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Issue: Sensation Comics #55
Publication Date: July 1946
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Issues: #55 of 109 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: J. R. Publishing Co.
On Sale Date: 05/14/1946
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Wonder Woman and the Bug People

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Princes Diana; Lt. Diana Prince]
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Editorial Advisory Board

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First Line: Boys & girls here they are...
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The Bughuman Plague

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Princess Diana; Lt. Diana Prince]; Hippolyte (cameo in flashback); the Amazons [Kathra; rest unnamed] (cameo in flashback); Paula Von Gunther; Gerta Von Gunther; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Professor Buggo (villain, introduction); Bughumans (villains, introduction for all)
First Line: High in the stratosphere is a green cloud-mold...
Synopsis: Gerta has discovered a race of bughumans and has enlarged them, taking her prisoner and threatening to take over the world by reducing humans to a smaller size.
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Disclose Notes: Joyce Murchison verified to Jerry Bails. Writer credit also from The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Jill Lapore, 2014).
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Feature(s): "Pepsi" the Pepsi-Cola Cop
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George Case

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Accent on Action!!

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Genres: childrens, superhero
Character(s): Little Boy Blue [Tommy Rogers]; Toughy; Tubby; Dan Rogers
First Line: Yes, sir, there's nothing like a nice, quiet vacation!
Synopsis: Tommy's father takes the three kids on vacation to Mexico. There have already been several attempts to steal a newly-unearthed Aztec treasure. Tommy decides they should change into their costumes and hide themselves about the museum, just in case. Before long a robbery is underway and the boys foil it.
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Joe Fell Apart in the Stretch Until...

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Feature(s): "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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First Line: It's his first fire!
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Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
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The Sargon Swing

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Genres: fantasy, superhero, supernatural
Character(s): Sargon; Maximillian O'Leary [Max the Magnificent]; The Flying Foxes; Mr. Watts
First Line: Did you ever see the East Indian rope trick?
Synopsis: The Flying Foxes are a vaudeville rope act that is a bust. They see Sargon create a swing out of a six foot long piece of rope and buy it from his apprentice, Max. When it fails to work, they take a tumble on stage and want Max's head. Sargon points out to the stage manager that the Foxes would make a great comedy act.
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Feature(s): Kellogg's Pep
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Feature(s): Out of the Gag-Bag
First Line: How much for this armor, varlet?
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First Line: I'm just browsing!
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Without a Word

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Class for Criminals

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloane]; Timothy Whipple; Snitch (villain); Studs Mahoney (villain)
Synopsis: Timothy Whipple claims to have evolved some advanced crime detection techniques. These he teaches at the Whipple Detective School. The police laugh at the very idea, but Mr, Terrific attends a class to give Whipple some status. Together they catch Snitch and Studs committing a robbery.
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Feature(s): Popsicle
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Crime Before the Camera!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Ronald Drake; Rex Manning
First Line: This isn't reel life. It is real life! Wow!
Synopsis: Heavyweight champ Ted Grant is hired to consult on a boxing picture being made in Hollywood. The job proves much tougher, as Wildcat has to save Drake from a series of near-fatal attacks. When the perpetrator is caught it turns out to be Drake's embittered long-time stuntman, Rex Manning.
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How Thom McAn Fought the Falling Bridge

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Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Feature(s): Dave Minor
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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