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Publisher: Fawcett

Title: Whiz Comics
Issue: 2
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: February 1940
Volume: 1
Contributors: Editor: Bill Parker

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Whiz Comics #2 (#1)
Owner: RedFury

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Story Title: Gangway for Captain Marvel! - cover
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]


Story Title: Introducing Captain Marvel - comic story
Pages:13
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (introduction, origin); Shazam (wizard, death); Sterling Morris (President of Amalgamated Broadcasting Company); Hammond (Amalgamated Broadcasting Company receptionist); Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana [aka The Phantom Scientist] (villain); Ebenezer Batson (villain, in flashback)
Synopsis:After being taken by a mysterious stranger to meet the ancient wizard, Shazam, and gaining the powers of Captain Marvel, Billy Batson learns of a mysterious boss called the Phantom Scientist, and decides to report it to the head of Amalgamated Broadcasting Company.


Story Title: Ibis Lives Again - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:superhero
Characters:Ibis the Invincible [Prince Amentep] (introduction); Princess Taia (introduction)
Synopsis:From the Egyptian wing of a famous American museum, young Prince Amentep rises from the dead as prophesied, and, with the help of the Ibistick, begins helping people in need. He then boards a ship, embarking on a search for the Princess Taia.


Story Title: Origin of Golden Arrow - comic story
Pages:10
Genre:western-frontier
Characters:Golden Arrow [Roger Parsons](introduction, origin); Prof. Paul Parsons (introduction, death); Gloria Parsons (introduction, death); White Wind (his horse, introduction); Nugget Ned (prospector, death); Brand Braddock (villain, introduction); Bronk Braddock (villain, introduction); Brute Braddock (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:A band of criminals shoot down a hot air balloon piloted by Professor Paul Parsons, his wife and son, in order to get a secret gas formula. The young son is rescued by a lioness, which is shot by an old prospector who raises the child to manhood. That young man, now called Golden Arrow, tracks down the men responsible for his parent's deaths.


Story Title: The Coming of Spy Smasher - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:spy; superhero
Characters:Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong] (introduction); Admiral Corby (introduction, Naval Intelligence Officer); Eve Corby (introduction, Adm. Corby's daughter); The Mask (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:Spy Smasher goes on the trail to capture the Mask, who is after designs of the new naval mine layer from a safe in Admiral Corby's home.


Story Title: The Radium Theft of Dr. Death - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Scoop Smith (introduction); Dr. John Galt (introduction, hospital President); Blimp Black (introduction, cameraman); Bruce Lane (introduction, newspaper Editor); Dr. Death [Dr. James Kirk!] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:Scoop is hired to recover $35,000 in radium stolen from a local hospital.


Story Title: Incident At Maloana - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:adventure
Characters:Lance O'Casey (introduction); Mr. Hogan (Lance's chimp, introduction); Skipper Jones (retired sea Captain, introduction); Barracuda Brent (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:Finding the owner of the Moloana Trading Company severely injured, Lance learns that natives made the attack and kidnapped an American girl and her father in the process. Lance and Mr. Hogan track down the kidnapper and rescues the pair.


Story Title: Seals of Doom - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Dan Dare (introduction); Carol Clews (introduction); unnamed Police Chief; Seminole Sam (death); Carlos Peseta (villain); Manuel (villain, Peseta's servant); Portugese Pete (villain)
Synopsis:Dan is engaged to investigate the murder of a man on the estate of wealthy Carlos Peseta, but, in the process, uncovers a drug smuggling operation.


Story Title: Lucky Seven Cash Contest - activity
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Characters:Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Ibis [Prince Amentep]; Lance O'Casey; Dan Dare; Golden Arrow [Roger Parsons]; Scoop Smith; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]
Synopsis:Illustrated contest page in which readers are asked to name their favorite Whiz Comics character in a 50 word or less letter. There are $25 in cash prizes awarded: $10 for 1st place, $5 for 2nd place and $1 each for the next 10 places. Deadline for entry is given as January 15, 1940.


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