Sensation Comics #16

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CGC records 28 graded copies for Sensation Comics #16 (1943). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

Wonder Woman: "The Masked Menace"

Etta's affections are toyed with by a 14-carat fortune-hunting royalty-impersonating phony, who is also an Axis secret agent. The spy and his colleagues try to destroy Hard Candy's oilfield, but Wonder Woman defeats them. | Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** *Wonder Woman) **Supporting Characters:** * Steve Trevor) * Colonel Darnell) * Etta Candy) * Hard Candy) * Sugar Candy) **Antagonists:** * Japanese Agent Team ** Karl Schultz), as "Prince Hylo Goulash" ** Italian Operatives **Other Characters:** *General Darnell) *Holliday College Band) ** Brenda) * Miss Malone, G-girl * other Miss Malone, twin sister, as "Fifi La Strange" **Locations:** * Washington, D.C. * Airport, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma * Bar-L Ranch, Texas ** Candy's Oilfield * Secret Japanese Mesa-top Airfield **Items:** *Bracelets of Submission *Lasso of Truth *Wonder Woman's Tiara *Mental Radio * Japanese Black XO6 Formula, a unique incendiary chemical

| Writer2_1 = | Penciler2_1 = Sheldon Moldoff | Inker2_1 = Sheldon Moldoff | StoryTitle2 = Black Pirate: "The Pirate's Rebellion" | Synopsis2 = Donna Bonita gets on the whole crew's nerves so much that they abandon him and his family, taking his ship for good measure, but Jon and Justin stow away aboard their own ship, and tag along until Blake and his crew run into trouble, which they soon do. They are trapped by a Spanish captain flying an English flag on a captured bark, and soon are in dire bondage. Black Pirate emerges from hiding, defeats Don Jose and his crew, frees his own crew, and returns to their island home. | Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Black Pirate) **Supporting Characters:** * Donna Bonita) * Justin Valor) **Antagonists:** * Don Jose ** his Spanish crew **Other Characters:** * Blake * other crewmen **Locations:** * 16th Century ** Spanish Main *** Black Pirate's Island Home **Vessels:** * Black Pirate's 3-masted ship * Don Jose's English Bark

| Writer3_1 = | Penciler3_1 = Howard Purcell | Inker3_1 = Howard Purcell | StoryTitle3 = Gay Ghost: "Attack On Pettigrew Field" | Synopsis3 = | Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Gay Ghost) **Supporting Characters:** * Lt. Charles Collins) **Antagonists:** * Nazi Party ** Adolf Hitler) ** Herman Goering) ** Dr. Vozak ** Schlitz *** his gang **Other Characters:**

* Lt. Collins's C.O. **Locations:** * World War II ** Pettigrew Air Field (largest U.S. military airfield) ** Berlin **Vehicles:** * Vozak's Strato Fighter damaged and captured * U.S. Experimental Fighter

| Writer4_1 = Ted Udall | Penciler4_1 = Harold Wilson Sharp | Inker4_1 = Harold Wilson Sharp | StoryTitle4 = Mister Terrific: "The Case of the Unhappy Dog" | Synopsis4 = | Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Mister Terrific) **Supporting Characters:** * Wanda Wilson) **Antagonists:** * Mr. Krims ** his chauffeur **Other Characters:** * Tommy Blake ** Rex, his Collie

| Penciler5_1 = Frank Harry | Inker5_1 = Frank Harry | StoryTitle5 = Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys: "Little Boy Blue For Victory" | Synopsis5 = | Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys) ** Tommy Rogers) ** Toughy) ** Tubby) **Antagonists:** * Schmidt, fifth-columnist * Rauter, fifth-columnist **Other Characters:** * Franklin D. Roosevelt) **Locations:** * Big City ** Tin Can Club

| Writer6_1 = Bill Finger | Penciler6_1 = Irwin Hasen | Inker6_1 = Irwin Hasen | StoryTitle6 = Wildcat: "The Headless Horseman of Central Park" | Synopsis6 = | Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Wildcat) **Supporting Characters:** * Stretch Skinner) **Antagonists:** * The Headless Horseman) **Other Characters:** * Pecos * Hansom Driver **Locations:** * New York City ** Central Park **Vehicles:** * Hansom Cab **Horses:** * Gunpowder * Dobbin

| Notes = * Published by J.R. Publishing Company. * **Gay Ghost:** ** Keith, who is a ghost, is *not* knocked out, when Charles gets head-konked unconscious, with a pistol butt, twice. ** Dr. Vozak is captured alive, and his advanced Strato Fighter is captured mostly intact. * **Mister Terrific** gets head-konked unconscious, with a pistol butt. * **Wonder Woman:** ** Steve gets head-konked unconscious one more time. ** Phil Darnell is a Colonel at the time of this story; Steve Trevor is a Major. ** *The Masked Menace* is reprinted in *Wonder Woman Archives Vol. 2 (Collected)*. * Also appearing in this issue of *Sensation Comics* were: ** "Good Books Worth Reading" (text article) by Josette Frank ** Hal Mason: "Penniless Margaret" (text story) by Evelyn Gaines ** "Junior Justice Society of America" (full page advertisement) ** *Tippie* by Edwina ** "Sensation Stamp Page" (text article) by Sidney M. Elias ** "Victory Puzzles" (puzzles) by A.W. Nugent | Trivia = | Recommended = | Links =

Creative credits

Writers: William Moulton Marston, Ted Udall, Bill Finger

Interior art: Frank Godwin, Sheldon Moldoff, Howard Purcell, Harold Wilson Sharp, Frank Harry, Irwin Hasen

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