Sensation Comics, #107
Published: January-February 1952
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The Sinister Jack-in-the-Box!
"I've granted your wish - - and now you are doomed!"
Characters
- Jack-in-the-Box
Credits
- Pencils: Alex Toth
- Inks: Joe Giella (uncertain)
- Inks: Sy Barry (uncertain)
- Colors: Jack Adler
Story Notes
Giella credit from Craig Delich. Barry credit from Saltarella. Keith Chandler: inks look more like Barry than Giella.
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Sinister Jack-in-the-Box
"Any large city is a city of strangers..."
Storyline
A magic toy, a jack-in-the-box, passes from hand to hand and fulfills wishes. Good-hearted people make reasonable wishes and are granted with what they want. Finally a gangster comes into possession of the toy. Greedily he wishes for millions of dollars - and finds death.
Characters
- Jack-in-the-Box
- Jonah Travis
- Marjorie Lane
- Grifter
Credits
- Pencils: Frank Giacoia
- Inks: Frank Giacoia
Story Notes
Giacoia art credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. We previously credited Irwin Hasen (pencils) and Bernard Sachs (inks).
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Includes a plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.
The Last Dream!
"Frederic Beaumont had an uncanny, recurring dream!"
Storyline
A 400 year old curse catches up with Frederic Beaumont. All of his male ancestors were killed by the ghost of family rival Tybalt Fletcher. Beaumont tries to hide in a mountain lodge, but he can't escape his grisly fate.
Characters
- Frederic Beaumont
- Tybalt Fletcher
Credits
- Script: John Broome
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Frank Giacoia (uncertain)
Story Notes
Pencilling credit confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. The indexer of the reprint says Sy Barry inked this. Martin O'Hearn says Giacoia inked it. Martin O'Hearn also identified the writer in Apa-I.
Story Notes
Ad for the Schwinn Black Phantom model.
Man Into Frog
Credits
- Script: Mort Drucker
- Pencils: Mort Drucker
- Inks: Mort Drucker
- Letters: Mort Drucker
Story Notes
Credits verified from copies of DC editorial records sent from E. Nelson Bridwell to Gene Reed in 1986.
A Voice from Beyond
Storyline
When Harry Houdini died, he had previously arranged for a supernatural contest. He left a secret message with his wife. Mediums should try and contact him in the afterlife. A certain Arthur Ford held a number of seánce sessions and contacted a spiritual guide named Fletcher - who told him the secret message only Houdini and his wife could know about. Mrs. Houdini confirmed the correctness of the message.
Credits
- Script: David Kahn
- Pencils: Luca Maresca (uncertain)
- Inks: Luca Maresca (uncertain)
- Colors: Luca Maresca
Queen of the Snows!
"This is Johnny Peril. The story I'm going to tell you is a strange one."
Storyline
Johnny Peril finds his friend Lee Allen, who just before he dies swears he has seen Subara the Ice Queen, whom the natives believe lives on frozen Mt. Subara. Johnny returns to the mountain with two more friends, but only he encounters Subara. They refuse to believe he met the mythical woman until he produces her crown of roses.
Characters
- Johnny Peril
- Lee Allen
- Subara
- Bill Davis
- Jack Gordon
Credits
- Script: Robert Kanigher
- Pencils: Alex Toth
- Inks: Sy Barry
Story Notes
Pencilling credit confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Signature in last panel. First-person narrative.
Ghost Habits
Credits
- Pencils: John Giunta (uncertain)
- Inks: John Giunta (uncertain)
Lucky Horseshoes
Superboy Says "Share with Others!"
Characters
- Clark Kent (mainstream Universe)
- Superboy (mainstream Universe)
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
- Editing: Jack Schiff
Story Notes
Inside back cover.