Publishers / Fawcett / Wow Comics (1940) / #20

20December 1943
$0.10

Wow Comics #20

Fawcett · December 1943 · on sale 1943-11-12

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Series: Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series)
Issue: #20
Publication date: December 1943
Key date: 1943-12-00
On-sale date: 1943-11-12
Indicia publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 60

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Mary Marvel's Magic Carpet Takes You Right Out of This World!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Binder; inks: Jack Binder	Mary Marvel [Mary Batson Broomfield]
1	Contents page	credits, title page	1
2	The Germ-Proof Vest	comic story	10	pencils: Jack Binder; inks: Jack Binder	Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]; Pinky [Pinky Butler]; Hypo Kondriak (villain; first appearance); Edison A. Rhomas
3	Frontier Fort	text story	2	script: Ray Berry	Dan Mallory; Chief Shawnee; Josh Wheeler
4	The Anti-Commandos	comic story	12		Commando Yank [Chase Yale]
5	The Little Squirt	comic story	1		Helpful Hugo
6	Cracks the Nut Case	comic story	4	script: Dick McKay; pencils: Dick McKay; inks: Dick McKay	Richard Richard; Mr. Pandemonium; Ah Choo; Flub Dub
7	The Frustrated Phantom	comic story	16	pencils: Jack Binder; inks: Jack Binder	Mary Marvel [Mary Batson Broomfield]; Carlton Carroway (first appearance; a ghost); Mrs. Broomfield; March Hatter
8	Paper Planes	comic story	7	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Bert Whitman, Dan Barry; inks: Bert Whitman, Dan Barry	Phantom Eagle [Mickey Malone]; Jerry Sloane; Herr Phake (introduction); Adolf Hitler; Hermann Goering

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Sources

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