Comic Title: Sensation Comics #81
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1948
Approx. On Sale Date: July 16, 1948 Copyright Date July 14, 1948
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1948
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: 48
Editor: Robert Kanigher

Title: "The Man Who Was Tops"
Pages: 5

Feature(s):
Sargon (of Earth-2)

Artist: Paul Reinman

Feature Character(s)

• Sargon (last appearance in Sensation Comics #80; next appearance in Sensation Comics #82)

Supporting Character(s)

• Maximillian O'Leary (last appearance in Sensation Comics #77; next appearance in Sensation Comics #83)

Villain(s)

• Tops and his gang (Slugger named; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Max is arrested when the bank catches him trying to pass a stolen bill. Max claims that a man gave him the bill from a bank robbery to make change. Sargon tracks down the crooks, led by a man named Tops. He learns that the rest of the stolen money is hidden, so he fakes being knocked out. When the crooks then try to move the hidden loot, Sargon surprises them. With Tops in custody and the money returned, Max is released.