Whiz Comics (1940 Fawcett) 148

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $189.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4426522024 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Pete Costanza. Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Otto Binder, Anthony Cataldo, and Kurt Schaffenberger. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. A visiting ship from outer space leads to a desperate tug-of-war involving Captain Marvel and all the copper on planet Earth. After rescuing a man who fell off a bridge, Lance and Mike follow the trail of the Pearls of Blood. Ibis and Taia try to protect Lucania after it is attacked by locust swarms, apparently because the ancient Locust God is no longer appeased with sacrifices. Captain Marvel: The Strange Copper Catastrophe; Doc Sorebones; Lance O'Casey: The Pearls of Blood; Golden Arrow: Map of Treachery; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Tightwad Tad; Wilbur the Waiter; Ibis the Invincible: The Swarm of Horrors. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.