Whiz Comics #53

(April 1944)

[Contents Page] (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

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Captain Marvel Falls In Love (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

C. C. Beck

Inks:

Pete Costanza?

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

The Talking Animals (Table of Contents)

Golden Arrow / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Al Carreno

Inks:

Al Carreno

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Golden Arrow; White Wind (horse); Sheriff; Lem Bartlett (animal trainer)

Synopsis:

An animal trainer sells a bear that can talk, but Golden Arrow finds out the man is a ventriloquist.

Indexer Notes

Al Carreno is credited on Golden Arrow in this period by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and compared with signed work in Kid Cowboy #9, this story is most probably by him.

Danger In the Alps (Table of Contents)

Wicky and O'Shawnessy / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Rod Reed

Letters:

Typeset

The Flowers of Fear (Table of Contents)

Spy Smasher / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

spy; superhero

Prince Ibis Pursues the Gay Nineties Gangster (Table of Contents)

Ibis the Invincible / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Alex Blum ?

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Content Information

Genre:

occult; superhero

Characters:

Prince Ibis; Taia (princess)

Indexer Notes

Blum is credited on pencils on Ibis by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. He drew many stories for Classics Illustrated, like Treasure Island. Some of the faces looks like his.

Be a Junior Spy Smasher (Table of Contents)

Spy Smasher / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Pete Riss ?

Inks:

Pete Riss ?

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Content Information

Genre:

spy; superhero

Characters:

Spy Smasher [Allen Armstrong]; Admiral Corby; VILLAINS: Kurt; Fritz; Horst; von Fere

Synopsis:

Herr von Fere has discovered a poisonous jungle plant with a powerful terror-scent and sends one to Admiral Corby.

Indexer Notes

paper-drive feature
Pete Riss is credited on Spy Smasher by Jerry Bails' Who's Who for 1942-43, and this story from 1944 could possibly be his too, as it compares well with Kid Eternity #56.

The Boy Beggar (Table of Contents)

Lance O'Casey / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Indexer Notes

Lance O' Casey next appears in issue #103