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

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Captain Marvel Scores Again	cover	1	pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck	Billy Batson, Captain Marvel
1	The Slaves of Dr. Scar	comic story	11.66	script: Bill Parker; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck; letters: Bill Parker	Billy Batson, Captain Marvel
2	Enter: Carol Braddock	comic story	8	script: Bill Parker; pencils: Pete Costanza; inks: Pete Costanza; letters: Bill Parker	Golden Arrow, Roger Parsons
3	The Bucket O' Blood	comic story	8	script: Bill Parker; pencils: Bob Kingett; inks: Bob Kingett; letters: Bill Parker	Lance O'Casey
4	Sea Dogs	comic story	1		Lance O'Casey
5	The Convict's Ghost	text story	2	letters: typeset
6	Schlitzoff's Spy Plot	comic story	8	script: Bill Parker; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete Costanza; letters: Bill Parker	Alan Armstrong, The Mask, Spy Smasher
7	The Great Rollo Mystery	comic story	8	script: Bill Parker; pencils: Gregor Duncan; inks: Gregor Duncan; letters: Bill Parker
8	The Kingdom of Scorpia	comic story	8	script: Bill Parker; pencils: Gregor Duncan; inks: Gregor Duncan; letters: Bill Parker	Scoop Smith; King Cortes (villain, introduction, death?)
9	Showdown with Murder Malone	comic story	9	script: Bill Parker; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete Costanza; letters: Bill Parker	Ibis, Prince Amentep

Collection	Year
The Shazam! Archives #1 ISBN 1-56389-053-4	1992	On eBay ›
Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn] ISBN 978-1-60699-987-5	2017	On eBay ›

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