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Issue: Whiz Comics #11 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1940
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Issues: #11 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: 10/25/1940
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bill Parker
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.
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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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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Hurray For Captain Marvel!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): C. C. Beck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #1 [First Printing] published November 1992
as Cover - Whiz Comics #11 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #1 [First Printing] published November 1992
as Backcover [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]cover
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mystery of Marvel College

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Parker
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): Pete Costanza
Colorist(s): Bill Parker
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Stereling Morris; Dean Scroggle (Dean of Marvel College); Ben Strang (football team Captain); Costanza [Pete Costanza] (Marvel College football player); Slug Samson (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Billy is ordered to enroll at Marvel College and get the low-down on their football coach, Slug Samson, a former convict. As Captain Marvel, he must stop the coach from doing anything in his power to make the team lose the big game against State University.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #1 [First Printing] published November 1992
as Mystery of Marvel College [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Except for the masthead, Captain Marvel wears no cape in the story.

The last panel of the story states that Whiz Comics #12 would be on sale November 22nd.

Beck sometimes drew Pete Costanza into some of the Captain Marvel stories, such as this one, which Costanza then inked. Information verified in Alter Ego #126 (July 2014).
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Black Bill, the Cattle Thief

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Parker
Penciller(s): Pete Costanza
Inker(s): Pete Costanza
Colorist(s): Bill Parker
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Golden Arrow
Character(s): Black Bill (Villain; Intro); Hatchet Jones (Villain; Intro)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Terror on Thunder Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Parker
Penciller(s): Bob Kingett
Inker(s): Bob Kingett
Colorist(s): Bill Parker
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Lance O'Casey
Character(s): Baron Von Graff (Villain; Intro; Death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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South American Sabotage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Parker
Penciller(s): Pete Costanza
Inker(s): Pete Costanza
Colorist(s): Bill Parker
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Feature(s): Spy Smasher
Character(s): The Mask (Villain)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #40 published April 2003
as South American Sabotage [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Pirate Sub of Nantucket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Parker?
Penciller(s): Greg Duncan?
Inker(s): Greg Duncan?
Colorist(s): Bill Parker?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Dan Dare
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Death's Turnpike

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Hampton ?
Penciller(s): Mac Raboy
Inker(s): Mac Raboy
Colorist(s): John Hampton ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Dr. Voodoo
Character(s): Maxinya; Okoro (Villain); Doctor Voodoo [Hal Carey]; Nikko; Molomolo; Jappa (jaguar)
First Line: Hal Carey, young American known to the savage Blancas as Doctor Voodoo, is faced with a baffling sickness...
Synopsis: Okoro trains vampire bats to feed on the Blancas.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: story continues in next issue.
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The Walking Sphinx

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Parker
Penciller(s): Pete Costanza
Inker(s): Pete Costanza
Colorist(s): Bill Parker
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): Ibis the Invincible
Character(s): Grom Deeters (Villain; Death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: story continues in next issue

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