Sensation Comics, #48

Published: December 1945

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Sensation Comics #48

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Issue Contents:
Wonder Woman and the Midget Mystery
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
  • Teena
  • Topso
Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 1 0 pages
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Watch for These New Issues of Your Favorite Magazines!
Story 2 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Midget Mystery (1)
Story 3 12 pages superhero

"Do you snicker at people smaller in size than you?"

Storyline

Midget crooks, disguising themselves as children in order to rob a jewelry store, discover that the Coronet Diamond is being delivered to that store, and they notify their gang to be ready to commit the theft.

Characters
  • Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
  • Major Steve Trevor
  • General Darnell
  • Etta Candy
  • the Holliday Girls
  • Mr. Grange (a courier, introduction, death)
  • Sam (a jeweler, introduction, death)
  • Mary (a jeweler, introduction)
  • Teena (villain, a midget, introduction)
  • Topso (villain, a midget, introduction)
  • Topso and Teena's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Credits
Story Notes

Story title from cover. Writer credit from The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Jill Lapore, 2014).

Story 4 1 page humor; sports

"That's the kind of cramming I like to see!"

The Story of the Ham-Leapers
Story 5 5 pages fantasy

"The Gods and Goddesses on Mount Olympus were all ham-leapers!"

Storyline

A ham-leaper is someone who can become a fly, a mouse, a lion or any other thing they want to be.

Characters
  • Jupiter
  • Gaea
  • Fama
  • Fortuna
  • Typhon
  • Enceladus
  • Hebe
  • Ganymede
  • Juno
  • Eros
Credits
Story Notes

copyright by M. C. Gaines 1945

Story 6 1 page humor; military

"Hey, I said send up some quinine..."

Credits
Ghost Trouble!
Story 7 6 pages superhero

"Feet...keep...moving!!!"

Storyline

Tommy and the Blue Boys have been invited to a Halloween party at the local 'haunted house' They find that all the kids there have dressed as the town's local heroes. A 'ghost' appears and causes panic, but the trio reveal a plot by crooks to prevent anyone finding out that house is where they stash their loot.

Characters
  • Little Boy Blue [Tommy Rogers]
  • The Blue Boys [Toughy
  • Tubby]
Credits
Story 8 1 page superhero

"His magnetic powers foil a vicious sabotage plot..."

Losses Pay a Profit!
Story 9 6 pages superhero

""All that glitters is not gold, black sheep dwell in every fold!""

Storyline

Mr. Terrific breaks up an old street scam known as 'the pocketbook drop'.

Characters
  • Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloan]
  • Wanda Wilson
Credits
Story 10 1 page
Story 11 1 page
To Tough to Die! [sic]
Story 12 2 pages adventure

"Well, Dan, have you decided..."

Characters
  • Dan Thorne
  • Mr. Thorne
Credits
  • Script:
Make Up Your Mind!
Story 13 2 pages humor; children

"Why, I just let you in!"

Characters
  • Tippie
  • Joseph "Cap" Stubbs
Credits
  • Script:
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
Reprint Notes

from Cap Stubbs and Tippie Sunday (George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.) 193x-xx-xx

Join the Junior Justice Society of America

Featuring The Junior Justice Society of America

Story 14 1 page
Bronko Nagurski
Story 15 1 page
Meet "The Pushing Pals"
Story 16 1 page anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
  • The Pushing Pals
Credits
  • Script:
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
  • Letters:
Story Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

Thru Darkest Africa with Stretch Skinner!
Story 17 8 pages superhero

"Wildcat! How can you stand there and ask me what's cooking?!"

Storyline

Three spoiled kids hire Stretch to protect them on a trip to Africa to search for gems.

Characters
  • Wildcat [Ted Grant]
  • Stretch Skinner
  • J. Huntington Ives
  • Phyllis Ives
  • George Ives
  • Arthur Ives
  • Curry
Credits
Story 18 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Surging Energy
Story 19 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.