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Issue: Whiz Comics #85 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1947
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Issues: #85 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: 03/07/1947
Volume: 15
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Will Lieberson
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
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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 and the Clock of San Lajardo

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; Golden Arrow (inset)
First Line: Holy moley! An earthquake!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Clock of San Lojardo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Woolfolk
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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How to Eat Spaghetti without Getting Wetty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Croucher K. Conk
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In Content Item: FlagDaisy Handbook #2 published January 1948
as How to Eat Spaghetti Without Getting Wetty [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Culture Corner #[nn] published January 2010
as How to Eat Spaghetti Without Getting Wetty [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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In Name Only

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Wilbur the Waiter
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Dry Gulch Massacre

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Golden Arrow; White Wind (horse); Tex; Rick
Synopsis: A white man is killed by an arrow, and Tex leads a posse to punish the peaceful Indians. Golden Arrow finds out the arrow was not made by Indians and that somebody in Dry Gulch is behind the trouble.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The artwork, especially the unrealistic horses are exact matches, almost like traced copies of horses found in Krigstein's stories in #81 and #84.
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A Sight for Sore Eyes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Doc Sorebones
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Pages: 1
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Wicky's Wild Alligator

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rod Reed
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wicky and O'Shawnessy
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Pages: 2
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The Golden Whale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): Ibis the Invincible
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Originally credited to Gus Ricca, but there are none of his broad rounded chins and jaws, or squinting eyes. Compare Ibis in #86.
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Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Giggle Gags
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Pages: 1

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