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Issue: Wow Comics #56 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1947
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Issues: #56 of 69 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand: A Fawcett PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 1947
Volume: 10
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roy Ald
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint interior; Glossy cover
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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The Sacred Pearls of Comatosh

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Binder
Inker(s): Jack Binder
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mary Marvel; Phantom Eagle
Character(s): Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Phantom Eagle [Mickey Malone]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Contents Page

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Binder
Inker(s): Jack Binder
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Sacred Pearls of Comatosh!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Jack Binder
Inker(s): Jack Binder
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mary Marvel
Character(s): Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Dr. Encyclo (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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A Stop Gap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Pascal
Penciller(s): Dick Pascal
Inker(s): Dick Pascal
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Muscle Hedd
Character(s): Muscle Hedd
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Win, Place and Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carl Pfeufer
Inker(s): Carl Pfeufer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. Scarlet and Pinky, the Crimson Crusaders of Justice
Character(s): Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]; Pinky [Pinky Butler]; George Dixon (jockey, death); Mr. Rice (head of the Racing Association); Osbourne (villain, Rice's secretary); gang of killers (villains)
Synopsis: When a young horse jockey is kidnapped and murdered, Brian gets the idea of putting Pinky into the role of jockey in order to smoke out the killers.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #21 published January 2000
as Win, Place, and Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.67
Disclose Notes: Art credits confirmed by Mark Heike, added by Craig Delich.

The bottom third of Page 7 is an illustrated ad for the Mary Marvel Club, which offers the membership card and the Mary Marvel Magic Lapel Pin.
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Easy Does It

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Boy Scout Bob
Character(s): Bob
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Aerial Vikings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Charles Tomsey
Inker(s): Charles Tomsey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): The Phantom Eagle, Guardian of the Airways
Character(s): The Phantom Eagle [Mickey Malone]; Jerry Sloane; Sven; Black Viking (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: No aircraft is safe over the fjords of Norway, as a mysterious flying Viking ship attacks them, leaving no wreckage behind.
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In Content Item: FlagWow Comics #15 published January 1947
as Aerial Vikings [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #71 published July 2008
as The Aerial Vikings [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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Escape by Night

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Kraus (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Penny Graves
Character(s): Penny Graves
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Homeward Bound

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Pascal
Penciller(s): Dick Pascal
Inker(s): Dick Pascal
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Muscle Hedd
Character(s): Muscle Hedd
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Fish Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick McKay
Penciller(s): Dick McKay
Inker(s): Dick McKay
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Richard Richard, Private Dick
Character(s): Richard Richard
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In Content Item: FlagWow Comics #15 published January 1947
as The Fish Story [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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The Banana King

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carl Pfeufer
Inker(s): Carl Pfeufer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Commando Yank
Character(s): Commando Yank [Chase Yale]; Captain Luego (Policeman); Powder Mike King (villain, dope smuggler); King's gang (villains)
Synopsis: Making a goodwill tour of Latin America, Chase finishes a broadcast and notes bananas being loaded aboard a ship. He goes over and grabs one to eat, when thugs approach him, take the banana from him, knocks him out and throws him into the ocean to drown. Emerging as Commando Yank, he discovers each banana contains a metal tube full of dope, and the man behind the dope smuggling: Powder Mike King.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: ? removed behind Pfeufer credits by Craig Delich, confirmed by Mark Heike.

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