Whiz Comics
#53
(April 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
- J. B. Magill
Issue Notes
Circulation: 775,477 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
- What happens when Capt. Marvel and Billy Batson fight??
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel; Billy Batson
- Keywords
- lightning
The Talking Animals
Golden Arrow / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; superhero
- Characters
- Golden Arrow; White Wind (horse); sheriff; Lem Bartlett
- Synopsis
- An animal trainer sells a bear that can talk, but Golden Arrow finds out the man is a ventriloquist.
Indexer Notes
Compared with Al Carreno's signed work in Kid Cowboy (St. John, 1953 series) #14, this story is most probably by him.
The Flowers of Fear
Spy Smasher / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- spy; superhero
- Characters
- Spy Smasher [Allen Armstrong]; Admiral Corby; Kurt; Fritz; Horst; von Fere
- Synopsis
- Herr von Fere has discovered a poisonous jungle plant with a powerful terror-scent and sends one to Admiral Corby.
Prince Ibis Pursues the Gay Nineties Gangster
Ibis the Invincible / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Prince Ibis; Taia
Indexer Notes
Some of the faces look like Blum's.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["What happens when Capt. Marvel and Billy Batson fight??"]
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
1.
[Contents Page]
-
2.
Captain Marvel Falls in Love
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
3.
The Talking Animals
Golden Arrow -
4.
Danger in the Alps
Wicky and O'Shawnessy -
5.
The Flowers of Fear
Spy Smasher -
6.
Prince Ibis Pursues the Gay Nineties Gangster
Ibis the Invincible -
7.
Be a Junior Spy Smasher
Spy Smasher -
8.
The Boy Beggar
Lance O'Casey
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Peter Croome
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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