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Issue: Whiz Comics #31 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1942
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Issues: #31 of 155 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand: A Fawcett Publication [Triangle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/15/1942
Volume: 5
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Otto Binder
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ray Harford
Inker(s): Ray Harford
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Douglas MacArthur; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong] (inset)
First Line: Captain Marvel salutes America's greatest hero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art revision from C. C. Beck (pencils) and Pete Costanza (inks) to Harford per P. C. Hamerlinck in Alter Ego #139 (May, 2016), and again in #140 (June, 2016) and added by Craig Delich. Article states that the original cover artwork was discovered in the Harford home by his two son's after his passing.
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Contents Page

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Marvel Exterminator

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ray Harford
Inker(s): Ray Harford
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Beautia Sivana; Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Art revision from C. C. Beck to Harford per P. C. Hamerlinck in Alter Ego #139 (May, 2016), verified by Marc Swayze, and added by Craig Delich.
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Golden Arrow Helps East Meet West

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Al Carreno ?
Inker(s): Al Carreno ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Golden Arrow
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Title from contents page.
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The Mailed Fist Strikes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Feature(s): Spy Smasher
Character(s): America-Smasher (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Diamond Deal

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhiz Comics #10 published January 1947
as Diamond Deal [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Yellow Killers of the South Seas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Mike Bellew (introduction); Lance O'Casey
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The eyes with high arched upper lid and some short lines below the outer corners, and sometimes hands with lines between fingers that don't go all the way down, page 2, 4 and 5. are indicators of Anderson. Compare faces with his credited Red Gaucho stories in Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #8-11.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, war
Feature(s): Famous Blitzkriegs of the Past
Character(s): King Edward III
First Line: Edward III, King of England, claiming the French throne...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Huns on the Hunt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Dr. Voodoo
Character(s): Anita; Nero; Hungar (villain); Doctor Voodoo [Hal Carey]; Sir Gawain; Huns
Synopsis: Anita and the Flask are taken by Huns. Hal pursues them.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Part 13 of Golden Flask Quest; contents page title
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The Return of Trug

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Blum ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): Ibis the Invincible
Character(s): Trug (villain)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIbis [Mighty Midget Comic] #11 published January 1942
as The Return of Trug [Story on Interior Page(s)]slightly edited
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10

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