enter Here -- If You Dare!
House of Mystery / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
House ad for House of Mystery (DC, 1951 Series) #3 (April-May 1952), with cover shown, and advertised as "On Sale." Black and white ad located on inside back cover. Issue story titles also listed.
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Table of Contents
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0.
[Fingers of Fear]
-
1.
Happy Hobby Time!
Superboy -
2.
Fingers of Fear!
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3.
[no title indexed]
Riddle Me This; Necco -
4.
[no title indexed]
Wheaties -
5.
A Guide to Ghostly Behavior
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6.
The Beast That Walked Like a Man!
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7.
[no title indexed]
Wildroot Liquid Cream Shampoo -
8.
["When does the race start?"]
Dubble Bubble Gum -
9.
Editorial Advisory Board
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10.
The Ferry Was Waiting!
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11.
Superstitions About Spiders
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12.
[no title indexed]
Luden's Cough Drops -
13.
Can You Explain It?
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14.
The Demon in the Mirror!
Johnny Peril -
15.
[no title indexed]
Vitalis Hair Cream -
16.
Enter Here -- If You Dare!
House of Mystery -
17.
[no title indexed]
Thom McAn
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Bruno Andreacchi
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Tillmann Courth
- Peter Croome
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Adam Spector
- Jim Van Dore
- Mark Waid
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