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Issue: Whiz Comics #7 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1940
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Issues: #7 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: 06/26/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bill Parker
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, 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
Format Notes:  
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Captain Marvel and the Squadron of Doom

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #1 [First Printing] published November 1992
as Cover - Whiz Comics #7 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Squadron of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Parker
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): C. C. Beck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Parker
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Dirk Svenson (vllain, fisherman); Rodney Stark (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Billy investigates the mysterious disappearance of the freighter, Red Star, last seen near the coast of Greenland. There he discovers that Rodney Stark has invented a machine that slowly melts ice, freeing prehistoric men, whom he uses as slaves to build a massive airforce to attack and subdue the United States.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #1 [First Printing] published November 1992
as The Squadron of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10.66
Disclose Notes: Story title taken from the cover.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Parker
Penciller(s): Pete Costanza
Inker(s): Pete Costanza
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Parker
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Golden Arrow
Character(s): Bronk Braddock (Villain); Brute Braddock (Villain); Golden Arrow; Carol Braddock; White Wind (horse)
First Line: Far beneath the earth's surface Golden Arrow, fearless hero of the old west, finds death waiting.
Synopsis: Carol's murderous uncles hope to convince her that her gold mine is haunted. Golden Arrow exposes their plot to acquire the mine for themselves.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Parker
Penciller(s): Bob Kingett
Inker(s): Bob Kingett
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Parker
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Lance O'Casey
Character(s): Lance O'Casey; Daniel Doom; Gail Benson; sailing ships; outrigger canoes; Mister Hogan (monkey); Steel Brody
First Line: Lance O'Casey and his guest, Daniel Doom, reformed pirate, rescue an exhausted native...
Synopsis: Lance and Cap'n Doom help Gail recover a treasure in gold from her father's sunken ship.
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Pages: 8
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The Horned Bear

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Pages: 2
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The Mask's Kidnapping Scheme

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Parker
Penciller(s): Pete Costanza
Inker(s): Pete Costanza
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Parker
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Feature(s): Spy Smasher
Character(s): The Mask (Villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Peril in Fort Worth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Parker ?
Penciller(s): Al Carreno
Inker(s): Al Carreno
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Parker ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Dan Dare
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Hampton
Penciller(s): John Hampton
Inker(s): John Hampton
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): John Hampton
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Dr. Voodoo
Character(s): Dr. Voodoo [Dr. Hal Carey] (Introduction, Origin); Dr. Carey; Mrs. Carey (Introduction, Death); Okoro (Villain; Introduction); Maxinya (Introduction); Cashibus (Brazilian tribe); Jappa (jaguar)
First Line: I've lived a full life, son, so I don't mind dying.
Synopsis: Hal's father bequeaths his practice among the Blancas, a white tribe in Brazil, to Hal. A jealous medicine man stirs up fear of Hal and it's only after a knife duel that Hal can reassert himself as a friend of the Blancas.
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Tommy (introduction); Carl Brand (villain; introduction); Ibis; Taia
First Line: Look out, darling, we'll be killed!
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: story continues in next issue.

Ricca can be spotted by his rounded faces with squinting eyes and a small dent under the middle of the chin.

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