Wow Comics (1940-1948 Fawcett) comic books

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Stories and art by Dave Berg, Otto Binder, Clem Weisbecker, and Phil Bard. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky seek the mysterious figure known only as The Voice, a villain who resembles The Shadow. War correspondent Chase Yale dons a Captain America-like costume and fights for the Allied cause as Commando Yank. In the debut of another long-running Wow Comics hero, teen Mickey Malone is too young to join the RAF, so he secretly becomes the air ace Phantom Eagle. Plus an early story by future Mad "Lighter Side" artist Dave Berg. Mr. Scarlet: The Voice; Commando Yank: We Dare Death; Phantom Eagle; Murder at the Hazing; Spooks; Mr. Scarlet: Murder Without Clues. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dave Berg, Otto Binder, Clem Weisbecker, and Phil Bard. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky seek the killer of a circus owner and meet The Mask, a strange killer who can apparently be in two places at once. Phantom Eagle tries to prevent Trantee from carrying out an air base attack in Asia. The Black Sphinx tries to frame DA Brian Butler for a jewel robbery, but he doesn't know that Butler is crimefighter Mr. Scarlet. Plus an early story by future Mad "Lighter Side" artist Dave Berg. Mr. Scarlet and the Mask of the Circus; Commando Yank Lashes the Nazis!; Barking Six-Guns; Phantom Eagle Burns up the Skies Over Asia!; Spooks; Mr. Scarlet Battles the Black Sphinx! 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Marc Swayze. Stories and art by Dave Berg, Otto Binder, and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. In only her second appearance (after her debut in Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) #18), Mary Marvel tracks sinister Santas stealing orphans' toys, and gets help from Mr. Scarlet, Pinky and the original Captain Marvel. Commando Yank must retrieve Dr. Nordlung and his plans for an "unsmashable tank" from the Norwegian castle of a Nazi "Quisling" - even if he needs the help of ancient Vikings to do it. In a turning point for the series, Mr. Scarlet and Pinky have been so effective at stopping crime that Scarlet's alter ego, Brian Butler, loses his job as DA. Plus an early story by future Mad "Lighter Side" artist Dave Berg. Mary Marvel: The Night Before Xmas; Last Ship from Marseilles; Mr. Scarlet: Make-Believe Mastermind; Phantom Eagle: Down Under; Commando Yank: The Terrific Toy; Spooks: Creepy Fantasy. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Joe Millard and Jack Binder. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. A charity auction run by Count De Ceet isn't on the level, and - well, the opening caption says it best: "...It takes that petite powerhouse, Mary Marvel, the Shazam girl, to mop up the mess and chasten a chain of charity chiselers!!" Commando Yank sets out to liberate French POWs in Africa; this issue also features detailed instructions on how to build Commando Yank's training course in your own backyard. When a strange, gigantic bird attacks Allied airfields with a death-ray, young Mickey Malone decides it's time for Phantom Eagle to take flight. Fun cover featuring "The Shazam Girl" Mary Marvel may be the work of Jack Binder. Mary Marvel: The Anxious Auctioneer; Commando Yank Opens the African Front; Toughen Up...Get Healthy With Commando Yank's Special Training Course; Phantom Eagle: The Sun Has Wings; Monkey Luck; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky Fight Nobody. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Otto Binder and Jack Binder. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel meets Dr. Finale, whose doomsday predictions seem to be coming true, but even Mary doesn't suspect he's an Axis agent. Commando Yank 's secret identity is revealed while he investigates the Enemy Express. Phantom Eagle gains two important allies, Jerry Sloane (his female sidekick going forward) and the Cometplane. Mary Marvel: The End of the World; Willie Wow; Commando Yank: The Adventure of the Enemy Express; Phantom Eagle: Cometplane: Airplane of Your Tomorrow; Murders Aren't Accidents; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: The Enigma of the Needle in the Haystack. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder and Bert Whitman. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. This issue marks the debut of beloved longtime Marvel Family member "Uncle Marvel." Discovering Mary Marvel's secret identity, lovable con man Dudley claims to be a member of the Marvel Family too - but his real secret is that he has no actual superpowers. Commando Yank catches a ride on a Chinese fighter plane - on the OUTside of the plane - to stop the execution of American prisoners in Japan. Much to the surprise of gathered party guests, a hunter's bear trophy comes to life and begins stalking the hunter. Mary Marvel Meets Her Uncle Marvel; Commando Yank: Mikado For a Day; Phantom Eagle: The Ace of Blades; For Faithful Service; Mr. Scarlet: The Mad Drama of the Hunted Hunter. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Dick MacKay, and Bert Whitman. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mr. Scarlet battles germophobic gangster Hypo Kondriak, who wants the secret of The Germ-Proof Vest that can resist biological attacks. Commando Yank goes undercover as war correspondent Chase Yale to find out why and how Allied soldiers are disappearing during training maneuvers. Mary Marvel helps a ghost get published in his favorite "ghostly tales" magazine. Mary Marvel: The Frustrated Phantom; Commando Yank: The Anti-Commandos; Phantom Eagle: Paper Planes; Frontier Fort; Helpful Hugo; Richard Richard, Private Dick Cracks the Nut Case; Mr. Scarlet: The Germ-Proof Vest. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, and Phil Bard. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky must follow a series of clues and evade deathtraps to catch the hideous figure known as The Black Hour, before he kills again. Commando Yank seeks the secret of a fabled temple idol to open an ancient tunnel and give the British Army the edge over Axis forces. Kids in the woods accidentally awaken a smoke demon who causes the very plants and trees to attack, but luckily, Mary Marvel is close at hand. Mary Marvel: The Revolt of the Plants; Commando Yank: The Temple of the One-Eyed Yellow Idol; Phantom Eagle Meets the Dragon of Fear; The Cave; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Brief Case; Mr. Scarlet: Out for Lunch - with Danger. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder and Dick MacKay. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Uncle Marvel returns to help Mary Marvel battle gangsters, in perhaps the only story where Uncle Marvel actually flies...thanks to a pocket-sized rocket. A little boy's fanciful story casts suspicion on Commando Yank among the Resistance. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky track gangsters who are hiding out in the country, and teach them the meaning of "roughing it." Mary Marvel: The Return of Uncle Marvel; Commando Yank Battles His Friends; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Violin Case; Phantom Eagle: The Underground Oasis; Helpful Hugo; Penny Graves: The Death's-Head Horror; Mr. Scarlet Meet the Homesick Hill-Billys. 4856 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder and Edd Ashe. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel meets Davy Jones and other Atlanteans while battling a giant octopus and modern-day pirate Barnacle Bilge. A little girl's helpful mistake reveals the identity of a spy to Commando Yank. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky investigate a missing writer in an old mine and learn the secret of Dangerous Dan. This story features an appearance by real-life reader Suzy Dueck, who sent a dime to struggling Depression-era superheroes Mr. Scarlet and Pinky. Plus a PSA for wartime paper drives featuring Mary Marvel. Mary Marvel: Davy Jones' Locker; Commando Yank: Death in a Sleepy Town; Phantom Eagle: A Fighting Ancestor; Helpful Hugo; Pee Wee Pete; Penny Graves: The Signal; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky Battle the Maniac of the Mine! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Marc Swayze, and Edd Ashe. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Sinister Professor Van Ish uses his "Z-ray" to escape justice into Mirror Land, so Mary Marvel follows him through the looking-glass. Phantom Eagle learns of the legendary Black Mace, which can cause eternal war on Earth, and becomes determined to get it before the Nazis do. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky battle the Sun Man, whose special mirrors can cause sunstroke or cook you alive. Plus a PSA about the wartime uses of milkweed, featuring Mary Marvel. Mary Marvel in Mirror Land; Commando Yank; Phantom Eagle: The Black Mace; Penny Graves: The Mystery of the Persian Tomb; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Sun Man Terrorizes the City. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Harry Anderson and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Commando Yank investigates when a spy is apparently killed by talking bats, in a story with early art by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. Penny Graves sets out to capture the holdout Axis soldier Keyhole Charlie. A bitter violinist becomes a supervillain and tries to drive his fellow musicians to madness. Mary Marvel Meets Her Rival!; Commando Yank: The Bat-Wings of Doom; Phantom Eagle: The Hawk; Penny Graves: "Keyhole Charlie" Meets His Waterloo; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Music of Madness. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Carl Pfeufer and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel meets her and Billy's ancestor, Daniel Batson, as well as the pirate Black Patch, trapped in suspended animation for centuries by an earthquake. Phantom Eagle is captured by Axis forces in Australia who, lacking modern munitions, are instead building giant boomerangs. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky face Incarno, the killer who can die and return from the dead, in a horror-tinged tale. Mary Marvel; Commando Yank; Phantom Eagle; Penny Graves; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Carl Pfeufer and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel battles the living pictures of artist-gone-wrong Leonardo Da Pinchy, in a story featuring a cameo by Billy Batson. Phantom Eagle suspects the worst: a traitor in his own Phoenix Squadron. Commando Yank is framed, and must go to trial to clear his name. Mary Marvel: The Pictures That Came to Life; Commando Yank Goes on Trial Tomorrow; Phantom Eagle: The Traitor in the Phoenix Squadron; Penny Graves: Two in a Tomb; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Jim Diamond Wanted for Murder! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Bill Woolfolk, Harry Fisk and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. A "juvenile delinquent" who looks exactly like Mary Marvel causes trouble for the real thing. At last, Phantom Eagle finds the Golden Mace, which can end World War II and bring peace to the world...at least for a while. Commando Yank seeks the Axis spy who stole Allied invasion plans and worse, the Marine Corps payroll. In a classic story, Mr. Scarlet and Pinky infiltrate the 1940s "Dance Marathon" craze to catch a killer. Plus a special page explaining the Phantom Eagle, Commando Yank and Penny Graves stories as "hitherto confidential stories behind the war scenes" from the "Official War Archives," allowing Fawcett to keep running WWII stories well into 1946. Mary Marvel: Trouble on the Double; Commando Yank: Strange Assignment; The Phantom Eagle Finds the Golden Mace; Penny Graves: China Passage; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Dance Marathon of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel faces The Terrible Trio of Spike Steel, Slug Stone and Simon Stretch. Phantom Eagle searches for the secret of the deadly Doom Cloud. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky face the not-surprising return of Incarno, the killer who can die and return from the dead. Plus a special page explaining the Phantom Eagle, Commando Yank and Penny Graves stories as "hitherto confidential stories behind the war scenes" from the "Official War Archives." This and future issues feature two stories each for Phantom Eagle and Commando Yank, possibly a move to get through a backlog of WWII material. Mary Marvel: The Terrible Trio; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Color Crimes; The Phantom Eagle: The Menace of the Doom Cloud; Whipper-Snappers; Phantom Eagle Catapults His Punches; Penny Graves: The Great Voice; Commando Yank Likes a Good Fight; Commando Yank: Guerrilla Offensive. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, David Pascal, W. Jourdain, Al Liederman, Harry Fisk and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel investigates when strange beings arrive in town, including a Scarecrow and Tin Woodsman - could they be from Oz, or are they robots? Phantom Eagle discovers the crash of an experimental flying-wing plane was staged. Commando Yank tries to find out who is abducting the men from rural Chinese villages. Mary Marvel: The Modern Wizard of Oz; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Tied in Knots; Sam the Sheriff; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Pact of Death; Opportunity Knoxx; Whipper-Snappers; Muscle Hedd; The Phantom Eagle: Death Flight; Penny Graves: Peril Purchase; Commando Yank. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Dick MacKay, Carl Pfeufer, Roy Ald, David Pascal, and Marc Swayze.. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Cursed keys from ancient Egypt bring forth a living mummy, in a horror-tinged tale that marks Mary Marvel's final exploit in the pages of Wow Comics (she continued in Marvel Family and her own title). In a truly strange story, broke Mr. Scarlet and Pinky accept an invitation to dinner with a corrupt millionaire, and face the mysterious villain Glass King, who sets a decapitating glass trap. Commando Yank encounters opium dealers while setting up a new TV news network in Central America. Mary Marvel: The Curse of the Keys; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Spectre of Death; Phantom Eagle: Claim Jumpers; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: Murder on Display; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Case of the Missing Badge; Commando Yank: Death Rides a Swallow. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dan Barry, Bob Fujitani, Dick Pascal, and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mr. Scarlet's alter ego Brian Butler is one of four heirs who have been called to a wealthy uncle's decrepit mansion, where they are being murdered one by one. Commando Yank helps a tribal fishing village oppose a rogue trapper who was trying to steal all the ambergris, in a story with early art by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie's Counter-Spook, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Ozzie: Hi-Flutin' Guy; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Will Power; Phantom Eagle: The Planes That Wouldn't Land!; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: The Mill Road; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Stool Pigeon; Dippy Detours; Commando Yank: Riddle of the Arctic. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky suspect that spiritualist Professor Curiosa is swindling Mrs. Van Rich. Phantom Eagle learns that the deadly air ace Black Flamingo has survived. Commando Yank investigates a murder at a baseball field. Ozzie: A High Position; Boy Scout Bob; Bobo; Pete the Policeman; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: That's the Spirit!; Phantom Eagle: The Horror of the Swamp!; Uncle Herkimer; Clever Clem; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: Hostile Cargo; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Watch Case; Commando Yank: Death on the Diamond. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.