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Title: SENSATION COMICS Nos. 108 and 109 * Lot of Two Comic Books
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: National Periodical Publications, Inc.]
Date Published: March-June 1952
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#108: Poor (0.5). Splits, chips and TAPE to spine, edge and corner chips, top edge of covers and pages heavily dampsoiled. Off-white pages, edges tanning. Cover: Carmine Infantino. Art: Bob Oksner, Carmine Infantino, Mort Drucker, Alex Toth. GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade.

#109: Poor (0.5). Cover detached, splits, chips and TAPE to spine, corners chipped, ugly stain to top spine region of front cover and 1st ten pages. Cover: Murphy Anderson. Stories and art: Gardner Fox?, Jack Schiff, Bob Kanigher, Win Mortimer, Mort Drucker, Carmine Infantino, Gil Kane, Alex Toth. Final issue. Overstreet: "Scarce." GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade.

As the horror craze clutched the comics biz in its gruesome grip, Wonder Woman was driven from her longtime berth in Sensation Comics and replaced with weird mystery scenarios (#109 was the final issue before the title was changed to Sensation Mystery). Ish #109's crazy "fingertips of fear" cover was so memorable that Murphy Anderson rehashed it for the cover of Justice League of America #10 a decade later.

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