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Whiz Comics 25

WHIZ COMICS #25

Cover Date: December 12 1941
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1941-11-28

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: C.C. Beck
Inks: Pete Costanza


Story: [No Title] (16 Pages)

Credits:

StoryFrance Herron
ArtC.C. Beck, Mac Raboy
ColorsFrance Herron
EditingFrance Herron

Feature Character(s):

Captain Marvel (between Master Comics #21 and #22)

Supporting Character(s):

Shazam
Sterling Morris
Whitey Murphy
Captain Marvel Jr. (Freddy Freeman; first appearance; granted the powers of Captain Marvel by Shazam; next in Master Comics #22)

Villain(s):

Captain Nazi (between Master Comics #21 and #22)

Location(s):

Fawcett City (unnamed in this story)
Rock of Eternity

Story Reprinted in:

Shazam from the Forties to the Seventies (1977)
The Shazam! Archives #4 (2003)


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Second Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

ArtHarry Parkhurst
EditingFrance Herron

Feature Character(s):

Golden Arrow

Supporting Character(s):

White Wind
Carol Braddock (final appearance)

Villain(s):

Beefo (first appearance; a love-spurned circus French strongman who turns to crime)
Snake-Eyes (first appearance; uses Beefo to commit bank robbery)

Location(s):

American Southwest


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Third Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

ArtAlex Blum
EditingFrance Herron

Feature Character(s):

Spy Smasher

Supporting Character(s):

Admiral Corby
Eve Corby

Villain(s):

America Smasher

Location(s):

Washington, DC


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtClem Weisbecker
EditingFrance Herron

Feature Character(s):

Lance O'Casey

Supporting Character(s):

Mister Hogan
Captain Doom

Villain(s):

Red Bart (first appearance; steals pearls from a dealer)
Mulau and his crew (first appearance for all; Malaysian pirates)

Location(s):

Malonana
Fiji Islands

Comment(s):

O'Casey's small sailing ship is the Brian Boru II.


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Fifth Story: "The Death Guards Ride" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtMark Schneider
EditingFrance Herron

Feature Character(s):

Doctor Voodoo

Supporting Character(s):

Nero
Anita

Villain(s):

Herculo Svenson (dies)
Black Marco and his Death Guards (first appearance; a Spanish noble who practices black magic and his undead soldiers)

Other Character(s):

Don Louis (first appearance; a Spanish nobleman)

Location(s):

Spain

Comment(s):

This story continues from the last issue and into next issue.


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Fifth Story: "The Evil That Men Do Lives After Them" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsBinder Studio
InksBinder Studio
EditingFrance Herron

Feature Character(s):

Ibis

Supporting Character(s):

Taia

Villain(s):

Gibro, the Mad Mullah (first appearance; raises a mummy from the dead to lead his troops against the Egyptian forces; dies)
Rameses (first appearance; a mummy of a black wizard returned to life; re-entombed)

Location(s):

Egypt

Comment(s):

This story continues in the next issue.


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