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Issue: Whiz Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1940
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Issues: #5 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: 04/26/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bill Parker
Disclose Notes: 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 452785. This was also reported as issue #5 to the Copyright Office. See https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/application-card/CC19381945B_452000-453999.0787 for more details. Copyright renewed 1967-06-01 as RE 411107 from Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series. Part 2: Periodicals Jan-Dec 1967: Vol 21, page 407.
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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 Scores Again

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
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In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #1 [First Printing] published November 1992
as Cover - Whiz Comics #5 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The Slaves of Dr. Scar

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson, also as Billy Smith]; un-named FBI Chief; Joe; Mr. Levy (jewelry store owner); Mr. Scar (villain, introduction); Dr. Aloysius Lake (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: In Washington D.C., Billy is in town to help the FBI to track down a phantom genius of crime who plans to carry out a fiendish scheme for wholesale robbery throughout the nation.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #1 [First Printing] published November 1992
as Captain Marvel Scores Again! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11.66
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Enter: Carol Braddock

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Genres: western
Character(s): Carol Braddock (Intro; the Braddock brothers' niece; appears in most stories thru #25); Bronk and Brute Braddock (Villain)
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Pages: 8
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The Bucket O' Blood

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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 8
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Sea Dogs

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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Lance O'Casey's Sea-Lore
Character(s): Lance O'Casey
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Pages: 1
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The Convict's Ghost

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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Pages: 2
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Schlitzoff's Spy Plot

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Genres: espionage, superhero
Character(s): The Mask (Villain); Gerald Schlitzoff (Villain)
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Pages: 8
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The Great Rollo Mystery

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Genres: mystery
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: continued next issue; story influenced by Poe's "Murders In the Rue Morgue.
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The Kingdom of Scorpia

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): King Cortes (Villain; Intro; Death?)
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Pages: 8
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Showdown with Murder Malone

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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Murder Malone (villain; becomes a toad)
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: continued in next issue.

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