Sensation Comics #4

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CGC records 41 graded copies for Sensation Comics #4 (1942). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

Wonder Woman: "School for Spies"

Baroness Paula von Gunther is the head of a Nazi spy ring. Wonder Woman gets inside her base by allowing herself to be captured, and she finds a number of missing girl government employees, who are being brainwashed by von Gunther. A male spy chains Wonder Woman's bracelets together, which subdues her and prevents her from escaping, but while this has gone on, Steve Trevor and Etta Candy have gotten together with the Holliday Girls, and they make a timely rescue, then Wonder Woman proceeds to bust the spy ring. | Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** *Wonder Woman) **Supporting Characters:** * Holliday Girls) * Etta Candy) * Colonel Darnell) * Steve Trevor) * Queen Hippolyta) **Antagonists:** *Baroness von Gunther) ** Sigfried, her butler ** Henkle, and others, her spies **Other Characters:** * Eve Brown) * Carla Swanson, secretary * Brenda Lee), and others, captive women * Enid Harper, employee of army intelligence **Locations:** * Washington, D.C. Area ** Army Intelligence Headquarters ** Holliday College * Georgetown ** unnamed bridge **Items:** * Bracelets of Submission **Vehicles:** * Esmeralda

| Writer2_1 = Sheldon Moldoff | Penciler2_1 = Sheldon Moldoff | Inker2_1 = Sheldon Moldoff | StoryTitle2 = Black Pirate: "The Man in the Iron Mask" | Synopsis2 = King Phillip II of Spain is secretly imprisoned by Don Carlos, who is preparing to usurp the Spanish monarchy itself. The Black Pirate rescues the king from Carlos's dungeon, rallies the king's loyal troops against the Don's traitors, defeats them, and kills Don Carlos. | Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Black Pirate) **Supporting Characters:** * Donna Bonita) * Black Pirate's crew * Pedro, servant **Antagonists:** * Don Carlos ** his many vassals * Count Valdez **Other Characters:** * King Philip II of Spain) * Court Jester **Locations:** * 16th Century Spain

| Writer3_1 = Charles Reizenstein | Penciler3_1 = Harold Wilson Sharp | Inker3_1 = Harold Wilson Sharp | StoryTitle3 = Mister Terrific: "The Comeuppance of Dapper Joe" | Synopsis3 = | Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Mister Terrific) **Supporting Characters:** * Wanda Wilson) **Antagonists:** * Dapper Joe ** his gang * other racket bosses **Other Characters:** * Buster Anderson, policeman * district attorney **Locations:** * New York City

| Writer4_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler4_1 = Howard Purcell | Inker4_1 = Howard Purcell | StoryTitle4 = Gay Ghost: "Smashing the Supply Train" | Synopsis4 = | Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Gay Ghost) **Supporting Characters:** * Lt. Charles Collins) * Deborah Wallace) **Antagonists:** * Adolf Hitler) ** Baron Von Molte *** German soldiers **Other Characters:** * General Rourke * Council Of Ancestors * Tommy, pilot * Philip Langdon, intelligence officer * English soldiers **Locations:** * England

| Writer5_1 = Bill Finger | Penciler5_1 = Jon L. Blummer | Inker5_1 = Jon L. Blummer | StoryTitle5 = Little Boy Blue: "The Scorpion's Counterfeit Ring" | Synopsis5 = | Appearing5 = * Little Boy Blue) **Supporting Characters:** * Blue Boys) ** Toughy) ** Tubby) * Dan Rogers, D.A. * Martha Rodgers **Antagonists:** * The Scorpion) ** his counterfeit gang: Fancy Dan, others **Other Characters:** * Officer Clancy **Locations:** * Big City

| Writer6_1 = Bill Finger | Penciler6_1 = Irwin Hasen | Inker6_1 = Irwin Hasen | StoryTitle6 = Wildcat: "Introducing Stretch Skinner" | Synopsis6 = The Giles and Hogg Detective Agency is really a small gang of jewel thieves, with a sideline of swindling young prospective detectives by selling them bogus P.I. credentials. One of their victims, a very tall, very thin country boy called "Stretch" Skinner, meets and teams up with Wildcat, to bust them. This team stays together for years afterward. | Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Wildcat) **Supporting Characters:** * Stretch Skinner) **Antagonists:** * Giles, private detective * Hogg, private detective

| Notes = * Published by J.R. Publishing Company * **Mister Terrific:** *The Comeuppance Of Dapper Joe* is reprinted in **The JSA All Stars Archives Vol. 1 (Collected)**. * **Wildcat:** *Introducing Stretch Skinner* is reprinted in **The JSA All Stars Archives Vol. 1 (Collected)** and in **DC 100-Page Super Spectacular Vol 1 14**. ** First issue for Wildcat's sidekick *Stretch Skinner*, who stuck around until the end of the series, in Sensation Comics Vol 1 90. * **Wonder Woman:** *School for Spies* is reprinted in **Wonder Woman Archives Vol. 1 (Collected)**. ** This is the story which reveals that Wonder Woman loses her strength when her bracelets are chained together. ** At this point in her career, Wonder Woman does not yet have the Lasso of Truth. She will gain it in Sensation Comics Vol 1 6. * Also appearing in this issue of *Sensation Comics* were: ** "Books Worth Reading" (text article) by Josette Frank ** Hal Mason: "Double Danger" Part 1 (text story) by Evelyn Gaines ** "Sensations in Stamps" (text article) by Walter Kaner | Trivia = | Recommended = | Links =

Creative credits

Writers: William Moulton Marston, Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Reizenstein, Gardner Fox, Bill Finger, Bill Finger

Interior art: Harry G. Peter, Sheldon Moldoff, Harold Wilson Sharp, Howard Purcell, Jon L. Blummer, Irwin Hasen

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