Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1940-05-24
Editing: Bill Parker (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #6 Edit Cover
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The Circus of Death
(Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
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Lovelia
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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, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3. Copyright No. B 455913. See https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/application-card/CC19381945B_454000-455999.1912 for more details. Copyright renewed 1967-06-07 as RE 411639 from Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series. Part 2: Periodicals Jan-Dec 1967: Vol 21, page 407.

The Circus of Death
(Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 11 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Lovelia (tightrope walker); Clarence the Maniac Man (villain); Gorillion (villain, beast, death)
Synopsis:
Billy visits to report on a new circus that has come to town, unaware that Dr. Sivana is behind the scheme, his intent being to bring rare and unusual animals from Venus for people to view, and make a fortune legally.
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Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the cover.

[The Bank Robbery That Backfired]
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Golden Arrow / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:western-frontier; superhero
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Bronk Braddock (villain); Brute Braddock (villain)

[The Launch of the Brian Boru II]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Lance O'Casey / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:adventure
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[Amusement Park Assassin]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Spy Smasher / comic story / 8 pages

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A Beggar Reclaimed
(Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages

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typeset

The Great World's Fair Mystery
(Table of Contents: 6)

Dan Dare / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:detective-mystery
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Dan Dare

[The Emperor of the Bahamas]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Scoop Smith / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:detective-mystery
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Scoop Smith

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The last Scoop Smith story.

[The Lost Ibistick]
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Ibis the Invincible / comic story / 9 pages

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The story continues in the next issue.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Circus of Death
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  2. The Circus of Death
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  3. [The Bank Robbery That Backfired]
    Golden Arrow
  4. [The Launch of the Brian Boru II]
    Lance O'Casey
  5. [Amusement Park Assassin]
    Spy Smasher
  6. A Beggar Reclaimed
  7. The Great World's Fair Mystery
    Dan Dare
  8. [The Emperor of the Bahamas]
    Scoop Smith
  9. [The Lost Ibistick]
    Ibis the Invincible
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  • Craig Delich
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Chris L.
  • Rob Martindale
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mike O'Regan
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Brian Stewart
  • Jim Van Dore
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