Sensation Comics, #5

Published: May 1942

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Sensation Comics #5

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Issue Contents:
1 page superhero
Characters
Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 1 0 pages
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Featuring Wonder Woman; Sensation Comics

Story 2 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Wonder Woman versus the Saboteurs (1)
Story 3 13 pages superhero
Storyline

Wonder Woman prevents the destruction of a new submarine and clears an Ensign blamed for the attempt to blow the sub up.

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Story Notes

Story title from reprints.

Featuring All-Flash Quarterly

Story 4 1 page

"Here it is again!"

Story 5 1 page

"Thanks a million, boys and girls..."

The Treason of Don Diablo (1)
Story 6 8 pages historical
Characters
Story Notes

Writer revision by Craig Delich and verified by Moldoff in interview with Roy Thomas. Credit previously given to Ted Udall.

The Two Faces of Caspar Crunch (1)
Story 7 8 pages superhero
Storyline

A well-known reformer asks the public to contribute to his cause of closing up all the gambling houses in the city. But when Terry Sloane helps save the life of a man thrown from a car, he discovers the man's attacker is none other than the reformer, Caspar Crunch!

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Story Notes

Credits by Jerry Bails.

The Toothpick Murder Mystery

Featuring O'Malley

Story 8 4 pages detective-mystery
Characters
  • James Aloysius O'Malley (introduction)
  • Emil (introduction, death)
  • Sam Grabbit (introduction, death)
Credits
The Flaming Hand (1)
Story 9 9 pages superhero
Characters
Double Danger, Part 2
Story 10 2 pages adventure
Characters
Credits

Featuring All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America

Story 11 1 page

"500 years into the future with the Justice Society of America!"

Story 12 1 page non-fiction

"Because of the hatred for the exiled president..."

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Story Notes

Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.

The Adventure of the "Sour" Milk!
Story 13 6 pages children; superhero
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Credits
Story Notes

Writer credit by Jerry Bails and Craig Delich (December 2005).

Have You a Civilian Defense Club in Your School?
Story 14 1 page
Chips Carder's Big Fix (1)
Story 15 10 pages superhero
Storyline

Just after Stretch hires Joan to be his secretary, he has two men around him die, and Wildcat figures they are connected. So he assists Skinner in rounding up a crooked gambler responsible for one of the murders.

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Credits
Story Notes

Story title corrected by Andy Mangels via the GCD Errors list.

Featuring All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America

Story 16 1 page superhero

"Do you want us to be represented in the Justice Society of America..."

Story Notes

1000 free copies of the next issue of Sensation Comics are offered to readers who send in a post card answering the question of what characters in Sensation should join the Justice Society.

Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 18 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.