Sensation Comics #53

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CGC records 66 graded copies for Sensation Comics #53 (1946). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

Wonder Woman: "Case of the Valiant Dog"

| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** *Wonder Woman) **Supporting Characters:** * Steve Trevor) * General Darnell) **Antagonists:** * Gangsters, Joe, et.al. * Imperial Japan **Other Characters:** * Miss Ryan * Sandy Nolan * Mr. & Mrs. Nolan **Animals:** * Rex

| Writer11_1 = | Penciler11_1 = Frank Harry | Inker11_1 = Frank Harry | StoryTitle11 = Little Boy Blue: "The Re-Education of Scamp" | Synopsis11 = | Appearing11 = **Featured Characters:** * Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys) ** Little Boy Blue) ** Toughy) ** Tubby) **Supporting Characters:** * Dan Rogers **Antagonists:** * an organ grinder * his partners **Other Characters:** * Scamp, a monkey * Mrs Van Kleen **Locations:** * Big City

| Writer14_1 = | Penciler14_1 = Dennis Neville | Inker14_1 = Dennis Neville | StoryTitle14 = Sargon: "... Takes the Cake" | Synopsis14 = Maximilian destroys Sargon's kitchen making some sort of brew, and the wizard loses his temper at his accident-prone friend. Max runs out in a huff, and only then does Sargon see supplies indicating that his partner was making a cake for Sargon's birthday. Sargon runs after him to beg forgiveness, and amid various hijinks finally catches up to Max outside a bank robbery (which Sargon grows a street vendor's toy soldiers to life size to break up). It turns out Max was actually making a cake for his own birthday, as by a coincidence he and Sargon have the same one. | Appearing14 = **Featured Characters:** *Sargon) **Supporting Characters:** * Maximillian O'Leary) **Antagonists:** * bank robber gang **Other Characters:** * salesman **Items:** * Ruby of Life

| Writer15_1 = | Penciler15_1 = Stan Aschmeier | Inker15_1 = Stan Aschmeier | StoryTitle15 = Mr. Terrific: "The Man with the Gun" | Synopsis15 = | Appearing15 = **Featured Characters:** *Mister Terrific) **Antagonists:** * Red Mac ** his gang **Other Characters:** * Mortimer Blake, bank teller **Locations:** * New York City

| Writer22_1 = | Penciler22_1 = Joe Gallagher | Inker22_1 = Joe Gallagher | StoryTitle22 = Wildcat: "Ride to Glory" | Synopsis22 = | Appearing22 = **Featured Characters:** *Wildcat) **Supporting Characters:** * Stretch Skinner) **Antagonists:** * gambling racketeers **Other Characters:** * Carole James * Dad James **Locations:** * racetrack **Vehicles:** * racing chariots

| Notes = * Published by J.R. Publishing Company * Wonder Woman: *Case of the Valiant Dog* is reprinted in *Wonder Woman Archives Vol. 7 (Collected)*. ** That valiant dog in the *Wonder Woman* story is a German Shepherd, and his name is Rex, but his fur is not silver and there is no record of his having been used as a test subject for a super-soldier formula, so this is not Rex the Wonder Dog). * Also appearing in this issue of *Sensation Comics* were: ** *Tippie* (newspaper strip reprints) by Frances Edwina Dumm | Trivia = | Recommended = | Links =

Creative credits

Writers: William Moulton Marston, Joye Hummel

Interior art: Harry G. Peter, Frank Harry, Dennis Neville, Stan Aschmeier, Joe Gallagher

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GCD: 5053

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