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"Freckles" Marvel guest-starring W.C. Fields as Uncle Dudley.
Godfrey Daniels! Talk about jumping the shark! |
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| A couple of comments. (a) in the Commando Yank story on the last page, Yank punches the Japanese villain, who falls out of a window to his death, but then Yank says "Can you beat that! He jumped rather than face defeat!" NO HE DIDN'T "jump"--you knocked him out the window!! (b) It's curious that the Mary Marvel, Mr. Scarlet & Phantom Eagle stories don't have splash panels, only the Commando Yank story. This is an odd look for a comic in this period. |
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| I checked the Commando Yank story, dwittt. I noticed that Yank's balloon in panel 4 has been re-lettered by a different hand while there is a big empty space at the bottom of the balloon in panel 3. I'll bet that in panel 3 Yank originally said something like, "As for you, Bat-Master, take this!" Then in panel 4 he said something along the lines of "You deserved that." At the last moment the editor must have decided this made Yank seem cold-blooded, and changed the dialogue. It's a Code change before there was a Comics Code! |
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| I checked the Commando Yank story, dwittt. I noticed that Yank's balloon in panel 4 has been re-lettered by a different hand while there is a big empty space at the bottom of the balloon in panel 3. I'll bet that in panel 3 Yank originally said something like, "As for you, Bat-Master, take this!" Then in panel 4 he said something along the lines of "You deserved that." At the last moment the editor must have decided this made Yank seem cold-blooded, and changed the dialogue. It's a Code change before there was a Comics Code! |
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| Publication | April 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly except June and December |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Uncle Marvel [Dudley, first name unrevealed]; Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]; Pinky [Pinky Butler]; Phantom Eagle [Mickey Malone]; Commando Yank [Chase Yale]; Penny Graves; Freckles Marvel [Mary Dudley] |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Found on the inside front cover.
Illustrated advertisement from Bonnie Gay Fashions for their new two-way jumper for just $7.98, available on a 10-day trial basis. |
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| PSA | Stop! Look! Listen! (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils: Jack Binder? | Inks: Jack Binder? |
| Content | Genre: Advocacy | Characters: Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Phantom Eagle [Mickey Malone]; Commando Yank [Chase Yale] |
| Notes | Illustrated waste paper drive public service announcement. |
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| Comic Story | Mary Marvel Meets Her Rival! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Uncle Dudley tells Mary Batson that he has just started the "Shazam Inc. Missing Money Bureau", that specializes in locating lost or misplaced funds, when in walks his long-lost niece, Mary. But that surprise is soon followed by Dudley's first case: to locate the late Colonel Cal Cole's fortune. Mary, calling herself Freckles, joins Uncle Dudley in costume to work on the case. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Uncle Marvel [Dudley, first name unrevealed]; Freckles Marvel [Mary Dudley] (Uncle Marvel's niece, introduction); Colonel Cal Cole (Roger's uncle, mention only, death); Roger Cole; Roger's butler (villain) |
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| Featuring | Wheaties |
| Credits | Pencils: Russell Welle? (signed) | Inks: Russell Welle? (signed) |
| Notes | Illustrated advertisement from General Mills Corporation for their cereal, Wheaties.
The artist signature is not real clear thus the ? after the name above. |
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| Comic Story | The Bat-Wings of Doom (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Chase is out late at night to meet up with a secret agent who has the latest dope on a nest of enemy spies, when he discovers the dying man, who states with his last breath that he was attacked by huge, yellow talking bats! |
| Content | Genre: Superhero; War | Characters: Commando Yank [Chase Yale]; unnamed secret agent (death); Bat-Master [Itaki] (villain, introduction, death); Ito (villain, Itaki's assistant) |
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| Text Story | "Keyhole Charlie" Meets His Waterloo (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Penny was relaxing in her shack, listening to a recording from her friends back at home when a commotion occurred outside. It was Keyhole Charlie again, a Japanese soldier cut off from the rest of his forces, who had managed to escape every effort of American forces to capture him. But Penny figured out a plan to trap him. |
| Featuring | Penny Graves |
| Credits | Script: Joseph Millard (credited) | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Corporal Penny Graves (American W.A.C.); Major Conrad (Penny's superior); Keyhole Charlie (villain, Japanese soldier) |
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| Synopsis | A girl is threatened by a shark while she is swimming in the ocean, but Volto saves her life. |
| Featuring | Volto from Mars; Post Grape-Nuts Flakes |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Volto |
| Notes | Illustrated comic story/advertisement from Post Cereals for Grape-Nut Flakes. |
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| Comic Story | Music of Madness (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | When he is denied a position of violinist for a world symphony orchestra because he is thought mad, Albert Dorrin decides to get revenge by becoming the Spirit of Mad Music, and driving musicians temporarily insane. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]; Pinky [Pinky Butler]; Joe (cellist); The Spirit of Mad Music [Albert Dorrin] (villain, violinist) |
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| Comic Story | The Hawk (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: The Phantom Eagle [Mickey Malone]; Phoeniz Squadron [Jerry; others un-named]; Colonel Langley; Chinese Intelligence Officer (father of Mei-Ling, introduction, death); The Hawk [Mei-Ling] (air ace, introduction, death); Japanese prison Commandant (villain, death); The Japanese (villains, some die) |
| Notes | Writer revision from Marc Swayze ? to ? by Craig Delich 2011-28-11 per Swayze's column in Alter-Ego #10 (September, 2001) in which he stated that he didn't start writing this feature until Wow #63.
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich, per P.C. Hamerlinck article in Alter Ego #141 (August 2016). |
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| Credits | Pencils:?; (photos) | Inks:?; (photos) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Illustrated and photographic advertisement offering readers $4 worth of quality merchandise: Alligator grain leather billfold and cigarette case, plus a cigar lighter, for the amazing price of $1.98. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Illustrated advertisement, offering readers Motor's Auto Repair Manual for a 7-day trial examination period, as well as Motor's Truck Repair Manual. |
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| Advertisement | Free to Boys (1 page) |
| Featuring | Thom McAn Shoes |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Illustrated advertisement from the Thom McAn Shoe Company for a free book for boys called "How To Play Baseball Like a Big-Leaguer". |
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| Advertisement | Mary Marvel's Spring of Fashion Parade of New Things to Wear (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils: Jack Binder? | Inks: Jack Binder? | Letters:?; some typeset |
| Content | Characters: Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Freckles Marvel [Mary Dudley] |
| Notes | Found on the back cover.
Illustrated advertisement from Mary Marvel Enterprises for new print dress, handbag, beanie, Gingham Dress, and pull over sweater.
Neither girl is in uniform. |
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