Wow Comics
#40
(January 1946)
Fawcett,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 7
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications, Incorporated
- Brand
-
A Fawcett Magazine
- Editing
- Mercedes Shull (editor); Gordon Fawcett (credited) (business manager)
Mary Marvel, World's Mightiest Girl, and the Quarrel of the Gnomes!
Mary Marvel / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.5 page
- Script
- Gordon Fawcett (business manager)
- Letters
- typeset
The Quarrel of the Gnomes
Mary Marvel / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Gnomes (introduction)
No Time For Torture
Penny Graves / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Joe Millard (credited as Richard R. Gordon)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Penny Graves
Tokyo Takeoff
Phantom Eagle / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Otto Binder (see notes)
- Pencils
- Marc Swayze (see notes)
- Inks
- Marc Swayze (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- aviation
- Characters
- Phantom Eagle [Mickey Malone]; the Japanese (villains)
Indexer Notes
A Second World War untold story.
Art credits verified by Swayze in Alter-Ego (Twomorrows, 1999 series) #10 (September 2001).
Writer credit verified by Otto Binder in Alter Ego (Twomorrows, 1999 series) #123 (March 2014).
All the World's a Stage
Mr. Scarlet and Pinky / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mr. Scarlet; Pinky; Louie Chips (villain)
- Synopsis
- Louis hears that Harry Fox is moving in on his rackets, so he hires an actor to take hia place and get bumped off instead of Louie, then Louie can put the finger on Harry. Unfortunately, the actor packs a rod and bumps off Harry first, then go back to Louie's place and kills him and assumes his identity.....that is until Scarlet intervenes.
- Reprints
-
in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #58 ([July] 2006) -
in Golden Titans (Univers Comics, 2009 series) #2 (novembre 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
Character appearance, reprint info and synopsis provided by Craig Delich (September 24, 2006).
The Secret of the Vial
Commando Yank / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Commando Yank
Indexer Notes
A Second World War untold story.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Mary Marvel, World's Mightiest Girl, and the Quarrel of the Gnomes!
Mary Marvel -
1.
Danger! Roaring Adventure, Rousing Action
-
2.
[no title indexed]
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3.
The Quarrel of the Gnomes
Mary Marvel -
4.
No Time For Torture
Penny Graves -
5.
Tokyo Takeoff
Phantom Eagle -
6.
All the World's a Stage
Mr. Scarlet and Pinky -
7.
The Secret of the Vial
Commando Yank
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Craig Delich
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Mark Q
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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