Sensation Comics #54

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Wonder Woman: "The Treachery of Fiendo"

Doctor Fiendo manages to sell a mostly fake weapon to the United States, by having his men plant explosives at the target sites. He uses the resulting good publicity and fear of his device to take over the country and imprison the president, but Wonder Woman puts an end to his dictatorship. | Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** *Wonder Woman) **Supporting Characters:** * Steve Trevor) * Holliday Girls) ** Etta Candy) ** Bobby Strong) ** Glamora Treat) **Antagonists:** * Doctor Fiendo) ** Peace Police **Other Characters:** * General Darnell) * President of the United States of America) * James F. Byrnes|Secretary of State * Fred M. Vinson|Secretary of Treasury * Secretary of Navy) * Robert P. Patterson|Secretary of War **Locations:** * Washington, D.C. ** White House * Kentucky ** Fort Knox **Items:** * Bombardium Machine/Atom-Splitter * Bracelets of Submission **Vehicles:** * Robot Plane

| Writer2_1 = | Penciler2_1 = Frank Harry | Inker2_1 = Frank Harry | StoryTitle2 = Little Boy Blue: "Eggs Marked the Spot" | Synopsis2 = | Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys) ** Tommy Rodgers) ** Toughy) ** Tubby) **Antagonists:** * common crooks **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * Big City

| Penciler3_1 = Dennis Neville | Inker3_1 = Dennis Neville | StoryTitle3 = Sargon: "Cal Amity and Bella" | Synopsis3 = Sargon meets Maximilian's deeply superstitious friend, Cal Amity, who is absolutely convinced that he was born under his own personal evil star, "Bella," and that it is working to destroy him. Sargon isn't buying this. Then loan shark Joe Bella shoulders Sargon aside and starts shaking down Cal, right there in the street. Sargon punches one henchman, who falls down, Sargon gets knocked into a decorative fountain, which he then, using the Ruby of Life, animates into a weapon against Joe. Sargon then levitates Cal through the air, and uses him like a club, to smack down the henchman and Bella. Those hoods get taken away by the police.

Sargon, the sorcerer, goes back to lecturing Cal about being superstitious; Cal proposes a test: In that day's big race, at the nearby track, a famous horse named Donna Bella is running; Cal will go there and root for that horse, and it will lose, thus proving Cal's jinx to be real. Sargon and Max and Cal go to the racetrack, and watch as Donna Bella thunders down the home stretch, 20 lengths ahead of the pack. Then Donna Bella and Cal Amity make eye contact, and just like that, the horse faints and falls down.

Sargon buys a toy airplane from a passing balloon vendor, and commands it to get big, and soon it's an airliner; the three get aboard and Sargon flies this thing into outer space. Through the windshield he points out a particular tiny star at the center of a particular constellation, and tells Cal that it's his evil star "Bella." Sargon's plan is to land on this star and investigate it. Cal thinks that plan is crazy. Just then the star inexplicably explodes, all by itself. So they turn around and fly back to earth, and Cal is very pleased that finally his jinx is over.

A few months later, Cal again meets up with Max and Sargon, but before the conversation even starts, Cal's large strong mean scoldy wife, Bella, snatches him up by the collar and berates him for talking to strangers, and drags him away, heaping verbal abuse upon him, as Sargon and Max look on with amazement. | Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** *Sargon) **Supporting Characters:** * Maximillian O'Leary) **Antagonists:** * Joe Bella, the loan shark **Other Characters:** * Cal Amity * Donna Bella, the race horse * Bella, the new Mrs. Amity **Locations:** * (Sargon's home city) * outer space ** A star named Bella **Items:** * the Ruby of Life **Vehicles:** * magic airplane

| Penciler4_1 = Stan Aschmeier | Inker4_1 = Stan Aschmeier | StoryTitle4 = Mr. Terrific: "The Face of Shen San" | Synopsis4 = | Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** *Mister Terrific) **Supporting Characters:** * Wanda Wilson) **Antagonists:** * Charles Holmes **Other Characters:** * Archibald Isbell **Locations:** * 20th Century ** 1920 ** 1946 **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *

| Penciler5_1 = Joe Gallagher | Inker5_1 = Joe Gallagher | StoryTitle5 = Wildcat: "The Thugs Who Outsmarted Themselves" | Synopsis5 = | Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Wildcat) **Supporting Characters:** * Stretch Skinner) **Antagonists:** * Common crooks **Other Characters:** * Jacob Waters * Hank Haskins **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *

| Notes = * Published by J.R. Publishing Company * **The Treachery of Fiendo** ** This story is reprinted in *Wonder Woman Archives Vol. 7 (Collected)*. ** The US president and cabinet members in this story are depicted with their faces obscured, and not mentioned by name. | Trivia = | Recommended = | Links =

Creative credits

Writers: Joyce Murchison

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

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