Whiz Comics
#85
(May 1947)
Fawcett,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 15
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1947-03-07
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fawcett Publication
- Editing
- Will Lieberson
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
How to Eat Spaghetti without Getting Wetty
The Culture Corner / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Croucher K. Conk
- Reprints
-
in Daisy Handbook (Daisy Manufacturing Company, 1946 series) #2 ([May] 1948) - in The Culture Corner (Fantagraphics, 2010 series) (2010)
-
The Dry Gulch Massacre
Golden Arrow / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; superhero
- Characters
- Golden Arrow; White Wind (horse); Tex; Rick
- Synopsis
- A white man is killed by an arrow, and Tex leads a posse to punish the peaceful Indians. Golden Arrow finds out the arrow was not made by Indians and that somebody in Dry Gulch is behind the trouble.
Indexer Notes
The artwork, especially the unrealistic horses are exact matches, almost like traced copies of horses found in Krigstein's stories in #81 and #84.
The Golden Whale
Ibis the Invincible / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Originally credited to Gus Ricca, but there are none of his broad rounded chins and jaws, or squinting eyes. Compare Ibis in #86.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Captain Marvel and the Clock of San Lajardo
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
1.
The Clock of San Lojardo
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
2.
How to Eat Spaghetti without Getting Wetty
The Culture Corner -
3.
In Name Only
Wilbur the Waiter -
4.
The Dry Gulch Massacre
Golden Arrow -
5.
A Sight for Sore Eyes
Doc Sorebones -
6.
Wicky's Wild Alligator
Wicky and O'Shawnessy -
7.
The Golden Whale
Ibis the Invincible -
8.
Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!
Giggle Gags
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Del Gruber
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mazzella
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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