Whiz Comics
#12
(January 1941)
Fawcett,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-11-27
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fawcett Publication [Triangle]
- Editing
- Bill Parker (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1.
Captain Marvel Rides the Engine of Doom!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
- Reprints
-
in The Best of Captain Marvel (Nostalgia, Inc. [Don Maris Comics], 1975 series) (1975) - in The Shazam! Archives (DC, 1992 series) #1 ([November] 1992)
-
- Keywords
- aircraft engines; machine guns
The Engine of Doom
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson, aka Rastus Washington Brown]; Sterling Morris; Dr. Hans Krause [aka Edward Smith] (villain, introduction); The Gnazis (villains, some die)
- Synopsis
- Billy asks Mr. Morris if he could go to Europe and ride back on a refugee rescue ship as the Gnazis have threatened to torpedo it, endangering the lives of innocent women and children.
- Reprints
- in The Shazam! Archives (DC, 1992 series) #1 ([November] 1992)
-
- Keywords
- Shazam; Station WHIZ
Indexer Notes
Story title taken from the cover.
Except on the masthead, Captain Marvel wears no cape in the story.
[The Mask's Fifth Column]
Spy Smasher / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- spy; superhero
- Characters
- Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Admiral Corby; Eve Corby; The Mask (villain); Reltih (villain, death); Inilossom (villain, pilot); 10-Q (villain)
- Synopsis
- Spy Smasher, Eve and Admiral Corby are all in on the battle against the Mask's Fifth Columnists, many of whom are hiding in a mountain stronghold, awaiting orders from their leader to attack Washington. However, Spy Smasher has a plan to make the Mask think we have 10,000 robots manning planes that can shoot machine guns and drop bombs!
- Reprints
- in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #89 ([May] 2013) [black and white]
-
- Keywords
- Gyro-Sub
[The Big Shot]
Dan Dare / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- The Big Shot [Harper] (Villain; Intro)
[no title indexed]
Dr. Voodoo / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hal Carey, young American doctor, known to the Blanca Indians as Doctor Voodoo -- and Nikko, young chief of the tribe, plan an extended hunting trip.
- Genre
- jungle; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dr. Voodoo [Hal Carey]; Nikko (Chief of the White Blanca Indians); Walter Webb (American mining engineer); Maxinya (Webb's daughter); Jappa (Maxinya's pey jaguar); Okoro (villain, medicine man of the Blancas)
- Synopsis
- Hal and Nikko, while on a hunting trip, discover a diamond mine and diamonds that can be sold and the money used to build a jungle hospital.
- Reprints
- in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #89 ([May] 2013) [black and white]
-
- Keywords
- blood transfusions; diamond mines; lizard creatures; quicksand; waterfalls
Indexer Notes
The story is continued in the next issue.
[The Widow's Wishes]
Ibis the Invincible / comic story / 8 pages
- Feature Logo
- Ibis the Invincible
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Widow Zorn (Villain; Intro)
Indexer Notes
story continues in next issue
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Script
- Gordon Fawcett (credited) (business manager)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
In the middle of a house-ad page.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Captain Marvel Rides the Engine of Doom!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
1.
The Engine of Doom
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
2.
[Ballots and Blood]
Golden Arrow -
3.
[Chestful of Danger]
Lance O'Casey -
4.
[The Mask's Fifth Column]
Spy Smasher -
5.
[The Big Shot]
Dan Dare -
6.
Jungle Magic
-
7.
["Hal Carey, young American doctor, known to the Blanca Indians as Doctor Voodoo -- and Nikko, young chief of the tribe, plan an extended hunting trip."]
Dr. Voodoo -
8.
[The Widow's Wishes]
Ibis the Invincible -
9.
The Mysterious Ring
Whiz Magic -
10.
[no title indexed]
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- Robert
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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