Sensation Comics #18

(June 1943)

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

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

Fisherman Four (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Josette Frank

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[The Secret City of the Incas] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton)

Pencils

Frank Godwin

Inks

Frank Godwin

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Inca Chieftain (introduction); Cura (Chieftain's daughter, introduction); Major Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; General Darnell; Arios Hardik (archaeologist, introduction, death); Captain Tommy West (intelligence officer, introduction, death); Senor Quito (villain, Incan High Priest, introduction, death); Quito's followers (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

Steve goes to California to get information from a Captain West in regards to Japanese activity in South America, but West is killed before he can pass the information on to Trevor. Trevor is then kidnapped by the killer and it takes Wonder Woman to rescue him.

Reprints

• in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #3 ([August] 2002)
• in The Wonder Woman Chronicles (DC, 2010 series) #3 (2012 [February 2013])
• in Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([December] 2016)
• in Wonder Woman: The Golden Age (DC, 2018 series) #2 (2018 [February 2019])

Keywords

Mental Radio

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Jerry Bails.

Here She Is Again! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Wonder Woman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Comic Cavalcade / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Energy Is Ammunition! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Man Who Hated London (Table of Contents: 7)

The Black Pirate / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

historical

Characters

The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Justin Valor

[Sugo, Yakita and Shimaka] (Table of Contents: 8)

The Gay Ghost / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Ted Udall ?

Pencils

Howard Purcell

Inks

Howard Purcell

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

The Gay Ghost

The Case of the Radio Robbers (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Ted Udall ?

Pencils

Hal Sharp (signed)

Inks

Hal Sharp (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloane]; Wanda Wilson; Skinny Smuggly

The Clover Club Mystery, Part 1 (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Evelyn Gaines (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Hal Mason

Follow the Adventures of Hop Harrigan (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Hop Harrigan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.17 page (report information)

Model Planes (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Crime Is Made Not Born! (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Frank Harry

Inks

Frank Harry

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

children; superhero

Characters

Little Boy Blue; Tubby; Toughy; Dan Rogers;

Indexer Notes

artist data from Jerry Bails

Kingdom without a King (Table of Contents: 14)

Sensation Stamp Page / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Sidney Elias

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.

Second Chance (Table of Contents: 15)

Wildcat / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Irwin Hasen (signed)

Inks

Irwin Hasen (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Stretch Skinner

Indexer Notes

Writer confirmed by the original script owned by Joel Thingvall, and first page printed in Alter Ego #20. Script dated (by editor?) September 14, 1942.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Right out of the Bible (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Picture Stories from the Bible / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Wonders of Science Simplified / advertisement / 1 page (report information)