Publishers / Fawcett / Whiz Comics (1940) / #108
108April 1949
$0.10

Whiz Comics #108

Fawcett · April 1949

First appearance: Mike Bellew
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Identification plate

Series
Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series)
Issue
#108
Publication date
April 1949
Key date
1949-04-00
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mike Bellew - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Magic Coatcover1pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete CostanzaCaptain Marvel
1Contents Pageforeword, introduction, preface, afterword1
2The Magic Coatcomic story8.67script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger
3The Whiz Quizactivity0.33
4Bad Advicecomic story0.5Doc Sawbones
5Plain Talkcomic story0.5Wilber
6Sub-Normalcomic story1Carey
7Winged Victorycomic story6.67Golden Arrow
8The Marvel Familyillustration0.33Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr.; Mary Marvel
9Lost!comic story1Ronnie
10Moitle the Toitletext story2script: Rod ReedWicky; O'Shawnessy
11The Bandit Birds!comic story8.67script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee EliasMike Bellew First, Lance O'Casey
12The Whiz Quizactivity0.33
13Old Enough!comic story1Abernathy
14How to Keep a Cool Conkcomic story0.5script: Basil Wolverton; pencils: Basil Wolverton; inks: Basil Wolverton; colors: Basil WolvertonCroucher K. Conk
15The Captain Marvel Clubpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5Billy Batson
16Zip!comic story0.5Wilbur
18Tick-Tockcomic story4script: Frank Little; pencils: Frank Bolle; inks: Frank Bolle; colors: Frank LittleFreddy
19The Menace of Gog and Magogcomic story7Ibis; Taia

Plus 0.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Golden-Age Greats #10
ISBN 1-56225-015-9		1996On eBay ›
Don Winslow Trouble Shooter #11991On eBay ›
Golden-Age Treasury #22003On eBay ›
Men of Mystery Comics #702008On eBay ›
The Culture Corner #[nn]
ISBN 978-160699-308-8		2010On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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