Whiz Comics
#31
(June 12, 1942)
Fawcett,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 5
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-05-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fawcett Publication [Triangle]
- Editing
- Otto Binder (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
[no title indexed]
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ray Harford
- Inks
- Ray Harford
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Captain Marvel salutes America's greatest hero
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Douglas MacArthur; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong] (inset)
- Reprints
-
in Cartoons for Victory (Fantagraphics, 2015 series) (September 2015)
-
- Keywords
- posters; United States Army; World War II
Indexer Notes
Art revision from C. C. Beck (pencils) and Pete Costanza (inks) to Harford per P. C. Hamerlinck in Alter Ego #139 (May, 2016), and again in #140 (June, 2016) and added by Craig Delich. Article states that the original cover artwork was discovered in the Harford home by his two son's after his passing.
The Marvel Exterminator
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Beautia Sivana; Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain)
Indexer Notes
Art revision from C. C. Beck to Harford per P. C. Hamerlinck in Alter Ego #139 (May, 2016), verified by Marc Swayze, and added by Craig Delich.
Golden Arrow Helps East Meet West
Golden Arrow / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; superhero
Indexer Notes
Title from contents page.
The Mailed Fist Strikes
Spy Smasher / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- spy; superhero
- Characters
- America-Smasher (villain)
Diamond Deal
text story / 2 pages
- Reprints
-
in Whiz Comics (Cleland, 1946 series) #10 ([circa 1947])
-
- Keywords
- diamonds
The Yellow Killers of the South Seas
Lance O'Casey / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Mike Bellew (introduction); Lance O'Casey
Indexer Notes
The eyes with high arched upper lid and some short lines below the outer corners, and sometimes hands with lines between fingers that don't go all the way down, page 2, 4 and 5. are indicators of Anderson. Compare faces with his credited Red Gaucho stories in Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #8-11.
[no title indexed]
Famous Blitzkriegs of the Past / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Edward III, King of England, claiming the French throne...
- Genre
- non-fiction; war
- Characters
- King Edward III
- Reprints
- in Detective Comics (Frew Publications, 1955 ? series) #3 ([1955] ?)
- from ?
-
- Keywords
- English Channel
Huns on the Hunt
Dr. Voodoo / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- jungle; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Anita; Nero; Hungar (villain); Doctor Voodoo [Hal Carey]; Sir Gawain; Huns
- Synopsis
- Anita and the Flask are taken by Huns. Hal pursues them.
- Keywords
- knights; the Golden Flask
Indexer Notes
Part 13 of Golden Flask Quest; contents page title
[The Return of Trug]
Ibis the Invincible / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Trug (villain)
- Reprints
- in Ibis [Mighty Midget Comic] (Samuel E. Lowe & Co., 1942 series) #11 (1942) [slightly edited]
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Captain Marvel salutes America's greatest hero"]
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
1.
[Contents Page]
-
2.
The Marvel Exterminator
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
3.
Golden Arrow Helps East Meet West
Golden Arrow -
4.
The Mailed Fist Strikes
Spy Smasher -
5.
Diamond Deal
-
6.
The Yellow Killers of the South Seas
Lance O'Casey -
7.
["Edward III, King of England, claiming the French throne..."]
Famous Blitzkriegs of the Past -
8.
Huns on the Hunt
Dr. Voodoo -
9.
[The Return of Trug]
Ibis the Invincible
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Steinar Ådland
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Stangas
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
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