Whiz Comics #5 (4) (1940) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Captain Marvel Crashes Through	cover	1	pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck	Billy Batson, Captain Marvel, Beautia Sivana
2	Beautia for President	comic story	11.75	script: Bill Parker; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck; colors: Bill Parker	Billy Batson, Captain Marvel, Beautia Sivana, Dr. Sivana
3	-	comic story	1
4	The Plots of the Braddock Brothers	comic story	8	script: Bill Parker; pencils: Pete Costanza; inks: Pete Costanza; letters: Bill Parker	Golden Arrow, Roger Parsons
5	The Mask Steals a Submarine	comic story	8	script: Bill Parker; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete Costanza; letters: Bill Parker	Alan Armstrong, Spy Smasher, Admiral Corby, Eve Corby, The Mask
6	Big Brother	text story	2	letters: typeset
7	Kidnaped [sic] Beauty	comic story	8	script: Bill Parker; pencils: Gregor Duncan; inks: Gregor Duncan; letters: Bill Parker	Dan Dare; Blackhawk Pete; Carol Clews; Jim Carson; Eduardo
8	The Coming of Daniel Doom	comic story	8	script: Bill Parker; pencils: Bob Kingett; inks: Bob Kingett; letters: Bill Parker	Lance O'Casey
9	The Emerald of Rooirand	comic story	8	script: Bill Parker; pencils: Gregor Duncan; inks: Gregor Duncan; letters: Bill Parker	Scoop Smith; Blimp Black; Laputario; Bruce Lane
10	The Rescue of Boyville	comic story	9	script: Bill Parker; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete Costanza; letters: Bill Parker	Ibis, Prince Amentep, Princess Taia
11	Hey, Pals!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset	Billy Batson, Captain Marvel

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
The Shazam! Archives #1 ISBN 1-56389-053-4	1992	On eBay ›

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