Wow Comics (1940-1948 Fawcett) comic books 1944

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Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, and Phil Bard. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky must follow a series of clues and evade deathtraps to catch the hideous figure known as The Black Hour, before he kills again. Commando Yank seeks the secret of a fabled temple idol to open an ancient tunnel and give the British Army the edge over Axis forces. Kids in the woods accidentally awaken a smoke demon who causes the very plants and trees to attack, but luckily, Mary Marvel is close at hand. Mary Marvel: The Revolt of the Plants; Commando Yank: The Temple of the One-Eyed Yellow Idol; Phantom Eagle Meets the Dragon of Fear; The Cave; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Brief Case; Mr. Scarlet: Out for Lunch - with Danger. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder and Phil Bard. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel discovers that a scientist's latest invention can steal thoughts. Hitler, Himmler and Hermann Goering hire Hitler impersonator Heinrich Heil to impersonate Hitler and hoodwink Commando Yank. In another story, air ace Phantom Eagle has a chance to capture Adolf Hitler himself. Mary Marvel: The Machine That Steals Your Thoughts; Commando Yank: The Fourth Reich Comes in Last; Phantom Eagle: Hitler's Old Age Home; Helpful Hugo; Penny Graves: The Man Who Couldn't Die!; Mr. Scarlet Meets His Ghost! 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Jack Binder and Al Carreno. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Children from the year 2999 use a time machine to summon Mary Marvel, to help them battle their cruel robot-teacher overlords. Commando Yank is assigned to destroy an Axis airbase hidden beneath an island of solid rock. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky investigate The Vanishing Train and find themselves tied to the railroad tracks, just like an old-time movie serial. Mary Marvel: The Romper Revolution; Commando Yank Trains a Million Men!; Phantom Eagle: The Flying Man of Greece; Penny Graves: Scourge of the Sea!; Mr. Scarlet: The Vanishing Train. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $580.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Pedigree: Davis Crippen "D" Copy Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Davis Crippen Copy HAS COA. Label #0745233012

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $395.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #4299880010

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder and Dick MacKay. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Uncle Marvel returns to help Mary Marvel battle gangsters, in perhaps the only story where Uncle Marvel actually flies...thanks to a pocket-sized rocket. A little boy's fanciful story casts suspicion on Commando Yank among the Resistance. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky track gangsters who are hiding out in the country, and teach them the meaning of "roughing it." Mary Marvel: The Return of Uncle Marvel; Commando Yank Battles His Friends; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Violin Case; Phantom Eagle: The Underground Oasis; Helpful Hugo; Penny Graves: The Death's-Head Horror; Mr. Scarlet Meet the Homesick Hill-Billys. 4856 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder and Edd Ashe. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel meets Davy Jones and other Atlanteans while battling a giant octopus and modern-day pirate Barnacle Bilge. A little girl's helpful mistake reveals the identity of a spy to Commando Yank. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky investigate a missing writer in an old mine and learn the secret of Dangerous Dan. This story features an appearance by real-life reader Suzy Dueck, who sent a dime to struggling Depression-era superheroes Mr. Scarlet and Pinky. Plus a PSA for wartime paper drives featuring Mary Marvel. Mary Marvel: Davy Jones' Locker; Commando Yank: Death in a Sleepy Town; Phantom Eagle: A Fighting Ancestor; Helpful Hugo; Pee Wee Pete; Penny Graves: The Signal; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky Battle the Maniac of the Mine! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder and Edd Ashe. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Dr. Eldritch proves that machines have souls, but then leads the world's machines on a Maximum Overdrive-style revolt that only Mary Marvel can stop. While searching for the legendary Golden Mace that can bring peace to the world, Phantom Eagle and the Phoenix Squadron find a chest with a hidden treasure map, as well as a secret Nazi concentration camp. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky investigate a mysterious cloaked figure (looking not unlike Ghostface from the Scream movies) who gets about the city by prodigious leaps. Plus a PSA for wartime paper drives featuring Mary Marvel. Mary Marvel: The Revolt of the Machines; Commando Yank: Footsteps in the Dark; Phantom Eagle: The Reef of Woe; Penny Graves: Footsteps in the Dark; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Jumping Mystery Man. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder and Edd Ashe. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Commando Yank is assigned to find a weak spot in the defense perimeter surrounding Japan. While searching for the legendary Golden Mace that can bring peace to the world, Phantom Eagle and Jerry are captured in a Nazi trap. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky accidentally crash a horror-movie cast party and stick around when a real murder occurs, in another horror-tinged hero story. Plus a PSA for wartime paper drives featuring Mary Marvel. Cover (likely by Jack Binder) is itself a PSA for War Stamps. This also begins the tradition of changing title logos roughly every ten issues of Wow. Mary Marvel; Commando Yank: The Maginot Line; Phantom Eagle: The Valley of Doubtful Peace; Penny Graves: Death From Underground; Ezry of the Ozarks; Helpful Hugo; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky Meet the Haunted Horror. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Marc Swayze, Charles Tomsey, Joseph Millard (credited as Ed White), Dick MacKay, and Edd Ashe. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel gets some help from Mr. Scarlet's sidekick Pinky while battling quiz-show host-gone-wrong Mr. Question. Still seeking the legendary Golden Mace that can bring peace to the world, Phantom Eagle helps the Tibetan village of "Shang Reela" resist Axis forces. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky track Mr. Green, a masked archer who robs the wealthy by threatening a longbow attack. Plus a PSA for wartime paper drives featuring Mary Marvel. Mary Marvel: Who Can Defeat Mr. Question?; Commando Yank; Phantom Eagle: Trouble in Tibet; Penny Graves: The Man in the Black Hat; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Missing Case; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: The Modern Day Robinhood, Mr. Green. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Jack Binder, Marc Swayze, Charles Tomsey, and Edd Ashe. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel tries to stop kids from becoming "juvenile delinquents" (a hot topic in the '40s and '50s). Captured by Axis forces, Phantom Eagle and Jerry must figure out how to warn the Phoenix Squadron of an impending invasion of China. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky discover that rigged hair dryers are responsible for a spate of murders at the beauty parlor. Plus a PSA for wartime paper drives featuring Mary Marvel. Mary Marvel: The Teen-Age Crimes; Commando Yank; Phantom Eagle: The Trap of the Tomb; Penny Graves: The Burma Trail; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: The Spectre of Death in the House of Beauty. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $440.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4299880012

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $279.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4341429007 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Marc Swayze, and Edd Ashe. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Sinister Professor Van Ish uses his "Z-ray" to escape justice into Mirror Land, so Mary Marvel follows him through the looking-glass. Phantom Eagle learns of the legendary Black Mace, which can cause eternal war on Earth, and becomes determined to get it before the Nazis do. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky battle the Sun Man, whose special mirrors can cause sunstroke or cook you alive. Plus a PSA about the wartime uses of milkweed, featuring Mary Marvel. Mary Marvel in Mirror Land; Commando Yank; Phantom Eagle: The Black Mace; Penny Graves: The Mystery of the Persian Tomb; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Sun Man Terrorizes the City. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Marc Swayze, and Harry Fiskshe. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel is taking a transcontinental flight when a fellow passenger's tall tales start coming true, and affecting the airplane's flight. Phantom Eagle follows the trail of the mystical Black Mace to the lost Arabian kingdom of Princess Mojud. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky face the sinister Dr. Promise, whose promise is that he will kill them within eleven hours. Plus a PSA for wartime paper drives featuring Mary Marvel. Mary Marvel; Commando Yank; Phantom Eagle: In the Hills of Araby; Penny Graves: The Mysterious Gunshot; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.