Whiz Comics
#132
(April 1951)
Fawcett,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 22
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fawcett Publication
- Editing
- Virginia Provisiero [as V. A. Provisiero]
Captain Marvel Saves Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel
- Reprints
-
in Whiz Comics (Cleland, 1946 series) #53 ([1951])
-
- Keywords
- imposters
Captain Marvel Saves Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 9.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mayor Roger Ashton
- Synopsis
- Billy finds it strange that the Mayor of Alligator Hide asks Billy to come and dedicate the town's new radio station. Even odder is that they also promise a big surprise in store for Captain Marvel.
- Reprints
- in Whiz Comics (Cleland, 1946 series) #53 ([1951])
-
- Keywords
- Alligator Hide (town); Station WHIZ
[no title indexed]
The Captain Marvel Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The more the merrier.....
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
[no title indexed]
Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We're holding her for ransom!
Indexer Notes
Ad in sequential art form.
The Worthless Ranch
Golden Arrow / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; superhero
- Characters
- Golden Arrow; White Wind (horse); Si Bright
- Synopsis
- A fake land appraiser tells Si Bright his newly found gold vein is worthless but offers to buy his ranch cheap.
- Reprints
- in Whiz Comics (Cleland, 1946 series) #53 ([1951])
-
Indexer Notes
The stiff puppet-like movement of figures is similar to some of Cataldo's signed stories, so he may as well have done the pencil work too.
The Mysterious Voyage
Lance O'Casey / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Lance O'Casey; Mike Bellew (mate); Mr. Collins (dope runner)
- Synopsis
- Lance and his schooner are hired to search for a sunken treasure, which turns out to be dope.
- Reprints
- in Whiz Comics (Cleland, 1946 series) #51 ([1951])
-
[no title indexed]
Huck and Buck / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And where do yuh think yore going, Buck?
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Reprints
- in Whiz Comics (Cleland, 1946 series) #51 ([1951])
-
Ibis the Invincible Battles the Earth Brain
Ibis the Invincible / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ibis; Taia; Langdon
- Synopsis
- When drilling for oil, Langdon reaches an underground cave with a huge brain.
- Reprints
- in Whiz Comics (Cleland, 1946 series) #53 ([1951])
-
Indexer Notes
The artwork has many similarities with signed Walter Palais stories in Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #52 and #53, such as hands, faces and figure movement.
Script credit from Martin O'Hearn.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Captain Marvel Saves Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
1.
Captain Marvel Saves Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
2.
["The more the merrier....."]
The Captain Marvel Club -
3.
["We're holding her for ransom!"]
Dubble Bubble -
4.
Good Service
Wilbur the Waiter -
5.
The Smash Hit
Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb -
6.
The Worthless Ranch
Golden Arrow -
7.
Some Nerve!
Doc Sorebones -
8.
The Mysterious Voyage
Lance O'Casey -
9.
["And where do yuh think yore going, Buck?"]
Huck and Buck -
10.
The Atomic Spy
A Wicky and O'Shawnessy Story -
11.
Too Smart for His Own Good
Rancher Rollins and His Son, Junior -
12.
Birthday on the Ranch
-
13.
Ibis the Invincible Battles the Earth Brain
Ibis the Invincible
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Michael Hoskin
- Pat Lang
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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