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Issue: Whiz Comics #23 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1941
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Issues: #23 of 155 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand: A Fawcett PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/03/1941
Volume: 4
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): France Herron
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. 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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): Pete Costanza ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
First Line: Straight down from the clouds zooms the world's mightiest mortal[...]
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In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #3 published January 2002
as Cover - Whiz Comics #23 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Bal Masque

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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]; Whitey Murphy; Sterling Morris; Lulette (introduction); Velox (dancer, introduction); Costanza (dancer, introduction); Sir Roger Fittz-Down Chipley [as Armond] (introduction)
Synopsis: Billy and Whitey return from their adventure in Guatemala (where they battled the Mayan monkey-god) and receive a note from Mr. Morris to meet him in Washington D.C. in regards to a secret mission. They are instructed to meet the radio station owner at a masked ball, and he introduces the pair to the ambassador and his daughter. The daughter doesn't realize that her ring contains a secret code, and that is what Captain Marvel must protect until it's delivered to the proper officials.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #3 published January 2002
as The Bal Masque [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Whiz Comics #24.
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The Man Who Bet the Ranch on Golden Arrow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Blum ?
Inker(s): Alex Blum ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Golden Arrow
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Crack Shot

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joseph J. Millard
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Hunt for the Sea Raider

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Clem Weisbecker ?
Inker(s): Clem Weisbecker ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Lance O'Casey
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Schtinker's Mosquito Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Charles Sultan
Inker(s): Charles Sultan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Feature(s): Spy Smasher
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom McNamara
Penciller(s): Tom McNamara
Inker(s): Tom McNamara
Colorist(s): Tom McNamara
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Chubby
First Line: Do we or don't we get the job?
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Pages: 2
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Battle on the Sea

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Tuska
Inker(s): George Tuska
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Dr. Voodoo
Character(s): Anita; Nero; Herculo Svenson (villain); Doctor Voodoo [Hal Carey]
First Line: Dr. Voodoo has been thrown back through the centuries to recover the legendary Golden Flask, said to give its owner fabulous wealth and power.
Synopsis: Hal and Nero catch up to and board Svenson's ship. They make their way to the cabin where Anita is being held and then are set upon by the pirates.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Part 7 of Golden Flask Quest

title from last issue blurb.
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Sacrifice to the Angry God

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Binder studio]
Inker(s): ? [as Binder studio]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): Ibis the Invincible
Character(s): Half-Man (villain); the Angry God (villain; introduction); Angry God's priest (villain; introduction; death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Story continues in next issue.

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