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153January 1953
$0.10

Whiz Comics #153

Fawcett · January 1953

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Series: Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series)
Issue: #153
Publication date: January 1953
Key date: 1953-01-00
Indicia publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Captain Marvel and the Death Horror!	cover	1	pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (also inset); Death
1	Hot and Cold!	comic story	0.5		Doc Sorebones; Jones
2	Try It on Your Diet!	comic story	0.5		Wilbur the Waiter; Mrs. Polk
3	The Death Horror	comic story	7	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Death (villain)
4	The Things in the Fog	comic story	6	script: Bill Woolfolk
5	Mystery Story	text story	2	script: Rod Reed
6	The Gold Dust Trail	comic story	6.67
7	Statement of the Ownership, Management and Circulation	statement of ownership	0.33	script: Gordon Fawcett
8	The Old Hat	comic story	4
9	The Whale Pirates	comic story	7

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Sources

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