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Issue: Whiz Comics #39 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1943
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Issues: #39 of 155 Issues
Title:
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: 7
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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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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A Nazi in Utopia

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Pharo
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Visit the world of the future... ...now!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Mechanix Illustrated.
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Contents Page

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): General Von Phool
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Captain Marvel Finds Utopia!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sterling Morris; General Von Phool; Pharo
Synopsis: General Von Phool and his two aides escape to Utopia, a place where there has been no violence for 500 years.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14.67
Disclose Notes: Art revision from Mark Swayze ? to Beck pencils and Beck assistants inks by Craig Delich, per P. C. Hamerlinck in Alter Ego #147 (July 2017).
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
First Line: Wow! There sure are a lot of you who want to hear Captain Marvel on the radio!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Thanking the thousands of readers who wrote in wanting to hear Captain Marvel on the radio.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Steamboat
First Line: Is this for you?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The Captain Marvel Club.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): White Wind (horse); Sprig McCoy; Nick; Ellen Huggins; Cal Huggins; Jim Brant
First Line: The awful shadow of false guilt hangs over an innocent man's head!
Synopsis: McCoy wants to buy the ranches of his neighbors, but none will sell. He kills one and lets the other get the blame for the murder.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: The art is very similar to Cazeneuve's work on "Aquaman" in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #124 and credited stories in Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #45.
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Colonel Porterhouse Rides Again

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Colonel Porterhouse; Giles Gradsby; Chief Tall Corn; Amelia Mealy; Mr. Mealy; Mrs. Mealy; Starlight (horse); Quibble (first lawyer); Quibble (second lawyer); Quibble (third lawyer); Smith (fourth lawyer); George Storm
Synopsis: Giles Gradsby is trying to buy up all the land in Sunburn Valley.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Parody of this issue's Golden Arrow story; last Colonel Porterhouse story; artist George Storm appears in background of panel 5 on last page.
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The Mad Artist Buys a Bond

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Mad Artist
First Line: For victory buy war bonds
Synopsis: The Mad Artist paints a place to buy war bonds, then enters the picture to buy some.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Contents page title.
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Jungle Raid

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Doug Wilson; Marty; Colonel Wilson
Synopsis: Doug and Marty accidentally discover a Nazi air field in Columbia.
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Pages: 2
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The New Year's Eve Plot!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Character(s): America Smasher (villain); Hans; Admiral Corby; Eve Corby
Synopsis: America Smasher steals the plans for a new tank.
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In Content Item: FlagSpy Smasher Comics v2 #7 published February 1944
as Spy Smasher and the New Year's Eve Plot [Story on Interior Page(s)]script only; script only, new artwork by Canadian artists
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Story takes place Dec. 31, 1942-Jan. 1, 1943.

Art credit addition per P.C. Hamerlinck in Alter Ego #131 (March 2015).
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: The stars of the comics can bang the Axis...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Encouraging kids to buy war bonds and stamps.
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South China New Year's

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Mike; Tiger Woman
First Line: New Year's Eve in South China - a night for revelry and celebration!
Synopsis: Lance and Mike meet a dying man who wants a box kept from the Tiger Woman.
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In Content Item: FlagLance O'Casey [Mighty Midget Comic] #12 published January 1943
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story takes place December 31, 1942-January 1, 1943.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: The big 3 in comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Xmas Comics, Gift Comics, and Holiday Comics.
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The Slave of the Lamp!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Slave of the Lamp (villain, introduction, a genie); Iggy Bubb
Synopsis: Iggy Bubb finds a magic lamp and unleashes a genie.
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Pages: 10
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): J. E. Smith (photo)
First Line: Be a radio technician
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Free with this offer 33 power telescope lens kit
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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