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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | $1,490.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1943-09-01 |
| 8.0 | $1,839.44 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1943-09-01 |
| 9.2 | $2,391.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1943-09-01 |
| 9.4 | $6,276.67 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_4_valueguide | 1943-09-01 |
| RAW | $451.50 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1943-09-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 35 graded copies for Sensation Comics #21 (1943). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Wonder Woman: "War Against Society"
The American home-front is confronted by a new threat - an underworld boss who, admiring the Nazis above all else, has styled himself "American Adolph" and assembled an army of convicts to overthrow the government. When a member of this "Crime Army" tries to assassinate Col. Darnell, Diana becomes incensed and knocks him out a window, revealing the would-be assassin to be Adolph in disguise.
After surviving his fall, Adolph immediately plans to silence Diana, only to be confronted by Wonder Woman. Under the guise of a "friendly" handshake, Adolph surreptitiously injects a mind-control drug into the Amazon, rendering her helpless. Wonder Woman is then driven to the closest penitentiary, where Adolph's subordinates have already supplanted the authorities; the warden manages to phone a warning before being shot, but as Federal troops and artillery close in, Adolph covers the prison walls in hostages, including Wonder Woman.
News of the standoff and human shield soon reaches Steve, who hurries to the penitentiary with Paula and Etta. There, Paula identifies and brews an antidote to the drug controlling Wonder Woman; this antidote is hidden in the equipment of Etta's marching band, which (claiming to be on a publicity tour) plays before the human shield and launches the antidote into Wonder Woman's mouth.
Once freed, Wonder Woman quickly leads the Holliday Girls in a crushing assault on Adolph's forces. Adolph retaliates with his last and greatest weapon - a poison gas-spraying bomber built of nigh-unbreakable metal. When artillery fails against this plane, Wonder Woman seizes its propeller with bare hands, and uses brute strength to crash it against the ground - a crash that Adolph willingly dies in, seeing his mad dream thwarted at last.
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| Editor1_1 = Dorothy Rubicek | Editor1_2 = Ted Udall | Editor1_3 = Sheldon Mayer
| Writer1_1 = William Moulton Marston | Writer2_1 = | Writer3_1 = Ted Udall | Writer5_1 = Ted Udall | Writer6_1 = | Writer7_1 = Bill Finger
| Penciler1_1 = Frank Godwin | Penciler2_1 = Sheldon Moldoff | Penciler3_1 = Howard Purcell | Penciler5_1 = Harold Wilson Sharp | Penciler6_1 = Frank Harry | Penciler7_1 = Irwin Hasen
| Inker1_1 = Frank Godwin | Inker2_1 = Sheldon Moldoff | Inker3_1 = Howard Purcell | Inker5_1 = Harold Wilson Sharp | Inker6_1 = Frank Harry | Inker7_1 = Paul Reinman
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| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Wonder Woman) **Supporting Characters:** * Col. Phil Darnell) ** Lt. Ken Quick ** Maj. Steve Trevor) * Holliday Girls) ** Etta Candy) * Paula von Gunther) **Antagonists:** * American Adolph) ("Badman Black") ** Devlin ** Raffles ** Wolf ** Bender ** Luce **Other Characters:** * Diogenes Archivian * Warden Grim * Army Intelligence Agent X42 **Locations:** * Washington, D.C. ** Federal Prison ** War Intelligence Headquarters **Items:** * Bracelets of Submission * Lasso of Truth * *My War Against Society* * Oriental Drug * Poison Cigar Holder **Vehicles:** * Acron-Amalgamite Plane
| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Black Pirate) **Supporting Characters:** * Justin Valor) **Other Characters:** * James VI and I|King James I * Captain Bartelmy * Chief Mawa * Lord Somerville * Prince Arios * Prince Henry * Sam **Locations:** * England **London
| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Gay Ghost) **Supporting Characters:** * Lt. Charles Collins) * Denham **Antagonists:** * Ghost of Espada **Other Characters:** * Barton * Collins **Locations:** * England
| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Mister Terrific) **Supporting Characters:** * Wanda Wilson) **Antagonists:** * Muggsy McGraff **Other Characters:** * Patricia Jones **Locations:** * New York City
| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys) **Little Boy Blue) **Toughie) **Tubby) **Antagonists:** * Johnson **Other Characters:** * Ginger * Johnson's gang members **Locations:** * Big City
| Appearing7 = **Featured Characters:** * Wildcat) **Supporting Characters:** * Stretch Skinner) **Antagonists:** * The Porker) **Other Characters:** * Pete Bailey **Locations:** * New York City
| Notes = * Published by J.R. Publishing Company * "War Against Society" is reprinted in: ** 'Wonder Woman Archives Vol. 3 (Collected)'. ** *Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus, Vol. 1*. * Also appearing in this issue of *Sensation Comics* was: **Sister Spy (Part II)* (text story) by Evelyn Gaines
| Trivia = * "War Against Society": ** Adolph's book relates the myth that Adolf Hitler's last name is "properly" *Schicklgruber*. While it is true that Alois Hitler|Hitler's father Alois had been born out of wedlock to Maria Schicklgruber|Maria Shicklgruber and thus was born Alois Shicklgruber, Aolis was formally adopted by his stepfather and took the name "Hitler" over a decade before Adolf was born. ** The song that the Holliday Girls perform is "My Beautiful Lady", from the Broadway musical *The Pink Lady)*. | Recommended = * All-American Comics * All-Star Comics * More Fun Comics * Wonder Woman (Volume 1)
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Creative credits
Writers: William Moulton Marston, Ted Udall, Ted Udall, Bill Finger
Interior art: Frank Godwin, Sheldon Moldoff, Howard Purcell, Harold Wilson Sharp, Frank Harry, Irwin Hasen
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GCD: 3108
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