Whiz Comics (1940 Fawcett) comic books 1948

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Pete Costanza, Kurt Schaffenberger and Bill Woolfolk. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. The world is baffled when Captain Marvel gives up superheroing, and puts his cape in his bindle to ride the rails as a hobo. Golden Arrow is hamstrung by a crooked trapeze artist and his cohort, who are bent on robbing the circus crowd, and only a well-placed arrow can stop them. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How (Not) to Reel on a Banana Peel."And a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party!, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Captain Marvel Becomes a Hobo; Doc Sorebones; The Culture Corner; Golden Arrow: Crime at the Circus; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Forget Me Not; This Is a Rich One; Wilbur the Waiter; Ibis the Invincible: The Sword of Genghis Khan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, C. C. Beck, Kurt Schaffenberger and Bill Woolfolk. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Dr. Sivana's latest invention is a mind-control drug he administers through a fencing foil to civic leaders he has challenged to duel, including Billy Batson's boss Mr. Morris. In Rome, Ibis and Taia battle a thieving hunchback who proceeds to animate stone gargoyles with a magic spell. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Peer at a Parade." Captain Marvel Duels Sivana; Doc Sorebones; The Culture Corner; Whitey Whiskers and Daniel Boone Jr.; Golden Arrow: The Barricade; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Wilbur the Waiter; Ibis the Invincible: The Gargoyle Menace. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Otto Binder, Bernie Krigstein, Kurt Schaffenberger and Bill Woolfolk. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Criminal Wings Whalen frames Captain Marvel for damage to skyscrapers, leading the Air Traffic Council to demand that CM stop flying when he's fighting crime. Helpful Jones's inventions always cause trouble, but he tries to convince Golden Arrow that this time will be different, in a story with early art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. A mysterious woman warns Ibis of impending disaster at the hands of someone named Holocaust, in a story with art by Superman artist Kurt Schaffenberger and a cameo by Freddy Freeman (Captain Marvel Jr.). Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Extricate Your Upper Plate." And "Comix Cards" (like the later Marvel Value Stamps) featuring Captain Marvel Jr. art by Mac Raboy. Captain Marvel: Grounded!; Doc Sorebones; The Culture Corner; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; Golden Arrow: The Barricade; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Non-Scents; The Whiz Quiz; Ibis the Invincible: Holocaust, God of Destruction! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Bernie Krigstein, Otto Binder, Pete Costanza, Kurt Schaffenberger and Bill Woolfolk. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. In a story with almost as much wacky detail as a Bill Elder panel, an eccentric scientist's "fight ray" causes the inhabitants of two skyscrapers to declare war on each other. The owner of a traveling carousel has a magic flute with Pied Piper-like powers, in a story with early art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. Dead supervillain Karnok overpowers Charon, ferryman of the dead, and takes the wheel of the ferry on the Styx. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Double Your Bubble Gum Bubble." Captain Marvel: The Battle of the Buildings!; Doc Sorebones; Wilbur the Waiter; The Culture Corner; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; Golden Arrow: The Magic Flute; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Mawby the Medicine Man; Ibis the Invincible: The Land of Death! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories and art by Bernie Krigstein, Joe Certa, Otto Binder, Pete Costanza, Kurt Schaffenberger and Bill Woolfolk. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Captain Marvel investigates a traveler's report of a "Mirage City" in the middle of the Gobi Desert that captures and enslaves unwary wayfarers. Golden Arrow uses a single arrow to start an avalanche in an attempt to put out a forest fire, in a story with early art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. Ibis and Taia face one of the most terrifying creatures in mythology, the Minotaur, in a story with art by Superman artist Kurt Schaffenberger. Captain Marvel: Mirage City; Sherlock the Monk; Wilbur the Waiter; Golden Arrow: The Black Gold; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Pee Wee Pete; Ibis the Invincible: The Minotaur. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Bernie Krigstein, Pete Costanza, Kurt Schaffenberger and Bill Woolfolk. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. The seer called the Prophet leads his gang from 1898 to the 1940s to steal future technology, but not if Captain Marvel can help it. Golden Arrow is captured while trying to warn settlers of an attack by the Blue Hill warriors, in a story with early art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. When sailors are murdered by a "glacier man" from the ancient past, Prince Ibis and Taia investigate. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Bedeck a Barren Bean." And a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Captain Marvel: The Time Kidnappers!; The Culture Corner; Muleface; Wilbur the Waiter; Golden Arrow: The Warring Tribe; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Ibis the Invincible: The Glacier Man. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Bernie Krigstein, Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, Pete Costanza, Al Zere, Kurt Schaffenberger and Bill Woolfolk. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Captain Marvel leads the members of the Captain Marvel Club on a mountain-climbing trip, but the mountain happens to be one where criminals are hiding out from Captain Marvel. Helpful Jones invents the automatic rifle a few decades early, but he hasn't quite worked all the bugs out, as Golden Arrow discovers in a story with early art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. Prince Ibis and Taia follow scientist Jeremy when he decides to investigate the sinister whirlpool known as the Maelstrom. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Chomp Food Without Being Rude." And a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Captain Marvel: Menace in the Mountains!; The Culture Corner; Wilbur the Waiter; Golden Arrow: Automatic Trouble; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Doc Sorebones; Ibis the Invincible: The Descent into the Maelstrom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Bernie Krigstein, Otto Binder, Pete Costanza, Al Zere, Kurt Schaffenberger and Bill Woolfolk. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. To celebrate Captain Marvel's 100th appearance in Whiz Comics, Radio WHIZ throws a party. But it is crashed by Sivana, who sends CM 100 trillion miles away with his "dimensional lightning," then invites 100 in criminals for a crime spree. Bully Blackheart plans to burn down the new jail, with an unconscious Golden Arrow inside, in a story with early art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. Prince Ibis and Taia battle a sort of octo-merman at the bottom of a cursed pool, in a story narrated by the monster. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Get Clean Behind Your Bean." And a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps the Circus Culprit, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Captain Marvel and the Hundred Horrors; The Culture Corner; Wilbur the Waiter; Golden Arrow: Jailed; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Doc Sorebones; Ibis the Invincible: The Forbidden Pool. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Frank Bolle, Charlie Tomsey, Al Zere, Kurt Schaffenberger and Bill Woolfolk. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. When a "volcanist" scientist correctly predicts a volcano will erupt in the city, then demands a fortune to stop it, Captain Marvel suspects shenanigans. Golden Arrow agrees to protect timid tenderfoot Jaspar Meake when he arrives in the West, but Jasper didn't warn him about the real danger he faces. Prince Ibis and Taia discover that vampire Baron Ornzy and his sister Maryani have come to America aboard an ocean liner. Captain Marvel: Volcano Villainy; Freshman Freddy: Tricked; Wilbur the Waiter; Golden Arrow: Night Watch; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Fuzzy Bear; Ibis the Invincible and the Vampire Twins. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Otto Binder, Carl Pfeufer, Al Zere, Kurt Schaffenberger and Bill Woolfolk. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Billy Batson finds a loose dollar bill that happens to be the clue to a gangster's hidden loot, and the gangsters want it back. Commando Yank gets his own Lois Lane in Betty Graham, a rival reporter, who wants to know why Chase Yale always gets the Commando Yank scoops. The vampire Maryani, having survived the encounter with Ibis in issue #101, uses the Serpent of Eden to turn Ibis into a vampire. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Sneeze Without a Breeze." And a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Captain Marvel: The Dangerous Dollar; The Culture Corner; Doc Sorebones; Wilbur the Waiter; Golden Arrow: Crook Larnin'; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Kanvasback Wrestles with His Conscience; Commando Yank Takes a Vacation; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Railroaded; The Whiz Quiz; Ibis the Invincible: The Legion of the Walking Dead!. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Pete Costanza, Al Zere, Frank Little, Frank Bolle, Louis Cazeneuve and Bill Woolfolk. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. When Billy Batson visits a boys' ranch, Captain Marvel must stop outlaws in crow masks from sabotaging the Boys' Rodeo fundraiser. A magic lamp sends Lance O'Casey, his friends and the Professor back to the era of dinosaurs and "Pre-Men." Lo-Kar the talking gorilla leads his fellow circus animals in a revolt against their human masters, putting them in cages and making them perform. Plus a Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Babe Ruth Story," with art by Shazam creator C.C. Beck and a cameo by actor William Bendix, promoting the film The Babe Ruth Story. Captain Marvel: At Boys' Ranch; Doc Sorebones; Wilbur the Waiter; Golden Arrow: The Passenger Bandit; A Wicky Burke Story; Freshman Freddy: Vexing Visitor; Ibis the Invincible: Lo-Kar's Circus; Lance O'Casey: The Lamp of Three Wishes. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Otto Binder, Al Zere, Louis Cazeneuve, Kurt Schaffenberger and Bill Woolfolk. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Sivana tricks Captain Marvel must into creating a machine that can destroy Captain Marvel. Ibis battles an evil mage who can call forth beings from an enchanted tapestry to do his murderous bidding. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Sharpen Your Wits." Captain Marvel: The World's Mightiest Machine; Doc Sorebones; Wilbur the Waiter; The Culture Corner; Little Miss Money Bags; Nautical Nancy; Bell Bottom Bill; Golden Arrow: The Vanishing Payrolls!; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Freshman Freddy: In the Dog House; The Whiz Quiz; Ibis the Invincible: The Tapestry of Terror; Lance O'Casey: The Peril of the Pearls! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.