Sensation Comics Explained
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Schedule: | Monthly: #1–93 Bimonthly: #94–109 |
Ongoing: | Y |
Publisher: | DC Comics |
Startmo: | January |
Startyr: | 1942 |
Endmo: | May–June |
Endyr: | 1952 |
Issues: | 109 |
Main Char Team: | Wonder Woman |
Genre: | Superhero (#1–93) Romance (#94–106) Supernatural/mystery (#107–109) |
Subcat: | Wonder Woman |
Sort: | Sensation Comics |
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).
1999 one-shot
The Sensation Comics title was used again in 1999 as the title for one issue of the Justice Society Returns storyline.[5]
2014 revival
DC Comics revived the Sensation Comics series in August 2014 as a "Digital First" series featuring Wonder Woman.[6] The print edition debuted with an October cover date. This series was cancelled in December 2015.[7] The final issue was #17 (cover dated Feb. 2016).
Collected editions
- Wonder Woman Archives
- Volume 1 includes Sensation Comics #1–12, 240 pages, May 1998,
- Volume 2 includes Sensation Comics #13–17, 240 pages, February 2000,
- Volume 3 includes Sensation Comics #18–24, 240 pages, June 2002,
- Volume 4 includes Sensation Comics #25–32, 240 pages, March 2004,
- Volume 5 includes Sensation Comics #33–40, 240 pages, September 2007,
- Volume 6 includes Sensation Comics #41–48, 232 pages, July 2010,
- Volume 7 includes Sensation Comics #49–57, 240 pages, November 2012,
- The Wonder Woman Chronicles
- Volume 1 includes Sensation Comics #1–9, 192 pages, March 2010,
- Volume 2 includes Sensation Comics #10–14, 192 pages, December 2011,
- Volume 3 includes Sensation Comics #15–18, 176 pages, December 2012,
- JSA All-Stars Archives
- Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman
- Volume 1 includes Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman #1–5, 168 pages, April 2015,
- Volume 2 includes Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman #6–10, 168 pages, October 2015,
- Volume 3 includes Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman #11–17, 232 pages, May 2016,
- Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus
- Volume 1 includes Sensation Comics #1–24, 776 pages, October 2016,
- Volume 2 includes Sensation Comics #25–48, 768 pages, July 2017,
- Volume 3 includes Sensation Comics #49–69, 784 pages, November 2018,
- Volume 4 includes Sensation Comics #70–89, 704 pages, March 2020,
- Volume 5 includes Sensation Comics #90–104, 688 pages, April 2022,
Millennium Edition
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.
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Wallace, Daniel. Dolan. Hannah, ed.. 1940s. DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. 2010. London, United Kingdom. 978-0-7566-6742-9 . 40. Wonder Woman...took the lead in Sensation Comics following a sneak preview in All Star Comics #8..
- Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 61: "Sensation Comics started to focus entirely on romance with issue #94 in November".
- Web site: Johnny Peril. Don. Markstein. 2010. Don Markstein's Toonopedia. https://archive.today/20150404112308/http://toonopedia.com/jperil.htm. April 4, 2015. live.
- [Alexander C. Irvine|Irvine, Alex]
- Goyer, David S.
- Robinson, James
. Benefiel, Scott. Propst, Mark. Womanly Deeds and Manly Words. Sensation Comics. 2. 1. May 1999.
- Web site: DC Comics to Publish Digital First Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman. Joshua. Yehl. May 19, 2014. IGN. https://web.archive.org/web/20140803082650/http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/05/19/dc-comics-to-publish-digital-first-sensation-comics-featuring-wonder-woman. August 3, 2014. live.
- Web site: Updated: Batman '66 and Sensation Comics Also Ending, GL: Lost Army A Miniseries. Chris. Arrant. September 14, 2015. Newsarama. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924131504/http://www.newsarama.com/25888-batman-66-and-sensation-comics-ending-green-lantern-lost-army-missing-from-december-solicits.html. September 24, 2015. live. In the DC December 2015 solicitations, both Batman '66 and Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman are listed as ending with that month's issues..