Sensation Comics, #87

Published: March 1949

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Sensation Comics #87

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Issue Contents:
Wonder Woman Tames the Wild West!
1 page superhero
Characters
Credits
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Wonder Woman Tames the Wild West!
Story 2 12 pages superhero

"The diary was 100 years old."

Storyline

Wonder Woman travels back to the Old West of 1849 to find out how her name got into a school teacher's diary.

Characters
Credits
Story Notes

time travel story

High As a Kite
Story 3 1 page adventure

Featuring Miss Beverly Hills of Hollywood

Story 4 1 page
The Gilded Man!
Story 5 7 pages superhero

"Ted, have you told the Chief..."

Storyline

Ted Grant has received a threat saying he will never live to unveil a statute commemorating a youth center he has endowed. In pulling off the covering, a smoke bomb is released and the golden statue leaps from its plinth and attacks Ted. As the Brink gang escape with a stolen gem, Ted changes to Wildcat and pursues them.

Characters
  • Wildcat [Ted Grant]
  • The Gilded Man
  • Brink Gang
  • Borin
Credits
Story Notes

credits by Jerry Bails. Keith Chandler: Inks were previously credited to Bernard Sachs, but this does not look like his work.

Featuring Money Stuff

Story 6 1 page non-fiction

"The name given to the shells of hard clams..."

Story Notes

Five unrelated panels on currency.

Editorial Advisory Board
Story 7 1 page
Story 8 6 pages humor; teen

"Oh, Willy! I hear their dances are dreamy!"

Storyline

To appease Betty, Willy has to swallow his pride and ask Dexter for permission to join his elite dance club.

Characters
  • Willy Nilly
  • Betty
  • Dexter Dumwood
Credits
Story Notes

credits by Jerry Bails

Keep in Tune with the Teens!
Story 9 1 page
Elisabet Ney
Story 10 4 pages biography

"There was no money to help her..."

Storyline

Overcoming 19th century prejudice against professional women, Elisabet Ney becomes a pre-eminent sculptor, feted by the crowned heads of Europe for her work.

Characters
  • Elisabet Ney
Credits
Story 11 1 page non-fiction

"Mammoths were not of such enormous size..."

Story Notes

Five unrelated panels on nature.

Underwater Architect
Story 12 2 pages non-fiction; nature
Credits
Story 13 1 page humor; teen

"I just can't figure this out!"

Storyline

Gerry's father is having problems figuring his income tax return, so she invites him to go to the park and enjoy some relaxing figure skating. He had formerly been a noted skater, and uses his skill on the ice to carve the answer to his tax problem,

Characters
  • Gerry Gree
  • her father
The Needle in the Haystack!
Story 14 10 pages adventure

"Chief! You're smiling!"

Storyline

A unique charity gimmick at a carnival leads Lady Danger to a story involving kidnapping and a stolen key to an ancient box containing a fortune.

Characters
  • Valerie Vaughn [Lady Danger]
  • Phillips Stacey Blake
  • Mrs. Blake
  • Peter Blake
  • Chances (villain)
  • Lido (villain)
  • Gary Grath
Story 15 1 page
Story 16 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Rope 'Em Both, Partner!
Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.