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Issue: Whiz Comics #12 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1941
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Issues: #12 of 155 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand: A Fawcett Publication [Triangle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/27/1940
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, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1.
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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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Captain Marvel Rides the Engine of Doom!

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 #12 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Engine of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Parker
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): C. C. Beck
Colorist(s): Bill Parker
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson, aka Rastus Washington Brown]; Sterling Morris; Dr. Hans Krause [aka Edward Smith] (villain, introduction); The Gnazis (villains, some die)
Synopsis: Billy asks Mr. Morris if he could go to Europe and ride back on a refugee rescue ship as the Gnazis have threatened to torpedo it, endangering the lives of innocent women and children.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #1 [First Printing] published November 1992
as The Engine of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Story title taken from the cover.

Except on the masthead, Captain Marvel wears no cape in the story.
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Ballots and Blood

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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Chestful of Danger

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
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Mask's Fifth Column

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Parker
Penciller(s): John Westlake ?
Inker(s): John Westlake ?
Colorist(s): Bill Parker
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Feature(s): Spy Smasher
Character(s): Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Admiral Corby; Eve Corby; The Mask (villain); Reltih (villain, death); Inilossom (villain, pilot); 10-Q (villain)
Synopsis: Spy Smasher, Eve and Admiral Corby are all in on the battle against the Mask's Fifth Columnists, many of whom are hiding in a mountain stronghold, awaiting orders from their leader to attack Washington. However, Spy Smasher has a plan to make the Mask think we have 10,000 robots manning planes that can shoot machine guns and drop bombs!
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In Issue: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #89 published May 2013
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Big Shot

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
Character(s): The Big Shot [Harper] (Villain; Intro)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Jungle Magic

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
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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): Dr. Voodoo [Hal Carey]; Nikko (Chief of the White Blanca Indians); Walter Webb (American mining engineer); Maxinya (Webb's daughter); Jappa (Maxinya's pey jaguar); Okoro (villain, medicine man of the Blancas)
First Line: Hal Carey, young American doctor, known to the Blanca Indians as Doctor Voodoo -- and Nikko, young chief of the tribe, plan an extended hunting trip.
Synopsis: Hal and Nikko, while on a hunting trip, discover a diamond mine and diamonds that can be sold and the money used to build a jungle hospital.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #89 published May 2013
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The story is continued in the next issue.
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The Widow's Wishes

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): Widow Zorn (Villain; Intro)
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: story continues in next issue

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