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Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	January 1942
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	M C Gaines (managing editor), Sheldon Mayer (editor)
Notes	Wonder Woman figure based on splash of story in All-Star #8. Credits by Jerry Bails.

Cover Details

Characters	Wonder Woman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Harry G. Peter (Wonder Woman only); Jon L. Blummer
Inks	Harry G. Peter (Wonder Woman only); Jon L. Blummer
Notes	Wonder Woman figure based on splash of story in All-Star #8. Credits by Jerry Bails.
Reprinted	in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-30; in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1; in Millennium Edition: Sensation Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn

13 page Wonder Woman story "Wonder Woman Arrives in Man's World"

Characters	Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Diana Prince; Al Kale
Synopsis	Wonder Woman takes Steve Trevor to America and purchases the identity of nurse Diana Prince so that she can remain near Steve. Soon, in order to earn some money she'll need, she begins to perform her "bullets and bracelets" routine, not realizing her promoter is stealing all the profits.
Genre	superhero
Script	William Moulton Marston [as Charles Moulton]
Pencils	Harry G. Peter [signed as H. G. Peter]
Inks	Harry G. Peter [signed as H. G. Peter]
Letters	typeset
Notes	Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-6-08.
Reprinted	in Wonder Woman (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972 series) #nn; in Wonder Woman (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972 series) #nn; in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-30; in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1; in Millennium Edition: Sensation Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn

8 page Black Pirate story "The Marriage of Jon Valor"

Characters	The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Bonnie [Donna Bonita]; Don Carlos; Father Fernando; King Phillip of Spain.
Synopsis	Jon Valor is captured, but is secretly married to Bonita and is thus pardoned, earning Don Carlos' undying wrath.
Genre	period
Script	Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Notes	Writer revision by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005) and verified by Moldoff in interview with Roy Thomas. Credit previously assigned to Ted Udall. Continued from Action Comics series.
Reprinted	in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-30; in Millennium Edition: Sensation Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn

8 page Mr. Terrific story "The Origin of Mr. Terrific"

Characters	Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloane] (I); Wanda Wilson; Billy Wilson; Fair Play Club; V: Big Shot.
Synopsis	Socialite and master of every field of human endeavor, Terry Sloane adopts the identity of Mr. Terrific to escape boredom, but soon finds a purpose in life after saving the life of Wanda Wilson and getting her brother out of the clutches of a local hoodlum.
Genre	superhero
Script	Charles Reizenstein (signed)
Pencils	Hal Sharp (signed)
Inks	Hal Sharp (signed)
Notes	Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-6-08.
Reprinted	in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-30; in Millennium Edition: Sensation Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn; in JSA All Stars Archives, The (DC, 2007 series) #1

13 page The Gay Ghost story "The Origin of the Gay Ghost"

Characters	The Gay Ghost [Keith Everett; Charles Collins]; Keith Everett [D]; Deborah Wallace.
Synopsis	The ghost of Keith Everet, the Earl of Strethmere in the 1700s, inhabits the body of Charles Collins in the 20th century to be near the reincarnation of his lost love.
Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner F. Fox (signed)
Pencils	Howard Purcell (signed)
Inks	Howard Purcell (signed)
Reprinted	in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-30; in Millennium Edition: Sensation Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn

2 page text story "Gunner Godbee"

Characters	"Gunner" Goodbee; Nick.
Synopsis	In this story of the First World War, American war ace, "Gunner" Godbee and his buddy Nick, aboard a patrol ship, are suddenly attacked by two German Heinkel aircraft and shot down.
Genre	war
Script	George S. Hurst Jr. (signed)
Colors	? [header only]
Letters	typeset
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-6-08.
Reprinted	in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-30; in Millennium Edition: Sensation Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn

6 page Little Boy Blue story "The Origin of Little Boy Blue"

Characters	Little Boy Blue [Tommy Rogers, I]; The Blue Boys: Tubby and Toughie [I]; D. A. Dan Rogers; V: Wolf Lupo.
Synopsis	Tommy Rogers, Tubby, and Toughie are inspired by reading about Wildcat to become Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys, and their first mission is to rescue a vital witness, Kraus the grocer, kidnapped by gangsters.
Genre	superhero; children
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Jon L. Blummer
Inks	Jon L. Blummer
Notes	Writer id by Martin O'Hearn. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-6-08.
Reprinted	in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #DC-12; in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #185 (May 1972); in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-30; in Millennium Edition: Sensation Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Green Lantern Quarterly #1 & All-Flash Quarterly #2"

Characters	Green Lantern; The Flash
Synopsis	Contains a house ad advertizing Green Lantern Quarterly #1 and All-Flash Quarterly #2.
Genre	superhero
Script	? (ad copy)
Pencils	various
Inks	various
Editing	Sheldon Mayer
Notes	Some info added by Craig Delich 4-6-08.
Reprinted	in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-30

10 page Wildcat story "The Origin of Wildcat"

Characters	Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Joan Fortune (I); Socker Smith; Flint; Stretch Skinner; Fain [villain].
Synopsis	Boxer Ted Grant kills the former champ in the ring and is inspired by Green Lantern to adopt the identity of Wildcat to clear himself.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger (signed)
Pencils	Irwin Hasen (signed)
Inks	Irwin Hasen (signed)
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich.
Reprinted	In Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #3 (July-August 1973); in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-30; in The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1990 series) #nn; in Millennium Edition: Sensation Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn; in JSA All Stars Archives, The (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page filler "Good Books for Christmas"

Genre	fact
Script	Joseph Frank (signed)
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-30