Sensation Comics #58

(October 1946)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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Inside front cover.

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

Wonder Woman; All-Star Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

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You'll find more exciting adventures of Wonder Woman in...

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Bog Trap (Table of Contents: 3)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (credited)

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

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

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Poor Olive! The boys wouldn't let her play with them.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Princess Diana; Lt. Diana Prince]; General Darnell; Steve Trevor; Hippolyte; The Amazons [Athleta; rest unnamed]; Zoe; Olive Norton (introduction); Jimmy Norton (Olive's brother, introduction); a group of children [Tom; rest unnamed]; a gang of spy smugglers (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

Olive wants to play baseball with the boys, so Wonder Woman takes her to Paradise Island to practice and train with the Amazons, and she returns with extraordinary strength and athleticism.

Reprints

• in Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #3 (2018 [January 2019])

Keywords

Invisible Plane; Paradise Island

Indexer Notes

Data from Jerry Bails. Writer credit from "The Secret History of Wonder Woman" (Jill Lapore, 2014); we formerly suggested Robert Kanigher.

Vern Stephens (Table of Contents: 4)

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

"Pepsi" the Pepsi-Cola Cop / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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humor

Brains Over Brawn! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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Frank Harry

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Frank Harry

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How're we doin', Harold?

Genre

children; superhero

Characters

Little Boy Blue [Tommy Rogers] and the Blue Boys [Toughy; Tubby]; Harold Barnes; Ginny Smith

Synopsis

The boys capture an escaped circus lion.

Indexer Notes

data from Jerry Bails

From "Lead Foot" to Anchor Man (Table of Contents: 7)

"P-F" Canvas Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

sports

[The Treasure Map] (Table of Contents: 8)

Sargon the Sorcerer / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Irwin Hasen

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Irwin Hasen

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Millions of people ride up and down in elevators every day.

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Sargon the Sorcerer; Maximillian O'Leary [Max the Magnificent]; Mr. Piker

Synopsis

Max tries to borrow fifty dollars from his boss, Sargon, claiming he can turn it into half a million. Sargon refuses, but a number of crooks overhear his claim and give him $12.50 apiece. Max goes to Piker, the rare map dealer and buys a treasure map. This is the eighth such phony map Piker has sold this day. The crooks turn on themselves, each trying to get the map for themselves. When Sargon sees the map he confirms his suspicions that it is a scam.

Keywords

supernatural

Indexer Notes

data from Jerry Bails

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

Out of the Gag-Bag / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Ed Wheelan

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Ed Wheelan

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Ed Wheelan

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Ed Wheelan

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There goes my doctor...

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Data from Jerry Bails. Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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The Book of Alibis (Table of Contents: 11)

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

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Stan Asch [as Stan Josephs] (signed)

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Stan Asch [as Stan Josephs] (signed)

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There's always somebody who thinks he can outsmart everybody else.

Genre

adventure; superhero

Characters

Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloane]; Wanda Wilson; Cuff Davis

Synopsis

Cuff Davis comes up with the idea of maintaining a books of alibis. A phonograph record of Cuff talking to a crony is played and his landlady swears to the police that Cuff was at home during the time of a robbery. He takes to his bed with a "sickness alibi". Mr. Terrific discovers his book of alibis and gives both it and Davis himself over to the police.

Indexer Notes

Data from Jerry Bails.

Giving a Heel the Boot! (Table of Contents: 12)

Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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adventure

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

Ton o' Fun / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Harry Lampert (signed)

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Harry Lampert (signed)

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Harry Lampert (signed)

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Harry Lampert

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Security! That's all they're interested in -- Security!

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Data from Jerry Bails. Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

The First Artist (Table of Contents: 14)

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Script

Ted Udall [as Charles King] (credited)

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

Watt the Question Man / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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Ed Wheelan

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Ed Wheelan

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Ed Wheelan

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Ed Wheelan

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As he is about to pop the question...

Genre

humor

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Watt

Chivalry Doesn't Pay (Table of Contents: 16)

Wildcat / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Jon Chester Kozlak [as Jon Kozy] (signed)

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Jon Chester Kozlak [as Jon Kozy] (signed)

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In days of old when knights were bold and...

Genre

adventure; superhero

Characters

Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Stretch Skinner; Dude Hansen; Sally Hansen; "Slugs" Dolan (crook)

Synopsis

A gang of crooks who are fed up with Wildcat foiling their plans time after time, plan to use Stretch to lure Wildcat into the open, and then capture him. This they do and, for a change, Stretch rescues Wildcat from a garage filling with carbon monoxide.

Indexer Notes

Data from Jerry Bails.

How Thom McAn Stopped a Tidal Wave (Table of Contents: 17)

Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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A Prevue of Magazines Now Selling at Your Dealers! (Table of Contents: 18)

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Inside back cover.

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

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Back cover.