Wow Comics (1940-1948 Fawcett) comic books 1947

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Dick MacKay, and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel tracks missing people to a mirror-maze run by Dr. Trapp, who wants to study the effects of being trapped in a mirror-maze on the human psyche. Mr. Scarlet is hired to find a treasure that's been hidden since the Civil War. Commando Yank tracks escaped Nazi war criminals to a county fair and a high-speed chase on a mountain road. Mary Marvel: The Mad Mirror Maze; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: The Loot of Christopher Murden; Whipper-Snappers; Phantom Eagle: The Voices of Doom; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Eye Glass Case; Penny Graves: Crime on the Square; Commando Yank: Death of the Fourth Reich. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Dick MacKay, David Pascal, and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel meets a strange tribe of modern-day cliff dwellers. Phantom Eagle encounters ghost pirates. Commando Yank investigates when gangsters try to take over a coastal town's pearl-diving trade. Mary Marvel: Modern Cliff Dwellers; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: The Phantom of the Fog; Whipper-Snappers; Phantom Eagle: The Shades of the Spanish Main; Dippy Detours; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Cigarette Case; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: Against All Odds; Commando Yank: Pearls of Perella. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Dick MacKay, David Pascal, Howard Boughner and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. A professor who dares to study the mystery of mystical pebbles is attacked by the natives of a South Seas island. Mr. Scarlet finds danger behind every tree while investigating a lumber camp, and is nearly cut down in his prime. Phantom Eagle meets the ghost riders in the sky. Mary Marvel: The Pebble Mystery; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet: Murder in the Tall Timbers; Mickey the Monitor: The Play's the Thing; Whipper-Snappers; Phantom Eagle: Rustling Mavericks of the Sky Trails; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Case of the Missing Shoes; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: Crime Career; Commando Yank: Harem Scarem. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder and Dick MacKay. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. While touring the South Seas, Mary Marvel encounters two men who are engaged in a primitive duel to the death on a deserted island. Commando Yank investigates the deadly secret of the winged serpent in Central America. Phantom Eagle has a postwar adventure among the ancient ruins of "French Indo-China," aka Vietnam. Mary Marvel: Death Challenge; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet: The Fly Man; Kanvasback: Flower of Youth; Whipper-Snappers; Phantom Eagle: The Curse of the Ruins; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Canine Catastrophe; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: The Missing Floor; Commando Yank: The Winged Serpent. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Dick MacKay, David Pascal, Howard Boughner and Marc Swayze.. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel searches for a scientist lost in an underground earthquake, and finds him living as "King Bhong" of a primitive underground tribe. In South America, Commando Yank discovers that the legend of the Jaguar-Men is all too real. Phantom Eagle encounters the "Air Wolves" in the polar skies. Mary Marvel: Earthquake; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet: The Crime Encyclopedia; Whipper-Snappers; Phantom Eagle: The Air Wolves of the Ice Floes; Dippy Detours; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: Special Delivery; Commando Yank: The Jaguar-Men. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Dick MacKay, Charlie Tomsey, David Pascal, and Charlie Tomsey. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Pinky goes undercover as a jockey to help Mr. Scarlet track another jockey's killer. Commando Yank stumbles on a Central American plot to smuggle drugs inside innocent-looking bananas, and follows it to the crimelord known as The Banana King. Phantom Eagle pursues the flying Viking ship attacking aircraft over the fjords of Norway, leaving no wreckage behind. Mary Marvel: The Sacred Pearls of Comatosh!; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet: Win, Place and Death; Whipper-Snappers; Phantom Eagle: The Aerial Vikings; Dippy Detours; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: Escape by Night; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Fish Story; Commando Yank: The Banana King. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Dick MacKay, Charlie Tomsey, David Pascal, and Marc Swayze.. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. While searching for the female (and cross-dressing) criminal called Lady Killer, Mr. Scarlet and Pinky meet superfan Abigail, who dons a costume and becomes the unofficial third member of the crime-fighting duo. Commando Yank tries to prevent a dam in China from being sabotaged. Phantom Eagle seeks missing diamonds in India. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, featuring (among others) Snap Crackle & Pop, detective Sam Spade, and a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Mary Marvel: The Reign of the Bats; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky vs. Lady Killer!; Whipper-Snappers; Phantom Eagle: The Caliph's Diamonds; Dippy Detours; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: Crime Vacation; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Rifle Case; Commando Yank: Deluge at the Dam. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Dick MacKay, Carl Pfeufer, Roy Ald, David Pascal, and Marc Swayze.. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Cursed keys from ancient Egypt bring forth a living mummy, in a horror-tinged tale that marks Mary Marvel's final exploit in the pages of Wow Comics (she continued in Marvel Family and her own title). In a truly strange story, broke Mr. Scarlet and Pinky accept an invitation to dinner with a corrupt millionaire, and face the mysterious villain Glass King, who sets a decapitating glass trap. Commando Yank encounters opium dealers while setting up a new TV news network in Central America. Mary Marvel: The Curse of the Keys; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Spectre of Death; Phantom Eagle: Claim Jumpers; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: Murder on Display; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Case of the Missing Badge; Commando Yank: Death Rides a Swallow. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dan Barry, David Pascal, and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. In his debut, bow-tied, saddle-shoed Archie wannabe Ozzie tries to get the autograph of visiting movie star Cloe Muir, but his father wants him to meet a business partner instead. Phantom Eagle's postwar career depends on a shipment of perfume. Commando Yank battles a corrupt land baron in Central America, in a story with early art by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. Ozzie: Starry-Eyed; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Shanghaied; Phantom Eagle Gets the Bird; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: Death at Madras Cay; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Case of the Disappearing Chauffeur; Whipper-Snappers; Commando Yank: The Trees That Weep! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Dick Pascal, and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Bow-tied, saddle-shoed Archie wannabe Ozzie (later part of the Ozzie & Babs duo) causes chaos while trying to raise money for the school. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky seek the root cause of a sudden outgrowth of deadly plants. Commando Yank finds shenanigans afoot at the State Fair. Ozzie: Double or Nothing; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: The Root of Evil; Phantom Eagle: The Virus of Revenge; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: The Kwantung Trick; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Hair-Raising Mystery; Whipper-Snappers; Commando Yank: State Fair. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dan Barry, Bob Fujitani, Dick Pascal, and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mr. Scarlet's alter ego Brian Butler is one of four heirs who have been called to a wealthy uncle's decrepit mansion, where they are being murdered one by one. Commando Yank helps a tribal fishing village oppose a rogue trapper who was trying to steal all the ambergris, in a story with early art by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie's Counter-Spook, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Ozzie: Hi-Flutin' Guy; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Will Power; Phantom Eagle: The Planes That Wouldn't Land!; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: The Mill Road; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Stool Pigeon; Dippy Detours; Commando Yank: Riddle of the Arctic. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.