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Issue: Wow Comics #62 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1948
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Issues: #62 of 69 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand: A Fawcett PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/07/1947
Volume: 11
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 2, Part 2, No. 1, Periodicals, January-June 1948.
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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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Phantom Eagle (inset); Commando Yank (inset); Mr. Scarlet (inset); Pinky (inset); Ozzie Turner
First Line: Look -- flying saucers!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Contents Page

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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On Your Toes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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His Brain's on a Vacation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: Well, I've got to be running along now!
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Pages: 0.5
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Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: C'mon, gang! Let's drop into the gym an' see how the cooking class is doing with their set-up for the school party!
Synopsis: Kids from a rival school try to ruin an award sock hop party by stealing the ice cream and Tootsie Rolls. Captain Tootsie tracks them down and saves the ice cream and also replaces the Tootsie Rolls the thieves had eaten.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A comic form advertisement for Tootsie Roll candy.
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Unflattering Remarks

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lillian M. Bushley (notary public)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: No circulation numbers but a complete list of the owners of Fawcett.
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Formula for Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Men of Mystery #8 published January 1998
as Formula for Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Sign of the Dancing Dolls

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Penny Graves text story.
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Stage Yaks

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Sleuths

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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Tom Mix

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Tom Mix
Synopsis: Two Tom Mix illustrations to cut out and glue on cardboard to make trading cards.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Gangsters of the Air!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (see notes)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Character(s): Phantom Eagle [Mickey Malone]; Hardface (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Unknown writer credits per Swayze's column in Alter-Ego #10 (September, 2001) in which he stated that he didn't start writing this feature until Wow #63. Art credits verified by Swayze in this same issue.
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The Case of Tramp

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Death on a White Flag

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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"Wings" Winchester Saves a Puppy

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens
Character(s): "Wings" Winchester; Trixie (a puppy); Trixie's boy owner; unnamed veterinarian
First Line: Jeepers! That puppy 's right in the path of that crate!
Synopsis: "Wings" Winchester is able to save an injured puppy's life due to how fast he traveled to the veterinarian using his roller skates.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: An advertisement in comic form for Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates from the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, of New Haven, Connecticut.
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Juniorjim...

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, drama
Character(s): Jim; Jim's mother; The Smith Brothers
Synopsis: Jim hates the taste of cough medicine. That night The Smith Brothers come to him in a dream and recommend their cough drops instead. Him mom buys them for Jim and he likes them better than the medicine
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: An advertisement in comic form for The Smith Brothers Cough Drops.
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New! Jim Prentice, Amazing, Exciting, 1948, Electric Football

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Jerry; four unnamed boys; an unnamed father
First Line: Boys playing foot-ball rain or shine
Synopsis: Kids have to stop playing football due to the pouring rain. When they go inside, they are instead able to play Jim Prentice Electric Football.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

An advertisement in comic form for Jim Prentice Electric Football from The Electric Game Co., Inc. of Holyoke, Mass.

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