Sensation Comics, #56
Published: August 1946
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The Adventure of the Anti-Atomic Metal!
Characters
- Wonder Woman [Princess Diana
- Lt. Diana Prince]
- Dr. Novel
Credits
- Pencils: Harry Peter
- Inks: Harry Peter
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
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Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Anti-Atomic Metal
"It took a clever crook to gyp the U.S. out of 41,000,000,000..."
Storyline
Dr, Novel, through a bit of trickery, gets a billion dollar government contract for inventing a metal that can withstand an atomic blast.
Characters
- Wonder Woman [Princess Diana
- Lt. Diana Prince]
- Steve Trevor
- General Darnell
- Etta Candy
- the Holliday Girls
- Dr. Novel (villain, inventor, introduction)
- Dynamite Dan [as Professor Spodkin] (villain, introduction)
Credits
- Script: Joop Bonarius
- Pencils: Harry Peter
- Inks: Harry Peter
Story Notes
Writer credit confirmed by Jerry Bails and by Jill Lapore in "The Secret History of Wonder Woman" (2014).
Tenderfoot: His Feet Weren't So Tender
Stan Hack
The House on the Hill!
"Did you ever spend the night in a deserted house..."
Storyline
Tubby has to spend the night in an old deserted house to gain membership in the Block-Busters Club. Sheepishly he approaches the house, then enters as the floor gives way and he ends in the cellar. There he finds crooks printing counterfeit bills. Eluding capture, he runs back to get Tommy and Toughy. They don their crime-fighting costumes and capture the crooks as they are making their escape.
Characters
- Little Boy Blue [Tommy Rogers]
- the Blue Boys [Tought
- Tubby]
Credits
- Pencils: Frank Harry
- Inks: Frank Harry
Trapping the Hijackers!
Featuring Out of the Gag-Bag
"Good grief, holy smoke!"
Credits
- Script: Ed Wheelan
- Pencils: Ed Wheelan
- Inks: Ed Wheelan
- Letters: Ed Wheelan
The Runaway Rascal!
"It's very confoozin'"
Storyline
Young Harley Cooper has been taken to the police station for stealing bananas. He escapes, runs into Max, spins him a yarn and is taken back to Sargon's house. Sargon negotiates a truce between uncle and nephew, by showing each their bad sides.
Characters
- Sargon
- Maximilian O'Leary [Max the Magnificent]
- Harley Cooper
- Jules Cooper
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Kubert
- Inks: Joe Kubert
The Boy Who Had No Friends
"It was a sad story..."
Storyline
Aboard his yacht, J. Seymour Elwood is depressed, ignoring his son Junior and the guests (including Terry and Wanda) who have arrived for a party. Junior reads books on how to commit crimes, and embarks on a series of minor thefts, of pearls, jewelry and cash. Terry dons his Mr. Terrific togs and spies Junior trying to hide his swag. But a masked man snatches the loot and knocks Mr. Terrific unconscious. When he comes to he accuses Captain Shaw of being the villain.
Characters
- Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloane]
- J. Seymour Elwood
- Captain Shaw
- Junior Elwood
- Wanda Wilson
Hits the Bull's-Eye Every Time!
It's Nice to Be Home
Credits
- Script: Robert Zingerle
"Have you noticed it, too?"
Credits
- Script: Harry Lampert
- Pencils: Harry Lampert
- Inks: Harry Lampert
Music Hath Harms!
"Stretch Skinner is a man of many sides."
Storyline
Stretch has a gig at Carnway Hall, playing his bazooka. Ted cannot resist hearing this performance, but while seated in the audience, women surrounding him call out that they have been robbed. He changes to Wildcat and pursues a rough-looking bunch of men. They escape and hide their loot in the case of Stretch's bazooka.
Characters
- Wildcat [Ted Grant]
- Stretch Skinner
Credits
- Pencils: Maurice van Dijk
- Inks: Maurice van Dijk
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Four Against the Sea
Story Notes
Back cover.