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Issue: Whiz Comics #4 (3) Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1940
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Issues: #4 (3) of 155 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand: A Fawcett Publication [Triangle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/23/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bill Parker
Disclose Notes: The indicia says "Vol. 1, No 4", but the cover has "Number 3" on it.

On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical Copyright number B 447071. Reported as issue #4 to the Copyright Office. One sale date confirmed as February 23 in the promotion advertisement for this issue on the back cover of Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #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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Make Way for Captain Marvel!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): C. C. Beck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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 #3 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Sivana's Return

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 Narvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana [aka Professor Xerxes Smith] (villain, learns Captain Marvel's secret identity); Beautia Sivana (villain, introduction, Sivana's daughter)[aka Emperess of Venus]; Joe (villain); Spike (villain)
Synopsis: Billy receives a news tip from an eccentric professor, not knowing the man is actually Sivana, who rockets with Billy to the planet Venus. Captain Marvel is captured as Sivana and Beautia head back to Earth, where the evil scientist plans on using a paralyzing gas over America, making every man, woman, and child his slave.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #1 [First Printing] published November 1992
as Make Way for Captain Marvel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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The Murderous Mex Kane

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
Character(s): Mex Kane (Villain; Intro); Comanche Pete (Villain; Intro); Brand Braddock (Villain; Death); Bronk and Brute Braddock (Villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Mask's Anti-Aircraft Gun

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Parker
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck ?
Inker(s): Pete Costanza
Colorist(s): Bill Parker
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Feature(s): Spy Smasher
Character(s): The Mask (Villain)
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Pages: 9
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Brain Teasers
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Death Pass

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Return of King Senwosri

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Parker
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): Pete Costanza ?
Colorist(s): Bill Parker
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): Ibis the Invincible
Character(s): King Senwosri (Intro)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: continued next issue
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Gem of Doom

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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: continued next issue
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The Fountain of Youth

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): Scoop Smith
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Island of Knife Scarr

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
Character(s): Knife Scarr (Villain; Intro)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Whiz-Cracks
First Line: Poor Lizzie's love is all in vane!
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Pages: 1

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