Sensation Comics #21

(September 1943)

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

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

When the Typhoon Blows (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Josette Frank

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

War Against Society (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]; General Darnell; Major Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Paula Von Gunther; unnamed prison warden (introduction); Sergeant Raffles (introduction); Adolf [as Badman Black] (villain, introduction, death); Adolf's Crime Army [Wolf; Luce; Bender; Grim (death)] (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

After a dying man, claiming to be a part of a crime army, tells Diana and the others about his organization's plot to take over America, Wonder Woman finds herself drugged and in a coma. Only Paula and the Holliday Girls administer the antidote to Wonder Woman and defeat the Crime Army in its tracks.

Reprints

• in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #3 ([August] 2002)
• in Wonder Woman: The War Years 1941-1945 (Chartwell Books, 2015 series) (2015)
• 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])

Indexer Notes

art credits by Jerry Bails

[no title indexed] (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)

The Medicine of Mibongi (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Jon Valor [The Black Pirate]; King James I; Prince Henry; Lord Somerville (villain, introduction); Capt. Bartelmy (villain, introduction); Sam (villain, introduction); Chief Mawa (introduction); Prince Arios (guest); Justin Valor (guest)

The Haunted Mine! (Table of Contents: 7)

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; Gross (villain, introduction); Denham (introduction, dies); "Ghost of Espada" (introduction, dies); Collins; Barton

Sister Spy, Part 2 (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Evelyn Gaines (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure; spy

Characters

Hal Mason

Third Dramatic Issue (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Picture Stories from the Bible / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Are You "Pre-Flight" Material? (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

The Case of the Bogus Baron! (Table of Contents: 11)

Mr. Terrific / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ted Udall ?

Pencils

Hal Sharp (signed)

Inks

Hal Sharp (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloane]; Muggsy McGraff (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction); Patricia Jones (introduction); Wanda Wilson (introduction)

The Four Freedoms (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

The Case of the Curious Capsules! (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Frank Harry

Inks

Frank Harry

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

children; superhero

Characters

Little Boy Blue; Tubby; Toughy; Johnson (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction); Ginger (introduction)

Indexer Notes

art credits by Jerry Bails

The Man You Won't Forget! (Table of Contents: 14)

Wildcat / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Irwin Hasen

Inks

Paul Reinman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Pete Bailey (introduction); The Porker (villain, introduction, dies); Stretch Skinner

Indexer Notes

art credits by Jerry Bails

Now You Too Can Have a Junior Justice Society Emblem! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

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

Institute for Physical Development / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Metro Publications / advertisement / 1 page (report information)