Comic Title: Sensation Comics #4
Publisher: DC (J.R. Publishing Company)
Address: 225 Lafayette Street, New York, NY
Cover Date: April 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: February 6, 1942 Copyright Date February 3, 1942
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1942
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Maxwell Charles Gaines

Title: (The Man in the Iron Mask)
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Black Pirate (of Earth-1)

Writer/Artist: Sheldon Moldoff

Reprinted In:
Action Comics #443 (1975)

Feature Character(s)

• Black Pirate (last appearance in Sensation Comics #3; next appearance in Sensation Comics #5)

Supporting Character(s)

• Donna Bonita (name spelled Dona in this story; last appearance in Sensation Comics #3; next appearance in Sensation Comics #5)

Villain(s)

• Don Carlos (dies in this story; last appearance in Sensation Comics #3; no further appearances)
• Count Valdez (Carlos’s aide; no further appearances)
• Various men in Carlos’s employ (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• King Phillip (last appearance in Sensation Comics #3; no further appearances)
• Members of the Black Pirate's crew (last appearance in Sensation Comics #3; no further appearances)
• A court jester (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Don Carlos imprisons King Phillip in the dungeons and prepares to crown himself the new King of Spain. Jon Valor receives a message that the king is alive, so as the Black Pirate, he rescues him from the dungeon. The men loyal to the king stand beside him and the Black Pirate to defeat Carlos. The Pirate finally slays Carlos, proving himself loyal to the king and ending the threat permanently.