Sensation Comics #53 (1946) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Harry Peter; inks: Harry Peter	Wonder Woman [Princess Diana; Lt. Diana Prince]; Sandy Nolan; Rex (a dog)
1	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
2	Boys and Girls	public service announcement	0.67	letters: typeset
3	Case of the Valiant Dog	comic story	12	script: Charles Moulton; pencils: Harry Peter; inks: Harry Peter	Wonder Woman [Princess Diana; Lt. Diana Prince]; Rex (a dog, introduction); General Darnell; Steve Trevor; Miss Ryan (a secretary, introduction); Sandy Nolan (Rex's owner, introduction), Sandy's parents ; group of gangsters [Joe; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all) (introduction for both)
6	The Re-Education of Scamp!	comic story	6	pencils: Frank Harry; inks: Frank Harry	Little Boy Blue [Tommy Rogers]; Toughy; Tubby; Scamp (a monkey)
8	Sargon Takes the Cake	comic story	6	pencils: Dennis Neville; inks: Dennis Neville	Sargon; Maximillian O'Leary [Max the Magnificent]
9	-	cartoon	0.5	script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert
11	She's So Temperamental	comic story	2	script: Edwina Dumm; pencils: Edwina Dumm; inks: Edwina Dumm	Joseph "Cap" Stubbs' Tippie (a dog)
12	Frankie's Big Fight	text story	2	script: Lynne Lovelace
13	The Man with the Gun!	comic story	6	pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan Asch	Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloane]; Mortimer Blake; Red Mac
15	Ride to Glory!	comic story	8	pencils: Joe Gallagher; inks: Joe Gallagher	Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Stretch Skinner; Carole James; Muggsy (villain)

Plus 7.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Wonder Woman Archives #7 ISBN 978-1-4012-3743-1	2013	On eBay ›
Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-8082-6	2019	On eBay ›

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