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| Wonderful to have this paper scan-many thanks to all concerned! |
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| Publication | March 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Diamond Jack |
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| Publisher advertisement | Wherever Stars Gather...You'll Find Whiz Comics (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (promo copy) | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover.
Photograph of Gene Autry and Jane Withers reading a copy of Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #3 (March 1940) while on the set of the movie Shooting High.
Indicia at the bottom of the page. |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Diamond Jack (introduction, origin); unnamed gangster leader (villain); unnamed gangsters (villains); The Witch (villain, introduction); Dragon of Smoke (villain, destroyed); unnamed rookie patrolman |
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| Cartoon | Slam-Bang Gags (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four gag panels and one gag strip.
Creator identified by Frank M. Young in a posting in the Comics History Exchange page on Facebook (19 June 2017). |
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| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: The War Bird [Captain Tom Sharp] (introduction, origin); unnamed Eagle Squadron members; unnamed Major (Commandant) Von Kruhl (villain, introduction, death); Sermian pilots; Fritz |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Detective-mystery | Characters: Jim Dolan (introduction); Sally Alden (introduction); Tony Bond (introduction, death); Mrs. Bond; Spike Rossi (villain, introduction); Phantom Axe Murderer; unnamed Rossi's thugs; Joe (Rossi thug); unnamed police chief |
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| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Marshal Lucky Lawton (introduction); Pal (Lucky's dog); Jane Curtis; Jeff Curtis (mayor of El Rio); Spiven (villain, death); Barren (villain, death); Dexter (villain, death); Brody (a deputy, villain, death); Reynolds (a lawyer, villain, death); two unnamed bandits (villains, deaths) |
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| Text Story | Tree-Top Murder (2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Bull Martin; Dexter Drake; William J. Howell |
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| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Jungle King [Lee Granger] (introduction; origin); Eric (a talking lion); Ali (introduction, villain, death); Hassan (introduction); unnamed air crewman; unnamed pygmy warriors; unnamed pygmy chief |
| Notes | Script credit from Bob Hughes, through textual analysis: excessive use of passive voice and run on sentences held together by ellipses. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Hurricane Hansen (introduction); unnamed British admiral; unnamed ship raider crew; unnamed Kazilian submarine crew (deaths); unnamed Kazilian battleship crew (deaths); unnamed Britania crew |
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| Content | Genre: Historical; Science Fiction | Characters: Mark Swift (introduction, origin); Rodney Kent and the Time Retarder (introduction); Eric (a Viking, introduction); Elisha (Viking princess, introduction); unnamed Native Americans; unnamed Native American Chief; a dragon |
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| Publisher advertisement | Slam-Bang Popularity Contest (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (promo copy) | Pencils:? (vignettes) | Inks:? (vignettes) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Jungle King [Lee Granger]; Mark Swift; Lucky Lawton; Diamond Jack; Hurricane Hansen; War Bird [Captain Tom Sharp]; Jim Dolan |
| Notes | Inside back cover.
Promotional advertisement to determine the readers favorite feature in the form of a coupon submission contest. |
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| Advertisement | Money and Big Prizes (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | Back cover.
Advertisement to sell magazines and earn prizes from The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company of Springfield, Ohio. |
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