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Issue: Whiz Comics #17 Public Domain
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/18/1941
Volume: 3
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Capt. Marvel Knocks Out a Tank!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
superhero, war
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprinting
FlagThe Shazam! Archives #2 published September 1999
as Whiz Comics #17 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Threat to Sterling Morris

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] [aka Smith]; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Sterling Morris; Pete Costanza (salesman, un-named)
Mr. Morris is threatened by Spy Smasher with death because he was called to Washington D.C. to organize U.S. radio for its part in the defense program. Billy decides to call on Captain Marvel to act as bodyguard but in disguise. Although Morris averts danger, Marvel learns that Spy Smasher has stolen the army's newest and most secret weapon: a gas so deadly that there is no defense against it.
Reprinting
FlagThe Shazam! Archives #2 published September 1999
as The Threat to Sterling Morris [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11
Part 4 of the Captain Marvel vs. Spy Smasher storyline, which continues in the Spy Smasher story in this issue.

The splash page figure of Captain Marvel is also found on the cover of Whiz Comics #16.

Beck sometimes drew Pete Costanza into the Captain Marvel stories (which Costanza then inked), as in this one where he appears as an un-named salesman. Information verified in Alter Ego #126 (July 2014).
The Sign of the Sheep

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
western
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
9
The Secret Airplane Base

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure
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Miscellaneous
8
Confrontation with Captain Marvel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
espionage, superhero
Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Eve Corby; Jimmy; Joe (laborer);
Spy Smasher uses his Hypno-Ray Flashlight on a group of common laborers to put them under his spell, then uses the men to cause havoc and destruction. When the former hero begins using a cyclone machine of some kind, Captain Marvel vows to stop him.
Reprinting
FlagThe Shazam! Archives #2 published September 1999
as Confrontation With Captain Marvel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Part 5 of the Captain Marvel vs. Spy Smasher storyline, which continues in the Captain Marvel story in the next issue.
Cave-In at the Bar-X Mine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
mystery
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
9
Rollo Bollo "The Snake of Ceylon"

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
jungle
Maxinya; King Richard (introduction); Sir Ganal [Sir Galan] (introduction); Doctor Voodoo [Hal Carey]
Hal Carey, known to the Blanca Indians as Doctor Voodoo, has long been away from the friendly village.
Maxinya is kidnapped by medieval knights whose King Richard wishes Hal's help in conquering all the tribes of the jungle.
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Miscellaneous
6
Part 1 of Golden Flask Quest.
The Kidnapped Cadet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
occult, superhero
Trug (Villain); Man of the Mountain (Villain; Intro); Thoth (Intro)
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Miscellaneous
7
Story continues in next issue.

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