(January 1940)

Fawcett, 1940 Series
 
Volume
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
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Indicia Frequency
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Indicia / Colophon Publisher
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Brand
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
C. C. Beck
Inks
C. C. Beck
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Thunder [Billy Batson]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

When Better Publications acquired the rights to publish Thrilling Comics #1, Fawcett was forced to change the title of this magazine again: originally from Flash Comics #1, then Thrill Comics #1, then Whiz Comics #2 (#1).

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Capt. Thunder / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Parker
Pencils
C. C. Beck
Inks
C. C. Beck
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Thunder [Billy Batson]; un-named phantom companion of Billy; Shazam (wizard, death); Sterling Morris (President of Amalgamated Broadcasting Company); Hammond (Amalgamated Broadcasting's receptionist); Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain, scientist); Ebenezer Batson (villain, Billy's Uncle, flashback)
Synopsis
After being taken by a mysterious stranger to meet the ancient wizard, Shazam, and gaining the powers of Captain Thunder, Billy Batson learns of a mysterious boss, and decides to report it to the head of Amalgamated Broadcasting Company.
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Keywords
Amalgamated Broadcasting Company (later known as Station WHIZ); Historama; Seven Deadly Sins of Man; Shazam; Skytower Apartments
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Table of Contents
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    Capt. Thunder
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  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
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