Sensation Comics #5

(May 1942)

[Assault on the OCTOPUS] (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

William Moulton Marston [signed as Charles Moulton]

Pencils:

Harry G. Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)

Inks:

Harry G. Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; V: Nazis; Ensign Martin (I), Admiral Funston; Dr. Sands; Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; Holliday Girls.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 (February 1998)

[The Treason of Don Diablo] (Table of Contents)

Black Pirate / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sheldon Moldoff (signed)

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff (signed)

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

period

Characters:

Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; V: Don Diablo (I, D), King Louis of France (I); Justin Valor (intro, Black Pirate's son, born in this story); Donna Bonita; the court jester.

Indexer Notes

Writer revision by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005) and verified by Moldoff in interview with Roy Thomas. Credit previously given to Ted Udall.

[The "Reform" of Caspar Crunch] (Table of Contents)

Mr. Terrific / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Charles Reizenstein (signed)

Pencils:

Hal Sharp (signed)

Inks:

Hal Sharp (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Mr.Terrific [Terry Sloane]; Wanda Wilson; V: Caspar Crunch (I).

Synopsis:

A well-known reformer asks the public to contribute to his cause of closing up all the gambling houses in the city. But when Terry Sloane helps save the life of a man thrown from a car, he discovers the man's attacker is none other than the reformer, Caspar Crunch!

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The JSA All Stars Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Credits by Jerry Bails. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-18-08.

The Toothpick Murder Mystery (Table of Contents)

O'Malley / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Irwin Hasen (signed)

Pencils:

Irwin Hasen (signed)

Inks:

Irwin Hasen (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

James Aloysius O'Malley (I); Emil(I, D); Sam Grabbit (I, D).

[The Flaming Hand] (Table of Contents)

Gay Ghost / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Howard Purcell

Inks:

Howard Purcell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Gay Ghost {Charles Collins]; Villains: The Flaming Hand (Von Schlitzer)(I, D), the Nazis.

Double Danger (Part 2) (Table of Contents)

Hal Mason / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Evelyn Gaines (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Hal Mason

The Adventure of the "Sour" Milk (Table of Contents)

Little Boy Blue / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Jon L. Blummer

Inks:

Jon L. Blummer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; children

Characters:

Little Boy Blue [Tommy Rogers]; The Blue Boys: Toughy & Tubby; Dan Rogers; Villains: Commissioner Calcium and his gang (Intro for all).

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Jerry Bails & Craig Delich (Dec. 2005).

[Chips Carder's Big Fix] (Table of Contents)

Wildcat / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger (signed)

Pencils:

Irwin Hasen (signed)

Inks:

Irwin Hasen (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Stretch Skinner; Joan Fortune; Sgt. Grogan; Chips Carder (villain, introduction); L. J. Decker (introduction, death)

Synopsis:

Just after Stretch hires Joan to be his secretary, he has two men around him die, and Wildcat figures they are connected. So he assists Skinner round up a crooked gambler responsible for one of the murders.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The JSA All Stars Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-18-08. Story title corrected by Andy Mangels via the GCD Errors list, November 2009.

Who in Sensation Should Join the JSA? (Table of Contents)

Justice Society of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?; typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Synopsis:

1000 free copies of the next issue of Sensation Comics are offered to readers who send in a post card answering the question of what characters in Sensation should join the Justice Society.

Indexer Notes

Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-18-08.