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WHIZ COMICS #6

Cover Date: July 1940
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1940-04-26

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Cover Credits:
Art: C.C. Beck


Story: [No Title] (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Parker
ArtC.C. Beck
LetteringBill Parker
EditingBill Parker

Feature Character(s):

Captain Marvel

Villain(s):

Doctor Sivana (brings Venusian animals to Earth to exhibit and make legitimate monies for his schemes)
A Venusian Dragon (first appearance)
A Venusian Elephant (first appearance; gigantic tusks)
Two Venusian Aligators (first appearance for both; teeth can cut through anything)
A Gorillion (first appearance; a gorilla/lion centaur)
Clarence the Maniac Man (first appearance; a gigantic prehistoric man)

Location(s):

Earth-S

Comment(s):

It appears that Captain Marvel drowns all the animals, but this may not be the case.

Story Reprinted in:

The Shazam! Archives #1 (1992)


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Second Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Parker
ArtPete Costanza
LetteringBill Parker
EditingBill Parker

Feature Character(s):

Golden Arrow

Supporting Character(s):

White Wind

Villain(s):

Bronk and Brute Braddock
Bank Robbers (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

American Southwest


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Third Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Parker
ArtBob Kinglet
LetteringBill Parker
EditingBill Parker

Feature Character(s):

Lance O'Casey

Supporting Character(s):

Mister Hogan
Captain Daniel Doom

Villain(s):

Natives (first appearance for all; kidnap the crew and passengers of a yacht for sacrifices)

Location(s):

South Seas

Comment(s):

Brian Boru II is christened and begins to be used by O'Casey and Doom.


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Parker
PencilsC.C. Beck
InksPete Costanza
LetteringBill Parker
EditingBill Parker

Feature Character(s):

Spy Smasher

Supporting Character(s):

Admiral Corby
Eve Corby

Villain(s):

Mask


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Parker
ArtGreg Duncan
EditingBill Parker

Feature Character(s):

Scoop Smith (goes on a long, extended vacation; next in Power of Shazam! #35)

Supporting Character(s):

Bruce Lane (last appearance)
"Blimp" Black (last appearance)

Villain(s):

Otto Krug (first appearance; an escaped convict; becomes the ruler of a small Bahamian island)

Comment(s):

Last Scoop Smith story in the Golden Age.


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Sixth Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Parker
ArtPete Costanza
LetteringBill Parker
EditingBill Parker

Feature Character(s):

Ibis (loses and recovers the Ibistick)

Supporting Character(s):

Taia

Villain(s):

A hobo (first appearance; finds the Ibistick and threatens to take over America; dies)

Comment(s):

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


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