Sensation Comics, #55

Published: July 1946

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Sensation Comics #55

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Issue Contents:
Wonder Woman and the Bug People
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Wonder Woman [Princes Diana
  • Lt. Diana Prince]
Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 1 0 pages
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Story 2 1 page

"Boys & girls here they are..."

Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Bughuman Plague
Story 3 12 pages superhero

"High in the stratosphere is a green cloud-mold..."

Storyline

Gerta has discovered a race of bughumans and has enlarged them, taking her prisoner and threatening to take over the world by reducing humans to a smaller size.

Characters
  • Wonder Woman [Princess Diana
  • Lt. Diana Prince]
  • Hippolyte (cameo in flashback)
  • the Amazons [Kathra
  • rest unnamed] (cameo in flashback)
  • Paula Von Gunther
  • Gerta Von Gunther
  • Steve Trevor
  • Etta Candy
  • the Holliday Girls
  • Professor Buggo (villain, introduction)
  • Bughumans (villains, introduction for all)
Credits
Story Notes

Joyce Murchison verified to Jerry Bails. Writer credit also from The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Jill Lapore, 2014).

Story 4 1 page humor
Credits
George Case
Story 5 1 page
Accent on Action!!
Story 6 6 pages children; superhero

"Yes, sir, there's nothing like a nice, quiet vacation!"

Storyline

Tommy's father takes the three kids on vacation to Mexico. There have already been several attempts to steal a newly-unearthed Aztec treasure. Tommy decides they should change into their costumes and hide themselves about the museum, just in case. Before long a robbery is underway and the boys foil it.

Characters
  • Little Boy Blue [Tommy Rogers]
  • Toughy
  • Tubby
  • Dan Rogers
Credits
Joe Fell Apart in the Stretch Until...
Story 7 1 page sports
Story 8 1 page humor

"It's his first fire!"

Story Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Story 9 1 page
The Sargon Swing
Story 10 6 pages fantasy; superhero

"Did you ever see the East Indian rope trick?"

Storyline

The Flying Foxes are a vaudeville rope act that is a bust. They see Sargon create a swing out of a six foot long piece of rope and buy it from his apprentice, Max. When it fails to work, they take a tumble on stage and want Max's head. Sargon points out to the stage manager that the Foxes would make a great comedy act.

Characters
  • Sargon
  • Maximillian O'Leary [Max the Magnificent]
  • The Flying Foxes
  • Mr. Watts
Credits
Story 11 1 page

Featuring Out of the Gag-Bag

Story 12 1 page humor

"How much for this armor, varlet?"

Credits
Story 13 1 page humor

"I'm just browsing!"

Without a Word
Story 14 2 pages
Credits
Class for Criminals (1)
Story 15 6 pages adventure; superhero
Storyline

Timothy Whipple claims to have evolved some advanced crime detection techniques. These he teaches at the Whipple Detective School. The police laugh at the very idea, but Mr, Terrific attends a class to give Whipple some status. Together they catch Snitch and Studs committing a robbery.

Characters
  • Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloane]
  • Timothy Whipple
  • Snitch (villain)
  • Studs Mahoney (villain)
Credits
Story 16 1 page
Crime Before the Camera!
Story 17 8 pages adventure; superhero

"This isn't reel life. It is real life! Wow!"

Storyline

Heavyweight champ Ted Grant is hired to consult on a boxing picture being made in Hollywood. The job proves much tougher, as Wildcat has to save Drake from a series of near-fatal attacks. When the perpetrator is caught it turns out to be Drake's embittered long-time stuntman, Rex Manning.

Characters
  • Wildcat [Ted Grant]
  • Ronald Drake
  • Rex Manning
Credits
Story Notes

No Stretch Skinner.

How Thom McAn Fought the Falling Bridge
Story 18 1 page adventure
Story 19 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 20 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.