Sensation Comics Vol 1 16

"Wonder Woman: "The Masked Menace"": Etta's affections are toyed with by a 14-carat fortune-hunting royalty-impersonating phony, who is also an Axis secret agent. The spy and his colleagues try to destroy Hard Candy's oilfield, but Wonder Woman defeats them.

Wonder Woman: "The Masked Menace"
Cover
Sensation Comics Vol 1 #16
April, 1943
Executive Editor	M.C. Gaines
Cover Artists	Harry G. Peter
Wonder Woman: "The Masked Menace"
Writers	William Moulton Marston
Pencilers	Frank Godwin
Inkers	Frank Godwin
Editors	Sheldon Mayer
Black Pirate: "The Pirate's Rebellion"
Pencilers	Sheldon Moldoff
Inkers	Sheldon Moldoff
Gay Ghost: "Attack On Pettigrew Field"
Pencilers	Howard Purcell
Inkers	Howard Purcell
Mister Terrific: "The Case of the Unhappy Dog"
Writers	Ted Udall
Pencilers	Harold Wilson Sharp
Inkers	Harold Wilson Sharp
Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys: "Little Boy Blue For Victory"
Pencilers	Frank Harry
Inkers	Frank Harry
Wildcat: "The Headless Horseman of Central Park"
Writers	Bill Finger
Pencilers	Irwin Hasen
Inkers	Irwin Hasen
Previous Issue	Sensation Comics # 15
Next Issue	Sensation Comics # 17

Great cannibalistic catfish! How in the name of Rome's 90 gods did this ever happen?

— Steve Trevor

Sensation Comics #16 is an issue of the series Sensation Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1943.

Synopsis for Wonder Woman: "The Masked Menace"

Etta's affections are toyed with by a 14-carat fortune-hunting royalty-impersonating phony, who is also an Axis secret agent. The spy and his colleagues try to destroy Hard Candy's oilfield, but Wonder Woman defeats them.

Appearing in Wonder Woman: "The Masked Menace"

Featured Characters:

• Wonder Woman

Supporting Characters:

• Steve Trevor
• Colonel Darnell
• Etta Candy
• Hard Candy
• Sugar Candy

Antagonists:

• Japanese Agent Team
  • Karl Schultz, as "Prince Hylo Goulash"
  • Italian Operatives

Other Characters:

• General Darnell
• Holliday College Band
  • Brenda
• Miss Malone, G-girl
• other Miss Malone, twin sister, as "Fifi La Strange"

Locations:

• Washington, D.C.
• Airport, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Bar-L Ranch, Texas
  • Candy's Oilfield
• Secret Japanese Mesa-top Airfield

Items:

• Bracelets of Submission
• Lasso of Truth
• Wonder Woman's Tiara
• Mental Radio
• Japanese Black XO5 Formula, a unique incendiary chemical
  

Synopsis for Black Pirate: "The Pirate's Rebellion"

Donna Bonita gets on the whole crew's nerves so much that they abandon him and his family, taking his ship for good measure, but Jon and Justin stow away aboard their own ship, and tag along until Blake and his crew run into trouble, which they soon do. They are trapped by a Spanish captain flying an English flag on a captured bark, and soon are in dire bondage. Black Pirate emerges from hiding, defeats Don Jose and his crew, frees his own crew, and returns to their island home.

Appearing in Black Pirate: "The Pirate's Rebellion"

Featured Characters:

• Black Pirate

Supporting Characters:

• Donna Bonita
• Justin Valor

Antagonists:

• Don Jose
  • his Spanish crew

Other Characters:

• Blake
• other crewmen

Locations:

• Spanish Main, 16th Century
  • Black Pirate's Island Home

Vessels:

• Black Pirate's 3-masted ship
• Don Jose's English Bark
  

Appearing in Gay Ghost: "Attack On Pettigrew Field"

Featured Characters:

• Gay Ghost

Supporting Characters:

• Lt. Charles Collins (Appears only as a corpse)

Antagonists:

• Adolf Hitler
  • Herman Goering
  • Dr. Vozak
  • Schlitz
    • his gang

Other Characters:

• Lt. Collins's C.O.

Locations:

• Pettigrew Air Field (largest U.S. military airfield)

Vehicles:

• Vozak's Strato Fighter (damaged and captured)
• U.S. Experimental Fighter (Destroyed)
  

Appearing in Mister Terrific: "The Case of the Unhappy Dog"

Featured Characters:

• Mister Terrific

Supporting Characters:

• Wanda Wilson

Antagonists:

• Mr. Krims
  • his chauffeur

Other Characters:

• Tommy Blake
  • Rex, his Collie
    

Appearing in Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys: "Little Boy Blue For Victory"

Featured Characters:

• Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys
  • Tommy Rogers
  • Toughy
  • Tubby

Antagonists:

• Schmidt, fifth-columnist
• Rauter, fifth-columnist

Other Characters:

• Franklin D. Roosevelt (Cameo)

Locations:

• Big City
  • Tin Can Club
    

Appearing in Wildcat: "The Headless Horseman of Central Park"

Featured Characters:

• Wildcat

Supporting Characters:

• Stretch Skinner

Antagonists:

• The Headless Horseman

Other Characters:

• Pecos
• Hansom Driver

Locations:

• New York City
  • Central Park

Vehicles:

• Hansom Cab

Horses:

• Gunpowder
• Dobbin

Notes

• Published by J.R. Publishing Company.
• Gay Ghost:
  • Keith, who is a ghost, is not knocked out, when Charles gets head-konked unconscious, with a pistol butt, twice.
  • Dr. Vozak is captured alive, and his advanced Strato Fighter is captured mostly intact.
• Mister Terrific gets head-konked unconscious, with a pistol butt.
• Wonder Woman:
  • Steve gets head-konked unconscious one more time.
  • Phil Darnell is a Colonel at the time of this story; Steve Trevor is a Major.
  • The Masked Menace is reprinted in 'Wonder Woman Archives Vol. 2'.
• Also appearing in this issue of Sensation Comics were:
  • "Good Books Worth Reading" (text article) by Josette Frank
  • Hal Mason: "Penniless Margaret" (text story) by Evelyn Gaines
  • "Junior Justice Society of America" (full page advertisement)
  • Tippie by Edwina
  • "Sensation Stamp Page" (text article) by Sidney M. Elias
  • "Victory Puzzles" (puzzles) by A.W. Nugent

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Sensation Comics series
• Images from Sensation Comics Vol 1 16