Whiz Comics
#22
(October 3, 1941)
Fawcett,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 4
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Every four weeks
- On-sale Date
- 1941-09-05
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications, Inc.
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Ed Herron (editor); Wilfred Fawcett (credited as W. H. Fawcett Jr.) (president); Eliott D. Odell (credited) (advertising director); Roscoe Fawcett (credited as Roscoe K. Fawcett) (circulation director); Ralph Daigh (credited) (editorial director); Al Allard (credited) (art director)
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. 4.
Published at: 1100 Broadway, Louisville, Ky. Editorial offices: 1501 Broadway, New York City. General offices: Fawcett Bldg., Greenwich, Conn. Copyright 1941 by Fawcett Publications, Inc.
Published at: 1100 Broadway, Louisville, Ky. Editorial offices: 1501 Broadway, New York City. General offices: Fawcett Bldg., Greenwich, Conn. Copyright 1941 by Fawcett Publications, Inc.
Captain Marvel and the Mayan Temple!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel; Billy Batson
- Reprints
-
in Captain Marvel [Mighty Midget Comic] (Samuel E. Lowe & Co., 1942 series) #11 (1942) - in The Golden Age of Comic Books (Random House, 1977 series) (April 1977)
- in The Shazam! Archives (DC, 1992 series) #3 (2002 [January 2003]), #3 (2002 [January 2003])
-
- Keywords
- lightning
The Temple of Itzalotahui
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Whitey Murphy (introduction); Miss Dalshaw (radio station secretary, introduction); Walters (radio station employee); Pauncho (translator, introduction); John Malcolm (explorer); un-named Mayan Indian girl (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Billy and Whitey go to Guatemala to rescue Mr. Malcolm who returned to Central America on a second expedition and disappeared.
- Reprints
- in The Shazam! Archives (DC, 1992 series) #3 (2002 [January 2003])
-
- Keywords
- Shazam; Station WHIZ
Indexer Notes
Whitey is from "The Adventures of Captain Marvel" movie serial from Republic Pictures in 1941.
The Rattler
Golden Arrow / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; superhero
- Characters
- The Rattler (villain, introduction)
[Showdown with Kurt Bund]
Spy Smasher / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- spy; superhero
- Characters
- Kurt Bund (villain); Blitzys (villain)
Paid in Full
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Carl Formes (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Formes (credited) (illustration)
- Inks
- Carl Formes (credited) (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- western-frontier
[The Sinister Spider]
Dan Dare / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- The Spider [Dr. Phoebus Weber] (villain, introduction)
Indexer Notes
Last Dan Dare story.
[Golden Flask Quest: Part 6]
Dr. Voodoo / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ...after being captured by Anita, queen of the giants, Voodoo and Nero escape up the steep cliff...
- Genre
- jungle; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Anita; Nero; Herculo Svenson (villain; introduction); Doctor Voodoo [Hal Carey]
- Synopsis
- While Hal and Nero battle a dragon, Anita and the Flask are taken by the pirate, Herculo Svenson.
- Keywords
- castles; dragons; giants; pirates; sailing ships; the Golden Flask; time travel
Indexer Notes
Part 6 of Golden Flask Quest.
[Into the Black Hole]
Ibis the Invincible / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ibis; Half-Man (villain)
Indexer Notes
Story continues in next issue.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Captain Marvel and the Mayan Temple!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
1.
The Temple of Itzalotahui
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
2.
The Rattler
Golden Arrow -
3.
[Showdown with Kurt Bund]
Spy Smasher -
4.
[The End of the Mutineers]
Lance O'Casey -
5.
Paid in Full
-
6.
[The Sinister Spider]
Dan Dare -
7.
[Golden Flask Quest: Part 6]
Dr. Voodoo -
8.
[Into the Black Hole]
Ibis the Invincible
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