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Issue: Whiz Comics #5 (4) Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1940
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Issues: #5 (4) 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: 03/27/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The indicia says "Vol. 1, No 5", but the cover has "Number 4" on it.

On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright No. B 449976. Issue number 5 was the number reported to the Copyright Office. See https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/application-card/CC19381945B_448000-449999.1977 for more detail. Copyright renewed 1967-06-01 as RE 411108 from Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series. Part 2: Periodicals Jan-Dec 1967: Vol 21, page 407.

This issue contains a C. C. Beck illustrated advertisement (1/4 page) for the Captain Marvel Power Siren, which could be purchased at newsstands or obtained free if the reader cut out and mailed in three certificate coupons that appeared in Fawcett's Whiz Comics, Master Comics and Slam-Bang Comics. This ad is reprinted in Alter Ego #141 (August 2016), page 79.
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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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Captain Marvel Crashes Through

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Beautia Sivana
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In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #1 [First Printing] published November 1992
as Cover - Whiz Comics #4 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #1 [First Printing] published November 1992
as Backcover [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]cover
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Got Anything to Swap?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Whiz Comics' Trading Post
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Beautia for President

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain); Beautia Sivana (villain)
Synopsis: Beautia begins her campaign to be elected President of the United States, and Sivana tells her that once she is elected, he will have every government official murdered, every citizen executed who didn't vote for her, steal all the gold from the U.S. Treasury, and blow up the White House, replacing it with a palace for her.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #1 [First Printing] published November 1992
as Captain Marvel Crashes Through [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.75
Disclose Notes: Captain Marvel also wears button down flap in this issue on splash page, pages 10 and 12.

The last 1/4 page of the story is an illustrated ad, with Captain Marvel, for the Captain Marvel Power Siren (the World's Mightiest Whistle).
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: Choctaw Indians were used by the U.S. Army...
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The Plots of the Braddock Brothers

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Genres: western
Character(s): Bronk Braddock; Brute Braddock
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Pages: 8
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The Mask Steals a Submarine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: espionage, superhero
Character(s): The Mask (villain); Admiral Corby; Eve Corby
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Pages: 8
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Big Brother

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Kidnaped [sic] Beauty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Dan Dare; Blackhawk Pete; Carol Clews; Jim Carson; Eduardo
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Pages: 8
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The Coming of Daniel Doom

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Daniel Doom (introduction); Mister Hogan
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Pages: 8
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The Emerald of Rooirand

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Scoop Smith; Blimp Black; Laputario; Bruce Lane
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Pages: 8
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The Rescue of Boyville

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Murder Malone (Intro); Bobby Locke
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: continued next issue.
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Hey, Pals!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Marvel Power Siren
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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