Sensation Comics #41

(May 1945)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

The Octopus Plants (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Joye Hummel (under house name Charles Moulton)

Pencils

Harry Peter (signed as H G Peter); Marston Art Studio (several unnamed female artists)

Inks

Harry Peter (signed as H G Peter); Marston Art Studio (several unnamed female artists)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Major Steve Trevor (cameo); Lyra Lang (Lar's daughter, introduction); Creeper Jackson (villain, crippled gardener, introduction, reforms); Lars Lang (villain, businessman, introduction, reforms)

Synopsis

The chance meeting of Diana Prince and a weird man who grows the most unusual flowers leads Wonder Woman into a case involving kidnapping and attempted murder.

Reprints

• in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #6 ([August] 2010)
• in Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([September] 2017)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Jill Lapore, 2014). We formerly suggested Robert Kanigher.

Art credit revision from Harry G. Peter alone, adding Marston Art Studio, per Roy Thomas in Alter Ego (Two Morrows, 1999 series) #166 (November 2020). He states that Peter did the art, assisted by several unnamed female artists in the studio.

Join the Junior Justice Society of America (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

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

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Fantastic Face (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

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Pencils

Frank Harry

Inks

Frank Harry

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; Miss White; Sid; Danny (villain, introduction)

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

Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Smiling Spendthrift! (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

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Pencils

Stan Asch (signed as Stan Josephs)

Inks

Stan Asch (signed as Stan Josephs)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloane]; Wanda Wilson; Jim Grace (villain, introduction); Big Bill Steven and his gang (villains, introduction for all)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Kellogg's Pep / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Modelled in Clay (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller (credited as Jay Marr)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Not to Be Repeated! (Table of Contents: 11)

public service announcement / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

King of All-Fools' Day (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Alfonso Greene (signed)

Inks

Alfonso Greene (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

historical

Characters

The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Justin Valor; Donna Bonita; the Jester (villain)

Synopsis

The Jester is captured and replaced with an impostor in an attempt to steal the Queen's jewels.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Texas Terror! (Table of Contents: 14)

Wildcat / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Joe Gallagher

Inks

Joe Gallagher

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Stretch Skinner; Rolly Cody (Ted's cousin, introduction); Grandpa Cody; Rags Ragout (villain, introduction)

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

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

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

Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries / advertisement / 1 page (report information)