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Issue: Whiz Comics #20 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1941
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Issues: #20 of 155 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/11/1941
Volume: 4
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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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. 3.
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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
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Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel; Billy Batson; Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana
First Line: What new and terrible fate has Sivana plotted for Captain Marvel?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #2 published September 1999
as Whiz Comics #20 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Crusher of Crime

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain)
Synopsis: Sivana has a surprise in store for Captain Marvel, when he creates a new alloy stronger than steel and an electric motor more delicate than jewelry, all of which give him very strong powers. But he still needs human blood in his formula and Billy Batson is to supply that!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #2 published September 1999
as Crusher of Crime [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: The last panel reveals the name of the story for next issue: "Capt. Marvel and the Vengeful Four."
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The Devil's Cave Deathtrap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: western
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Pages: 9
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Monkey Mission

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story continues in next issue.
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The Blitzys Strike

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Character(s): The Blitzys (Villain; Intro)
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Story continues in next issue.
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The Missing Mummy

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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
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Pages: 8
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Trapper's Revenge

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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The Queen of the Giants

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Anita (introduction); Nero; Doctor Voodoo [Hal Carey]; Achilles (python)
First Line: Dr. Voodoo, once brilliant doctor of the Amazon jungles, is thrown back through bygone ages...
Synopsis: Continuing their quest, Hal and Nero are captured by giants and taken to the castle where the queen, Anita, offers Hal her hand in marriage. When he refuses, she orders him thrown into a pit with a python.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Part 4 of Golden Flask Quest

title from last issue blurb.
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Deal with the "Devil"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Trug (Villain)
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Story continues in next issue.

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