Volume: 2
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1942-12-09
Editing: Wilfred H. Fawcett (credited as W. H. Fawcett) (president); Roger Fawcett (credited as Roger K. Fawcett) (vice-president); Allen E. Norman (credited) (secretary); Gordon Fawcett (credited) (treasurer); Eliott D. Odell (credited) (advertising director); Roscoe Fawcett (credited as Roscoe K. Fawcett) (circulation director); Ralph Daigh (credited) (editorial director); Al Allard (credited) (art director)
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Mary Marvel / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Introducing - Mary Marvel the Shazam girl now starring in her own feature with Captain Marvel!
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Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 1.

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Wow Wishes You a Merry Christmas!
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Panel reproduced from page 11, panel 7.

The Night Before Christmas
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Mary Marvel / comic story / 14 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Well, here you are, sis! I've brought you over to Wow Comics!
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Peeves; Mrs. Bromfield; Spike; Monk
Synopsis:
Mary fights crooks who are smuggling jewels in toys.

Indexer Notes

First Mary Marvel strip.

Last appearance in Captain Marvel Adventures #19, based on cover dates; based on "on-sale" dates, this comic PRE-cedes Captain Marvel Adventures 19 (which is a Christmas story, and this being "The Night Before Christmas" might actually make more sense being her second appearance, instead of third appearance.)

Last Ship from Marseilles
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Nathaniel Nitkin (credited)
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  • Genre:adventure; war
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Conklin; Pierre Desmoulins; Etienne de Lannec; Kurt von Schroeder; Mr. Waithe
Synopsis:
Captain Conklin is having trouble getting his ship out of Marseilles.

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The Mystery of the Make-Believe Mastermind!
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Mr. Scarlet and Pinky / comic story / 14 pages

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The Black Sphinx; The Boss of Crime College; Miss Wade; Charley; Joey; Cholmondely Creep
Synopsis:
Mr. Scarlet and Pinky fight crooks using paper mache structures.

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Brian Butler loses his job as DA.

Plot and art credit revision per Will Murray in Alter Ego #157 (March 2019).

Down Under
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Phantom Eagle / comic story / 13 pages

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  • Genre:aviation
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Shorty; Katie (kangaroo); Flogg
Synopsis:
The Japanese plan to wipe out the allied airfields and ground crews while the planes are fighting a decoy force.

Creepy Fantasy
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Spooks / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
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Spooks; Bensonhurst; Tony Dominic; Looey-the-Lug; Peggy Ann Dominic
Synopsis:
Spooks takes over a dead man's body and lets him testify in court.

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Last Spooks story. Contents page title.

The Terrific Toy
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Commando Yank / comic story / 13 pages

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Dr. Sven Nordlung; Bjorne Sondergunn; Eric; Ludwig
Synopsis:
Commando Yank has to get some tank plans from a Norwegian castle.
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Introducing - Mary Marvel the Shazam girl now starring in her own feature with Captain Marvel!"]
    Mary Marvel
  2. ["Go get the Marvel gang"]
  3. Wow Wishes You a Merry Christmas!
  4. The Night Before Christmas
    Mary Marvel
  5. Last Ship from Marseilles
  6. ["The big 3 in comics"]
  7. [no title indexed]
  8. The Mystery of the Make-Believe Mastermind!
    Mr. Scarlet and Pinky
  9. Down Under
    Phantom Eagle
  10. Creepy Fantasy
    Spooks
  11. The Terrific Toy
    Commando Yank
  12. ["A best-seller in books!!"]
  13. ["Look, fellas-- my favorite magazine"]
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