Whiz Comics
#52
(March 1944)
Fawcett,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 9
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fawcett Magazine
- Editing
- Will Lieberson ?
Issue Notes
Circulation: 779,956 copies (data from Audit Bureau of Circulation via Russ Mahera)
[no title indexed]
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Capt. Marvel defies Sivana's deathday and chooses his birthday
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel; Dr. Sivana
- Keywords
- convicts; mad scientists; Van Der Graaf generators
Capt. Marvel and His Deathday!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sivana (villain); Cutter; Slasher
- Synopsis
- Captain Marvel gets a telegram special with "Happy Deathday to you!"
Indexer Notes
The artwork is similar to that credited on the cover, and also the credited story in the preceding issue.
The Bottomless Well
Golden Arrow / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; superhero
- Characters
- Golden Arrow; Maybelle Simms; Cactus Dawson
- Synopsis
- A swindler claims he has a bottomless well and that he can sell land on the other side of the world.
Indexer Notes
The scan in Who's Who from Whiz Comics #63 has identical art to this story.
The Terrible Dark One
Ibis the Invincible / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ibis the Invincible; Princess Taia; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; The Dark One (villain); Adolf Hitler (villain); Blackbeard the Pirate (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Dark One gives aid to Hitler's navy and kidnaps Taia before being exposed and imprisoned by Ibis.
Indexer Notes
On page 6 Ibis magically summons "The greatest man on earth," which brings Captain Marvel to his aid for three panels.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Capt. Marvel defies Sivana's deathday and chooses his birthday"]
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
1.
[Contents Page]
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2.
Capt. Marvel and His Deathday!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
3.
The Bottomless Well
Golden Arrow -
4.
Spy Smasher Needles the Nazis
Spy Smasher -
5.
Beware: Dangerous Dragon
Wicky and O'Shawnessy -
6.
The Terrible Dark One
Ibis the Invincible
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Dick Sabo
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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