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Issue: Whiz Comics #17 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1941
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Issues: #17 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: 04/18/1941
Volume: 3
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (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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Capt. Marvel Knocks Out a Tank!

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] [aka Smith]; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Sterling Morris; Pete Costanza (salesman, un-named)
Synopsis: 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
In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #2 published September 1999
as The Threat to Sterling Morris [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: 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).
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The Sign of the Sheep

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Genres: western
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Pages: 9
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The Secret Airplane Base

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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 8
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Confrontation with Captain Marvel

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Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Character(s): Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Eve Corby; Jimmy; Joe (laborer);
Synopsis: 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.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #2 published September 1999
as Confrontation With Captain Marvel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Part 5 of the Captain Marvel vs. Spy Smasher storyline, which continues in the Captain Marvel story in the next issue.
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Cave-In at the Bar-X Mine

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Genres: mystery
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Pages: 9
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Rollo Bollo "The Snake of Ceylon"

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Maxinya; King Richard (introduction); Sir Ganal [Sir Galan] (introduction); Doctor Voodoo [Hal Carey]
First Line: Hal Carey, known to the Blanca Indians as Doctor Voodoo, has long been away from the friendly village.
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Part 1 of Golden Flask Quest.
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The Kidnapped Cadet

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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Trug (Villain); Man of the Mountain (Villain; Intro); Thoth (Intro)
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Story continues in next issue.

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