Sensation Comics #8

(August 1942)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Smoke Eater (Table of Contents: 2)

Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[Department Store Perfidy] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton)

Pencils

Harry Peter (signed)

Inks

Harry Peter (signed)

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Colonel Darnell; Major Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; The Holliday Girls; Gloria Bullfinch (department store owner, introduction); Helen; Molly; Beth (co-worker of Diana Prince); Guigi Del Slimo (villain, fortune hunter); Mr. Googins (villain, manager of a department store)

Synopsis

Wonder Woman steps into the picture when the girls working at the Bullfinch Department Store are found to be mistreated and the store owner isn't interested in rectifying the situation.

Reprints

• in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 ([April] 1998)
• in The Wonder Woman Chronicles (DC, 2010 series) #1 ([May] 2010)
• in Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([December] 2016)
• in Wonder Woman: The Golden Age (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2017 [January 2018])

Keywords

Bullfinch Department Store

Indexer Notes

Story title from reprints.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Kool-Aid / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Spanish Armada (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (signed)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

historical

Characters

The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Justin Valor; King Phillip II of Spain; Sir Francis Drake

[The Crooked Carnival] (Table of Contents: 6)

Mr. Terrific / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Charles Reizenstein (credited as Reizenstein)

Pencils

Hal Sharp (signed)

Inks

Hal Sharp (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloane]; Wanda Wilson; crooked carnival owner (villain)

Synopsis

Wanda suggests that she and Terry visit a local carnival, but every time Terry attempts to win her a prize, he loses. He gets dejected and the crowd really razzes him. But Terry suspects the games are fixed, and so, as Mr. Terrific, he goes back and gives the management a taste of their own medicine!

Indexer Notes

Credits by Jerry Bails.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

A special message to the boys and girls of America from Henry Morgenthau, Jr. - Secretary of the Treasury!

[Murder at the Movies] (Table of Contents: 8)

O'Malley of the Fourth Precinct / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Irwin Hasen

Pencils

Irwin Hasen

Inks

Irwin Hasen

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

John O'Malley; Bigkit Tortoni (villain, introduction); Cupcake O'Toole (introduction); Danny the Drool (introduction)

[Flight of the Vultures] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Howard Purcell (signed)

Inks

Howard Purcell (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

The Gay Ghost [Keith Everet]; Deborah Wallace; Blackie Stover (villain); The Vultures (villains)

Reprints

• in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #212 (June 1972) [character renamed "The Grim Ghost"]
which is reprinted
• in Giant Batman Album (K. G. Murray, 1962 series) #30 (1975)

Gang Doctor, Part I (Table of Contents: 10)

Hal Mason / text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

Evelyn Gaines

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime

Characters

Hal Mason

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[Hobby of Kings!] (Table of Contents: 12)

Sensations in Stamps / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Walter Kaner (credited)

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Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.

[Reggie, the Mystery Kid] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Jon Blummer

Inks

Jon Blummer

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

children; superhero

Characters

Little Boy Blue [Tommy Rogers]; The Blue Boys [Toughy; Tubby]; Dan Rogers; Midget Mike (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Jerry Bails and Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Mutt & Jeff / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Superman; World's Finest Comics; Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[Smokey Joe's Last Fire] (Table of Contents: 16)

Wildcat / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger (credited as Finger)

Pencils

Irwin Hasen (signed)

Inks

Irwin Hasen (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Stretch Skinner; Smokey Joe Cummings (Fire Chief); Cumming's daughter; Harry Ranson (villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

All-Flash Quarterly / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Tootsie Roll of Honor (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)