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Issue: Whiz Comics #8 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1940
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Issues: #8 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: 07/26/1940
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: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3. Copyright No. 464241. See https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/application-card/CC19381945B_463000-464999.1242 for more details. No renewal record found on copyright.gov nor is any renewal notated in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series. Part 2: Periodicals Jan-Dec 1967: Vol 21.
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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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Saved by Captain Marvel!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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 #8 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The Menace of the Skull

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Princess Patricia (performer); Mrs. Moneypenny; Horace Moneypenny (husband of Mrs. Moneypenny); Captain Death (villain, introduction); Professor Skull (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Billy discovers a connection between accidents occurring on the beach and the presence of a strange yacht anchored nearby. He discovers that wealthy people have disappeared and are being held for ransom; then the victims would be killed once the family has been bled dry.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #1 [First Printing] published November 1992
as Saved By Captain Marvel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10.66
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Death Hits the Bull's-Eye

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: western
Character(s): Bronk Braddock (Villain); Brute Braddock (Villain)
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Pages: 9
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The Islanders' Gorilla-god

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Marna Dale (Intro); Raider Brand (Villain; Intro; Death)
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Pages: 8
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Menace of the Magnetic Mine

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Genres: espionage, superhero
Character(s): The Mask (villain)
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Pages: 8
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Counterfeiter's Conspiracy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Dan Dare
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Originally credited to Al Carreno. The eyes with high arched upper lid and some short lines below the outer corners, and sometimes hands with lines between fingers that don't go all the way down, page 2, 4 and 5. All good signs of Anderson. He had many Nyoka, Mr. Scarlet and also Lance O'Casey stories. Compare faces with his credited Red Gaucho in Master Comics #10.
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Jungle Luck

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Maxinya; Okoro (Villain); Dr. Gustave Schmidt (Villain; Introduction); Doctor Voodoo [Hal Carey]; Jappa (jaguar); Nikko
First Line: While Doctor Voodoo and Maxinya plan for the future...
Synopsis: Posing as orchid hunters, a group of criminals ally themselves with Okoro in order to loot the Blancas lost Temple of Gold. However, they are frightened away from the temple by unknown forces.
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Carl Brand (villain); Ibis; Taia
First Line: Ibis -- it's the tomb of Amnos, the Black Pharoah, oh something dreadful will happen!
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: story continues in next issue.

Ricca can be spotted by his rounded faces with squinting eyes and a small dent under the middle of the chin. Later he had a bit more open eyes.
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Whiz Magic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Ibis the Invincible (cameo)
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Pages: 1

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