Sensation Comics #107 The Sinister Jack-In-The-Box
Cover Date: January, 1952
With this issue the title turns to the horror-fantasy genre. Johnny Peril takes centre stage. Little was known about Johnny Peril, and even his name was likely to be an alias. What readers did know was that Peril was a high-risk adventurer who got involv ...
Issue Description
With this issue the title turns to the horror-fantasy genre. Johnny Peril takes centre stage. Little was known about Johnny Peril, and even his name was likely to be an alias. What readers did know was that Peril was a high-risk adventurer who got involved in mysteries of an unusual nature. He had first appeared in Comic Cavalcade #22 in August 1947 before his move to Sensation Comics. In his first issue as a lead feature, Peril starred in a supernatural tale called, "The Sinister Jack in the box" which was illustrated by Alex Toth.
Sensation Comics (1942)
- Publisher
- DC Comics
Volume Description
Sensation Comics was a key Golden Age DC title featuring Wonder Woman as its cover feature between 1942 and 1951 following her debut in All-Star Comics #8.
The comic also had features from characters such as Sargon the Sorcerer, the Golden Age Mr. Terrific and Wildcat. From issue #94, the title became a romance title, although still keeping Wonder Woman (along with Steve Trevor) as the cover feature. With issue #107 it became a mystery title until issue #109 where the title was renamed Sensation Mystery for its last seven issues and starred Johnny Peril.
Archive Editions:
Issues #1-5 are collected in JSA All Stars Archives Vol. 1Issues #1-12 are collected inWonder Woman Archives Vol. 1Issues #13-17 are collected in Wonder Woman Archives Vol. 2Issues #18-24 are collected in Wonder Woman Archives Vol. 3Issues #25-32 are collected in Wonder Woman Archives Vol. 4Issues #33-40 are collected in Wonder Woman Archives Vol. 5Issues #41-48 are collected in Wonder Woman Archives Vol. 6Chronicles:
Issues #1-9 are collected in Wonder Woman Chronicles Vol.1Issues #10-14 are collected in Wonder Woman Chronicles Vol. 2issues #15-18 are collected in Wonder Woman Chronicles Vol 3Please first Sign In before leaving a review.
