Sensation Comics #2 for Sale - First Appearance of Etta Candy - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: February 1942
Key date: 1942-02-00
On-sale date: 1941-12-02
Indicia publisher: J. R. Publishing Co.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Etta Candy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Hal Mason - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Princess Maru - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Doctor Poison - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Harry Peter; inks: Harry Peter	Princess Diana, Wonder Woman
1	Editorial Advisory Board of the Superman DC Comics Magazines:	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
2	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67		The Black Pirate, The Gay Ghost, Ted Grant, Little Boy Blue, Mr. Terrific, Princess Diana, Tommy Rogers, Terry Sloane, Jon Valor, Wildcat, Wonder Woman, Keith Everet / Charles Collins
3	The Menace of Doctor Poison	comic story	13	script: Charles Moulton; pencils: Harry Peter; inks: Harry Peter; letters: H. G. Peter	Etta Candy First, Phillip Darnell, Doctor Poison First, Princess Maru First, Princess Diana, Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman
4	Green Lantern #2	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Mart Nodell; inks: Mart Nodell	Batman, The Flash, Jay Garrick, Green Lantern, Clark Kent, Alan Scott, Superman, Bruce Wayne
5	All-Flash #3	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: E. E. Hibbard; inks: E. E. Hibbard	Batman, The Flash, Jay Garrick, Clark Kent, Superman, Bruce Wayne, Joan Garrick
6	The Sword of Hate	comic story	8	script: Sheldon Moldoff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff	The Black Pirate, Donna Bonita, Jon Valor
7	The One-Man Benefit Show	comic story	8	script: Charles Reizenstein; pencils: Hal Sharp; inks: Hal Sharp	Mr. Terrific, Terry Sloane, Wanda Wilson
8	Voyage of Villainy	comic story	13	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard Purcell	Keith Everet / Charles Collins, The Gay Ghost, Deborah Wallace
9	Cover-Up, Part 1	text story	1.33	script: Evelyn Gaines	Hal Mason First
10	-	in-house column	0.67	script: Josette Frank
11	Mutt & Jeff #4	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer	Jeff, Mutt
12	Superman #14, World's Finest Comics #4, and Batman #9	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray, Jerry Robinson	Batman, Dick Grayson, Clark Kent, Robin, Superman, Bruce Wayne
13	The Hot Car Ring	comic story	6	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jon Blummer; inks: Jon Blummer	Little Boy Blue, Dan Rogers, Tommy Rogers, Herb Simms, Toughy, Tubby
14	America, Columbus, India, Sicily, and Richest Man in the World!	cartoon	1	script: Walter Kaner; pencils: Fran Taggart; inks: Fran Taggart	Christopher Columbus; Nizam of Hyderabad
15	Who Is Wildcat?	comic story	10	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin Hasen	Joan Fortune, Ted Grant, Wildcat
16	The Justice Society Invites You to Their Next Meeting!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: E. E. Hibbard; inks: E. E. Hibbard	The Atom, Batman, Jim Corrigan, Doctor Fate, Wesley Dodds, Dr. Mid-Nite, The Flash, Jay Garrick, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Hooty, Clark Kent, Ted Knight, Charles McNider
17	Leading Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
World's Finest Comics #210	1972	On eBay ›
Wonder Woman Archives #1 ISBN 1-56389-402-5	1998	On eBay ›
The JSA All Stars Archives #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1472-2; 1-4012-1472-X	2007	On eBay ›
The Wonder Woman Chronicles #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-2644-2	2010	On eBay ›
Wonder Woman: The War Years 1941-1945 #[nn] ISBN 078583284X; 978-0-7858-3284-3	2015	On eBay ›
Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-6496-3	2016	On eBay ›
Wonder Woman: The Golden Age #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-7444-3	2018	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #12 of 109#3 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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