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Issue: Whiz Comics #15 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1941
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Issues: #15 of 155 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand: A Fawcett Publication [Triangle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/21/1941
Volume: 3
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 2.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: With the British plane streaking to a fiery doom, Captain Marvel dives to the resuce!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #1 [First Printing] published November 1992
as Cover - Whiz Comics #15 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Origin of Dr. Sivana

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Rocco (villain)
Synopsis: Billy is awarded the trophy for doing the most outstanding radio work for the year. Later, he takes Beautia out to eat and is accosted by some thugs. Not realizing they work for Sivana, Billy soon learns of the evil scientist's Ultra-Frequency device, which is so delicately tuned that it can cancel out, by interference, Billy's magic word which turns him into Captain Marvel.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLimited Collectors' Edition #C-39 published October 1975
as The Origin of Dr. Sivana [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShazam from the Forties to the Seventies #[nn] published September 1977
as The Origin of Dr. Sivana [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #1 [First Printing] published November 1992
as The Origin of Dr. Sivana [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: The last name of Beautia and relationship with Sivana is revealed.

Next appearance of Magnificus Sivana is in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #253 (October-November 1978).
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The Crimes of the Crystal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): The Companions Three [Don (introduction); Spike (introduction); Nifty (introduction)]; The Crystal (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: The storyline continues in Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #14 (May 1941).
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The Taming of El Tigre

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): El Tigre (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 8
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The Corruption of Spy Smasher

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: espionage, superhero
Character(s): Jane; Grosso (villain, death)
Synopsis: Eve is kidnapped by Grosso, who is under the spell of the Mask, but Spy Smasher is on the spot, saving her and killing the giant kidnapper. However, Alan is ambushed by another of the Mask's men and is taken to the lair of the villain, who discovers Spy Smasher's true identity, then subjects him to the Brainograph. Now an evil menace to democratic society, Spy Smasher turns on the Mask and kills him, but Captain Marvel promises to stop him at all costs.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #2 published September 1999
as The Corruption of Spy Smasher [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Part 1 of Captain Marvel vs. Spy Smasher storyline, which continues in the Captain Marvel story in next issue.
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The Air Pirates

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Dan Dare
Reprinting
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Pages: 8
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Fire Devil

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Dr. Voodoo; Queen Zoe (introduction, death); Doctor Voodoo [Hal Carey]; Tola; Mopolo; Doctor Hashimura
First Line: Searching in the jungles of the Amazon for native herbs to use in his medical work...
Synopsis: Hal and handful of Blancas are captured by the army of a surviving Inca city. The queen of the city demands Hal's hand in marriage until her fountain of youth fails her. On returning to the Blanca village, Hal is detained by a Japanese national, demanding to know the location of Maxwell Webb's diamond mine.
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Pages: 6
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The Giant Spider

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Trug (villain); Rimson (villain, death)
Reprinting
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: The story continues in the next issue.
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Captain Marvel's in the Movies!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated promotional advertisement on the inside back cover, with figure of Captain Marvel, for the Captain Marvel serial from Republic Pictures. A coupon is included for readers to send to the editor of Whiz Comics on which they can list the name of the theatre and its address so that the editor can notify the proper people to feature the serial at that theatre.

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