Whiz Comics
#16
(April 1941)
Fawcett,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- every four weeks
- On-sale Date
- 1941-03-21
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fawcett Publication [Triangle]
- Editing
- Ed Herron (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. 2.
[no title indexed]
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong] (inset); Golden Arrow [Roger Parsons] (inset); Lance O'Casey (inset); Dan Dare (inset); Doctor Voodoo [Dr. Hal Carey] (inset); Ibis (inset); Taia (inset)
- Reprints
-
in The Shazam! Archives (DC, 1992 series) #2 ([September] 1999)
-
Indexer Notes
The Archive edition states the inks are by Costanza.
[Confrontation with Spy Smasher]
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Sterling Morris; the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- Sterling Morris calls Billy into his office and shows him newspaper headlines about Spy Smasher running wild and posing a real danger to U.S. defense sectors. Upon hearing that the former hero is at the federal penitentiary helping prisoners escape, Billy changes to Captain Marvel and travels to the prison to stop Spy Smasher. But Spy Smasher escapes, captures the good Captain, and subjects him to the Brainograph once belonging to the Mask!
- Reprints
- in The Shazam! Archives (DC, 1992 series) #2 ([September] 1999)
-
- Keywords
- Brainograph; Gyrosub; Shazam; Station WHIZ
Indexer Notes
Part 2 of the Captain Marvel vs. Spy Smasher storyline, which continues in the Spy Smasher story in this issue.
[Carol Braddock -- Marked for Death]
Golden Arrow / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; superhero
[The Trap for Eve Corby]
Spy Smasher / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- spy; superhero
- Characters
- Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Eve Corby; Admiral Corby;
- Synopsis
- Wanting to save Spy Smasher from the terrible effects of the Mask's Brainograph, Eve drives to Alan Armstrong's Virginia estate, believing him to be hiding there. He is, but Spy Smasher believes Eve to be a threat to him, so he decides to burn the house down with her in it, and it's only through the timely actions of Captain Marvel that her life is spared.
- Reprints
- in The Shazam! Archives (DC, 1992 series) #2 ([September] 1999)
-
- Keywords
- Shazam
Indexer Notes
Part 3 of the Captain Marvel vs. Spy Smasher storyline, which continues in the Captain Marvel story in the next issue.
The splash panel is used, in part, as the cover to Spy Smasher Comics #1.
Panel 6 on page seven contains a swipe of the figure of Captain Marvel used on the cover to Captain Marvel Adventures #1.
In the last panel, the editor asks readers to write in and tell him who they think will win the gigantic battle between the two heroes.
[The Gas Gun Murders]
Dan Dare / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- John Elton (Villain; Intro)
[no title indexed]
Dr. Voodoo / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jungle drums beat out a rhythmic message of terror...
- Genre
- jungle; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Ahmed (Villain; Introduction; Death); Doctor Voodoo [Hal Carey]; Nikko; Houmids (Arab tribe)
- Synopsis
- Hal and Nikko free a tribe from Arab ivory thieves.
- Keywords
- deserts; horses; ivory; scimitars; stereotyping of Arabs; whips
Indexer Notes
There is no explanation for how a tribe of Arabs came to be in Brazil, where the ivory came from, or why the climactic battle takes place in a desert.
[The Man Whose Words Came True]
Ibis the Invincible / comic story / 9 pages
- Feature Logo
- Ibis the Invincible
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Trug (Villain); Osiris (Intro)
Indexer Notes
Story continues in next issue.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
1.
[Confrontation with Spy Smasher]
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
2.
[Carol Braddock -- Marked for Death]
Golden Arrow -
3.
[The Land of the Leopard Men]
Lance O'Casey -
4.
[The Trap for Eve Corby]
Spy Smasher -
5.
[The Gas Gun Murders]
Dan Dare -
6.
Circus Hero
-
7.
["Jungle drums beat out a rhythmic message of terror..."]
Dr. Voodoo -
8.
[The Man Whose Words Came True]
Ibis the Invincible
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