Publishers / Fawcett / Wow Comics (1940) / #16

16August 1943
$0.10

Wow Comics #16

Fawcett · August 1943 · on sale 1943-07-14

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Series: Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series)
Issue: #16
Publication date: August 1943
Key date: 1943-08-00
On-sale date: 1943-07-14
Indicia publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Ride to the Moon	cover	1	pencils: Jack Binder; inks: Jack Binder	Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
1	Wow Comics - The Different, Terrifc Picture-Fiction Magazine	table of contents	1
2	The Stone Men of the Moon	comic story	14	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Marc Swayze; inks: Marc Swayze	Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Rokko and other Stone Men (first appearance, villains)
3	Commando Yank Defends the Great Wall of China	comic story	13	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Bert Whitman; inks: Bert Whitman	Commando Yank
4	To You - From Hitler!	public service announcement	1
5	Double Frame-Up	text story	2	script: Nathaniel Nitkin
6	Against the World Haters	comic story	14	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Maurice Whitman; inks: Maurice Whitman	Phantom Eagle; Von Retah (first appearance, villain, death); the World Haters (first appearance, villains, death)
7	The Case of the Elephant Who Forgot	comic story	6	script: Dick MacKay; pencils: Dick MacKay; inks: Dick MacKay	Richard Richard
8	Crooks For a Day	comic story	13	pencils: Charles Sultan; inks: Charles Sultan	Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]

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Sources

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