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Sensation Comics
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The first issue of
Sensation Comics
marked the first cover appearance of Wonder Woman, art by
H. G. Peter
.
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Publisher
| DC Comics
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Schedule
| Monthly:
#1?93
Bimonthly:
#94?109
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Format
| Ongoing series
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Genre
| Superhero (#1?93)
Romance (#94?106)
Supernatural/mystery (#107?109)
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Publication date
| January
1942 ? May?June
1952
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No.
of issues
| 109
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Main character(s)
| Wonder Woman
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Sensation Comics
is the title of an
American comic book
anthology series
published by
DC Comics
that ran for 109 issues from 1942 to 1952. For most of its run, the lead feature was
Wonder Woman
, a character which had been introduced in
All Star Comics
#8
(October 1941).
[1]
Other characters that appeared included the
Black Pirate
, the
Gay Ghost
,
Mister Terrific
,
Wildcat
,
Sargon the Sorcerer
, Hal Mason, the
Whip
, the
Atom
, Little Boy Blue,
Hop Harrigan
, Romance, Inc., Lady Danger, Doctor Pat, and Astra.
The series briefly became a
romance
title starting with issue #94 (November 1949).
[2]
Johnny Peril became the lead feature with issue #107, when the theme of the comic changed to a supernatural/mystery format.
[3]
The title was changed to
Sensation Mystery
with #110 and ran for another seven issues.
[4]
The retitled series ended with issue #116 (July?August 1953).
[5]
1999 one-shot
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The
Sensation Comics
title was used again in 1999 as the title for one issue of the
Justice Society Returns
storyline.
[6]
2014 revival
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DC Comics revived the
Sensation Comics
series in August 2014 as a "Digital First" series featuring Wonder Woman.
[7]
The print edition debuted with an October
cover date
.
[8]
This series was cancelled in December 2015.
[9]
The final issue was #17 (cover dated Feb. 2016).
[8]
Collected editions
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- Wonder Woman
Archives
- Volume 1
includes
Sensation Comics
#1?12, 240 pages, May 1998,
ISBN
1-5638-9402-5
- Volume 2
includes
Sensation Comics
#13?17, 240 pages, February 2000,
ISBN
978-1563895944
- Volume 3
includes
Sensation Comics
#18?24, 240 pages, June 2002,
ISBN
1-5638-9814-4
- Volume 4
includes
Sensation Comics
#25?32, 240 pages, March 2004,
ISBN
1-4012-0145-8
- Volume 5
includes
Sensation Comics
#33?40, 240 pages, September 2007,
ISBN
1-4012-1270-0
- Volume 6
includes
Sensation Comics
#41?48, 232 pages, July 2010,
ISBN
978-1401227340
- Volume 7
includes
Sensation Comics
#49?57, 240 pages, November 2012,
ISBN
978-1401237431
- The Wonder Woman Chronicles
- JSA All-Stars
Archives
- Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman
- Volume 1
includes
Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman
#1?5, 168 pages, April 2015,
ISBN
140125344X
- Volume 2
includes
Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman
#6?10, 168 pages, October 2015,
ISBN
140125862X
- Volume 3
includes
Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman
#11?17, 232 pages, May 2016,
ISBN
1401261574
- Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus
- Volume 1
includes
Sensation Comics
#1?24, 776 pages, October 2016,
ISBN
978-1401264963
- Volume 2
includes
Sensation Comics
#25?48, 768 pages, July 2017,
ISBN
978-1401271466
- Volume 3
includes
Sensation Comics
#49?69, 784 pages, November 2018,
ISBN
978-1401280826
- Volume 4
includes
Sensation Comics
#70?89, 704 pages, March 2020,
ISBN
978-1401294793
- Volume 5
includes
Sensation Comics
#90?104, 688 pages, April 2022,
ISBN
978-1779513366
Millennium Edition
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In 2000 and 2001, DC reprinted several of its most notable issues in the
Millennium Edition
series. The first issue of
Sensation Comics
was reprinted in this format.
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References
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- ^
Wallace, Daniel; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1940s".
DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle
. London, United Kingdom:
Dorling Kindersley
. p. 40.
ISBN
978-0-7566-6742-9
.
Wonder Woman...took the lead in
Sensation Comics
following a sneak preview in
All Star Comics
#8.
CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link
)
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Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 61: "
Sensation Comics
started to focus entirely on romance with issue #94 in November".
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Markstein, Don (2010).
"Johnny Peril"
.
Don Markstein's Toonopedia
.
Archived
from the original on April 4, 2015.
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Irvine, Alex
"1950s" in Dolan, p. 68: "For most of
Sensation Comics
run the lead feature remained Wonder Woman, but from issue #107, the theme changed as the mysterious adventurer known as Johnny Peril took center stage…At issue #110,
Sensation Comics
changed its name to
Sensation Mystery
to better represent its new focus. Johnny Peril remained the lead feature of the comic until its demise six issues later in July 1953".
- ^
Sensation Mystery
at the
Grand Comics Database
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Goyer, David S.
;
Robinson, James
(
w
), Benefiel, Scott (
p
), Propst, Mark (
i
). "Womanly Deeds and Manly Words"
Sensation Comics
, vol. 2, no. 1 (May 1999).
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Yehl, Joshua (May 19, 2014).
"DC Comics to Publish Digital First
Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman
"
.
IGN
.
Archived
from the original on August 3, 2014.
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a
b
Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman
at the
Grand Comics Database
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Arrant, Chris (September 14, 2015).
"Updated:
Batman '66
and
Sensation Comics
Also Ending,
GL: Lost Army
A Miniseries"
.
Newsarama
.
Archived
from the original on September 24, 2015.
In the DC December 2015 solicitations, both
Batman '66
and
Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman
are listed as ending with that month's issues.
- ^
Millennium Edition: Sensation Comics
at the
Grand Comics Database
External links
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