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Issue: Wow Comics #35 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1945
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Issues: #35 of 69 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
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Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 6
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 14 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mercedes Shull
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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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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Binder
Inker(s): Jack Binder
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Mercedes Shull (editor); Will Lieberson (executive editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mary Marvel
Character(s): Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Uncle Marvel [Dudley, first name unrevealed]; Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]; Pinky [Pinky Butler]; Phantom Eagle [Mickey Malone]; Commando Yank [Chase Yale]; Penny Graves; Freckles Marvel [Mary Dudley]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Will you wear this lovely 2-way jumper on approval
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside front cover.

Illustrated advertisement from Bonnie Gay Fashions for their new two-way jumper for just $7.98, available on a 10-day trial basis.
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Stop! Look! Listen!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Binder ?
Inker(s): Jack Binder ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Phantom Eagle [Mickey Malone]; Commando Yank [Chase Yale]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated waste paper drive public service announcement.
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Mary Marvel Meets Her Rival!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Jack Binder (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Binder (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mary Marvel, The World's Mightiest Girl!
Character(s): Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Uncle Marvel [Dudley, first name unrevealed]; Freckles Marvel [Mary Dudley] (Uncle Marvel's niece, introduction); Colonel Cal Cole (Roger's uncle, mention only, death); Roger Cole; Roger's butler (villain)
Synopsis: Uncle Dudley tells Mary Batson that he has just started the "Shazam Inc. Missing Money Bureau", that specializes in locating lost or misplaced funds, when in walks his long-lost niece, Mary. But that surprise is soon followed by Dudley's first case: to locate the late Colonel Cal Cole's fortune. Mary, calling herself Freckles, joins Uncle Dudley in costume to work on the case.
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Pages: 7
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Russell Welle ? (signed)
Inker(s): Russell Welle ? (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated advertisement from General Mills Corporation for their cereal, Wheaties.

The artist signature is not real clear thus the ? after the name above.
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The Bat-Wings of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan Barry
Inker(s): Dan Barry
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Commando Yank
Character(s): Commando Yank [Chase Yale]; unnamed secret agent (death); Bat-Master [Itaki] (villain, introduction, death); Ito (villain, Itaki's assistant)
Synopsis: Chase is out late at night to meet up with a secret agent who has the latest dope on a nest of enemy spies, when he discovers the dying man, who states with his last breath that he was attacked by huge, yellow talking bats!
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In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Men of Mystery #3 published January 1996
as Bat-Wings of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Kayhole Charlie" Meets His Waterloo

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joseph Millard (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Penny Graves
Character(s): Corporal Penny Graves (American W.A.C.); Major Conrad (Penny's superior); Keyhole Charlie (villain, Japanese soldier)
Synopsis: Penny was relaxing in her shack, listening to a recording from her friends back at home when a commotion occured outside. It was Keyhole Charlie again, a Japanese soldier cut off from the rest of his forces, who had managed to escape every effort of American forces to capture him. But Penny figured out a plan to trap him.
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Pages: 2
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Volto from Mars; Post Grape-Nuts Flakes
Character(s): Volto
Synopsis: A girl is threatened by a shark while she is swimming in the ocean, but Volto saves her life.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated comic story/advertisement from Post Cereals for Grape-Nut Flakes.
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Music of Madness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rod Reed ?
Penciller(s): Harry Anderson (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Anderson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. Scarlet and Pinky
Character(s): Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]; Pinky [Pinky Butler]; Joe (cellist); The Spirit of Mad Music [Albert Dorrin] (villain, violinist)
Synopsis: When he is denied a position of violinist for a world symphony orchestra because he is thought mad, Albert Dorrin decides to get revenge by becoming the Spirit of Mad Music, and driving musicians temporarily insane.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Hawk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Marc Swayze (signed)
Inker(s): Marc Swayze (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Daisy Swayze
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): The Phantom Eagle
Character(s): The Phantom Eagle [Mickey Malone]; Phoeniz Squadron [Jerry; others un-named]; Colonel Langley; Chinese Intelligence Officer (father of Mei-Ling, introduction, death); The Hawk [Mei-Ling] (air ace, introduction, death); Japanese prison Commandant (villain, death); The Japanese (villains, some die)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Unknown writer credits per Swayze's column in Alter-Ego #10 (September, 2001) in which he stated that he didn't start writing this feature until Wow #63. Art credits verified by Swayze in this same issue.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?; (photos)
Inker(s): ?; (photos)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Ladies! Men! Here's the most sensational 3 in 1 offer ever made!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated and photographic advertisement offering readers $4 worth of quality merchandise: Alligator grain leather billfold and cigarette case, plus a cigar lighter, for the amazing price of $1.98.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Now you can lick any auto repair job!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated advertisement, offering readers Motor's Auto Repair Manual for a 7-day trial examination period, as well as Motor's Truck Repair Manual.
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Free to Boys

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Thom McAn Shoes
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated advertisement from the Thom McAn Shoe Company for a free book for boys called "How To Play Baseball Like a Big-Leaguer".
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Mary Marvel's Spring of Fashion Parade of New Things to Wear

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Binder ?
Inker(s): Jack Binder ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; some typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Freckles Marvel [Mary Dudley]
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the back cover.

Illustrated advertisement from Mary Marvel Enterprises for new print dress, handbag, beanie, Gingham Dress, and pull over sweater.

Neither girl is in uniform.

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