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Issue Details

Issue #122
Published June 1950
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Virginia Provisiero
Notes Entire issue except story inside back cover reprinted as Whiz Comics (Derby, 1950 series) #122.

Cover Details - "Captain Marvel versus Sivana and his deadly Anger ray"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sivana
Genre Super-hero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Notes Entire issue except story inside back cover reprinted as Whiz Comics (Derby, 1950 series) #122.
Reprinted in Whiz Comics (Derby Publishing, 1950 series) #122

7 page Captain Marvel story "Captain Marvel And The Anger Ray!"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Sivana
Synopsis Dr. Sivana invents a ray that makes people angry and Captain Marvel is scared that he will get shot with it and destroy the city.
Genre Super-hero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted in Whiz Comics (Derby, 1950 series) #122.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Prescription for Excitement"

Synopsis Promo to join the Captain Marvel Club.

1 page "R. C." and Quickie; R.C. Cola advertisement "Stampede!"

Characters R.C.; Quickie
Synopsis R.C. and Quickie get caught in a stampede, but the extra energy R.C. got from drinking R.C. Cola lets them escape.
Genre Adventure; Western
Pencils Creig Flessel
Inks Creig Flessel
Notes Ad for R.C. Cola. Creig Flessel credit from Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

2 page Wicky and O'Shawnessy text story "Ghost of a Chance"

Characters Wicky Burke; O'Shawnessy; Boit Bird; Officer Glendale; Mr. Sluglug; Greasy
Genre Animal; Humor
Script Rod Reed
Letters Typeset
Reprinted in Whiz Comics (Derby, 1950 series) #122.

1 page Popsicle advertisement The "Popsicle" Hall of Fame

Characters Bob Townsend; Bill Blanchard
Synopsis True story of two boys capturing a crook and getting the Popsicle Gold Medal.
Pencils Sam Glankoff (signed) [as Glankoff]
Inks Sam Glankoff (signed) [as Glankoff]
Notes Full page ad for Popsicles, top half is comic.

9 page Ibis The Invincible story "Ibis The Invincible Meets Death!"

Characters Ibis; Taia; Karnak; Moloch (introduction)
Synopsis Prince Ibis pretends to have died to bring Karnak out of hiding and defeat him.
Genre occult; superhero
Script Bill Woolfolk ?
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger ?
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger ?
Notes Bill Woolfolk credit from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Art looks like Kurt Schaffenberger, but stiffer than Captain Marvel story in this issue.
Reprinted in Whiz Comics (Derby, 1950 series) #122

Half page Dubble Bubble advertisement "Gee, look what Butch can do!"

Synopsis Ad for Dubble Bubble gum.
Script Ray Thompson
Pencils Ray Thompson (signed) [as Ray T.]
Inks Ray Thompson (signed) [as Ray T.]

6 page Golden Arrow story "The Tribal Traitors"

Characters Golden Arrow
Synopsis Two braves try to take over the Wowon Indian tribe, but Golden Arrow teams up with the Chief to beat them.
Genre Western
Pencils John Giunta ?
Inks John Giunta ?
Notes John Giunta credit from Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
Reprinted in Whiz Comics (Derby, 1950 series) #122.

Half page filler "Wasteful Waite"

Synopsis One cowboy throws a clock at the other.
Genre Humor
Notes Might be part of an ongoing filler feature.
Reprinted in Whiz Comics (Derby, 1950 series) #122

1 page Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure advertisement "The Stagecoach Stick-up"

Characters Jim Wise
Synopsis Jim and the boys see a stagecoach get robbed of its gold, but using their "P-F" Canvas shoes, they beat the robbers to the border.
Notes Ad for "P-F" Canvas shoes.

1 page Doc Sorebones filler "Appropriate Prescription"

Characters Doctor Sorebones; Mrs. Woods
Synopsis Mrs. Woods can't describe her condition, so Doctor Sorebones can't describe her treatment.
Genre Humor