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CATALOG RECORD

Sensation Comics #56

DC · Series began 1942 · August 1946

Dates

Cover date
August 1946
On sale
June 19, 1946
Pages
52

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Harry Peter, Frank Harry, Ed Wheelan, Joe Kubert, Stan Asch, Harry Lampert, Chester Kozlakinks: Harry Peter, Frank Harry, Ed Wheelan, Joe Kubert, Stan Asch, Harry Lampert, Chester Kozlakscript: William Marston, Ed Wheelan, Ted Udall, Harry Lampertletters: Ed Wheelan

Stories

  • Anti-Atomic Metal · 12 pages

    Dr, Novel, through a bit of trickery, gets a billion dollar government contract for inventing a metal that can withstand an atomic blast.

  • The House on the Hill! · 6 pages

    Tubby has to spend the night in an old deserted house to gain membership in the Block-Busters Club. Sheepishly he approaches the house, then enters as the floor gives way and he ends in the cellar. There he finds crooks printing counterfeit bills. Eluding capture, he runs back to get Tommy and Toughy. They don their crime-fighting costumes and capture the crooks as they are making their escape.

  • The Runaway Rascal! · 6 pages

    Young Harley Cooper has been taken to the police station for stealing bananas. He escapes, runs into Max, spins him a yarn and is taken back to Sargon's house. Sargon negotiates a truce between uncle and nephew, by showing each their bad sides.

  • The Boy Who Had No Friends · 6 pages

    Aboard his yacht, J. Seymour Elwood is depressed, ignoring his son Junior and the guests (including Terry and Wanda) who have arrived for a party. Junior reads books on how to commit crimes, and embarks on a series of minor thefts, of pearls, jewelry and cash. Terry dons his Mr. Terrific togs and spies Junior trying to hide his swag. But a masked man snatches the loot and knocks Mr. Terrific unconscious. When he comes to he accuses Captain Shaw of being the villain.

  • It's Nice to Be Home · 2 pages
  • Music Hath Harms! · 8 pages

    Stretch has a gig at Carnway Hall, playing his bazooka. Ted cannot resist hearing this performance, but while seated in the audience, women surrounding him call out that they have been robbed. He changes to Wildcat and pursues a rough-looking bunch of men. They escape and hide their loot in the case of Stretch's bazooka.

Reprinted in

Wonder Woman Archives (1998), Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2016)

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