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Issue: Sensation Comics #90
Publication Date: June 1949
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Issues: #90 of 109 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/18/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (5 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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The Secret of the Human Sphinx

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Genres: superhero
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In Content Item: FlagSensation Comics #90 published January 1950
as The Secret of the Human Sphinx [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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The Secret of the Modern Sphinx!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman; Rogo Spy Gang (Intro, villains); Phil Cary; Mary Cary; Helen Cary; Steve Trevor; Capt. Jack Lane
First Line: What makes a beautiful young girl sacrifice her life...
Synopsis: Mary Smith is going to be executed for murder unless someone can turn up and tell her who she really is. Or Wonder Woman could use her lasso, but it's missing.
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: It has been estimated that there have been more...
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Editorial Advisory Board

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The Mystery of Cell 17!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Stretch Skinner; Creeps Handley; Silt; Wolf
First Line: Police...watchin' the canyon road...
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Credits from Jerry Bails. End of series. Next appearance in The Brave and the Bold #62.

Keith Chandler : The art was previously credited to Arthur Peddy ?, but none of his style is evident. This looks more to be the work of Gil Kane (whom Bails credits with working on this feature during this period).
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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Chip
Character(s): Chip; Tom; Bill; Harry; Betty
First Line: Let's pick up Chip...
Synopsis: Chip is a member of a singing quartet, but has laryngitis, so at Betty's party he subsitutes a record of Bing Crosby for his own voice.
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Lightning Speed... Heroic Deed!

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Genres: sports
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Willy Nilly; Betty; Mr. Needles; Dexter Dumwood
First Line: Willy! Be a dear and pick up my new dress...
Synopsis: After collecting Betty's new dress from the tailor, Willy gets it covered in mud, so a section has to be removed. She herself puts an iron through it, so has to wear another dress. But sneaky Dexter drops Willy in it by producing the cut-off hem from the tailor's shop. It backfires when they enter the dance and discover that all the girls are wearing the same style as the ruined dress, so Betty stands out from the crowd.
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Job Number: OH 45
Disclose Notes: credits from Jerry Bails
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Out of the Gag-Bag
First Line: Silly Sally says...
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Mirror Reflections

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Synopsis: History of mirrors
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Genres: informational, nature, non-fiction
First Line: A duck has more feathers than a chicken!
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Adventure of the Shipwrecked Pirates

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Genres: adventure
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The House of a Thousand Secrets!

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Valerie Vaughn [Lady Danger]; Gary Grath; Mr. Sparkes; Needles Rawson (villain)
First Line: A crisis threatens in the City Press office..
Synopsis: Valerie is assigned to find out about the recent activities of her ex-beau Grath. She uncovers a gang of crooks blackmailing prominent citizens, but when Grath tries to take credit she shoves him into the river.
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Disclose Notes: credits by Jerry Bails
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Ruining the Ransom Plan

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Genres: adventure
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The Forest Rangers

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Take a Bow, Beverly!

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Feature(s): Miss Beverly Hills of Hollywood
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Disclose Notes: inside back cover; house ad for Miss Beverly Hills of Hollywood (DC, 1949 series) #2
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Feature(s): Western Comics; All-American Western; Dale Evans Comics
First Line: You'll find this sure-fire brand...
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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