Sensation Comics #5 for Sale - First Appearance of Stretch Skinner - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series)
Issue: #5
Publication date: May 1942
Key date: 1942-05-00
On-sale date: 1942-03-03
Indicia publisher: J. R. Publishing Co.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Stretch Skinner - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Justin Valor - 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	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
2	Wonder Woman; Sensation Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67	letters: typeset
3	Wonder Woman versus the Saboteurs	comic story	13	script: Charles Moulton; pencils: Harry Peter; inks: Harry Peter	Etta Candy, Phillip Darnell, Princess Diana, Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman
4	All-Flash Quarterly	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
5	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
6	The Treason of Don Diablo	comic story	8	script: Sheldon Moldoff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff	The Black Pirate, Donna Bonita, Jon Valor, Justin Valor First
7	The Two Faces of Caspar Crunch	comic story	8	script: Charles Reizenstein; pencils: Hal Sharp; inks: Hal Sharp	Mr. Terrific, Terry Sloane, Wanda Wilson
8	The Toothpick Murder Mystery	comic story	4	script: Irwin Hasen; pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin Hasen	James Aloysius O'Malley (introduction); Emil (introduction, death); Sam Grabbit (introduction, death)
9	The Flaming Hand	comic story	9	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard Purcell	Keith Everet / Charles Collins, The Gay Ghost
10	Double Danger, Part 2	text story	1.5	script: Evelyn Gaines	Hal Mason
11	All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
12	-	cartoon	1	script: Walter Kaner
13	The Adventure of the "Sour" Milk!	comic story	6	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jon Blummer; inks: Jon Blummer	Little Boy Blue, Dan Rogers, Tommy Rogers, Herb Simms, Toughy, Tubby
14	Have You a Civilian Defense Club in Your School?	public service announcement	1	letters: typeset
15	Chips Carder's Big Fix	comic story	10	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin Hasen	Joan Fortune, Ted Grant, Stretch Skinner First, Wildcat
16	All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: ?; typeset

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

Where to read it

Collection	Year
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

‹ #45 of 109#6 ›

Sources

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

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