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Issue: Whiz Comics #36 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1942
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Issues: #36 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: (not set)
Volume: 6
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Rod Reed
Disclose Notes: All stories in this issue have a Halloween theme.
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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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The Haunted Hallowe'en Motel

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (also inset); Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong] (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose 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 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.
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Contents Page

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Pages: 1
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The Haunted Halloween Hotel

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Cuthbert Morris (introduction; Sterling Morris' brother); Priscilla Morris (introduction; Sterling Morris's sister-in-law); Sid Winkler (a ghost)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Art revision from Marc Swayze ? to Harford per P. C. Hamerlinck in Alter Ego #139 (May, 2016), verified by Swayze, and added by Craig Delich.

This story contains a rare instance of Billy and Captain Marvel actually having a conversation with each other.
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The Killer of Ghost Town

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Genres: western
Character(s): King Kade's Ghost [Murch] (villain; introduction)
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Pages: 9
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Death Wears a False Face

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Writer(s): Robert Arthur
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Pages: 3
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The Misfortune Teller

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Genres: espionage, superhero
Character(s): The Atom (villain; introduction)
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Pages: 9
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The Isle of Lonely Gods

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Lance O'Casey; Mike Bellew
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Harry Anderson can be spotted by his faces with eyes that have a straight lower lid and high arched upper lid, and small lines outside the corners and thin, long eyebrows.
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The Black Witch!

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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Ibis; Taia; The Black Witch (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Name is Hebberd, not Hebboa.
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Porterhouse the Invincible and the Phantom of Porterhouse Manor

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Colonel Porterhouse
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Parody of this issue's Ibis story; Porterhouse as Porterhouse the Invincible (with Porterwand!)

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