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WHIZ COMICS #17

Cover Date: May 1941
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1941-04-17

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: C.C. Beck
Inks: Pete Costanza


Story: [Spy Smasher vs America Part 4] (11 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsC.C. Beck
InksPete Costanza
EditingEd Herron

Feature Character(s):

Captain Marvel (as Captain Marvel, poses as Smith, Mr. Morris' bodyguard)

Supporting Character(s):

Sterling Morris

Villain(s):

Spy Smasher (still brainwashed as a villain; next in the ... story in this issue)

Location(s):

Earth-S
Near Washington, DC

Story Reprinted in:

The Shazam! Archives #2 (1999)


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Second Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

ArtPete Costanza
EditingEd Herron

Feature Character(s):

Golden Arrow

Supporting Character(s):

Carol Braddock
White Wind

Villain(s):

Cattlemen and Sheep herders (first appearance for all; war between them heat up)


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Third Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtBob Kinglet
EditingEd Herron

Feature Character(s):

Lance O'Casey

Supporting Character(s):

Mister Hogan
Captain Daniel Doom
Mabel

Villain(s):

Axis agents (first appearance for all; many, if not all die)

Location(s):

Maloana Island
Tarsis Island (first appearance; a small island south of Maloana, home of a secret Axis air fleet; destroyed)


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Fourth Story: [Spy Smasher vs America Part 5] (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtCharles Sultan
EditingEd Herron

Feature Character(s):

Spy Smasher (still brainwashed; last in the first story in this issue; next ...)

Guest Star(s):

Captain Marvel (last in the first story in this issue; next in the first story in next issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Eve Corby

Comment(s):

This story continues from the first story in this issue and into the Captain Marvel story in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Shazam! Archives #2 (1999)


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Fifth Story: [Quest Part 1] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtMac Raboy
EditingEd Herron

Feature Character(s):

Doctor Voodoo

Supporting Character(s):

Nikko
Maxinya

Villain(s):

A castle of knights (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Brazil

Comment(s):

This story continues from last issue and into next issue.


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Sixth Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

ArtAlex Blum
EditingEd Herron

Feature Character(s):

Ibis

Supporting Character(s):

Taia
Tommy

Villain(s):

Trug (uses a mountain spirit to protect him)
Man of the Mountain (first appearance; a bald large four-armed Eastern spirit)
Two card hustlers (first appearance for both)

Other Character(s):

Thoth (summoned by Ibis to find the kidnapped Tommy)

Location(s):

Wade Hampton Military Academy
A remote mountainous cave in the Near East

Comment(s):

This story continued from last issue and into next issue.


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