Wow Comics (1940-1948 Fawcett) comic books

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Dick MacKay, and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel tracks missing people to a mirror-maze run by Dr. Trapp, who wants to study the effects of being trapped in a mirror-maze on the human psyche. Mr. Scarlet is hired to find a treasure that's been hidden since the Civil War. Commando Yank tracks escaped Nazi war criminals to a county fair and a high-speed chase on a mountain road. Mary Marvel: The Mad Mirror Maze; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: The Loot of Christopher Murden; Whipper-Snappers; Phantom Eagle: The Voices of Doom; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Eye Glass Case; Penny Graves: Crime on the Square; Commando Yank: Death of the Fourth Reich. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Dick MacKay, David Pascal, and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel meets a strange tribe of modern-day cliff dwellers. Phantom Eagle encounters ghost pirates. Commando Yank investigates when gangsters try to take over a coastal town's pearl-diving trade. Mary Marvel: Modern Cliff Dwellers; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: The Phantom of the Fog; Whipper-Snappers; Phantom Eagle: The Shades of the Spanish Main; Dippy Detours; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Cigarette Case; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: Against All Odds; Commando Yank: Pearls of Perella. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Dick MacKay, David Pascal, Howard Boughner and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. A professor who dares to study the mystery of mystical pebbles is attacked by the natives of a South Seas island. Mr. Scarlet finds danger behind every tree while investigating a lumber camp, and is nearly cut down in his prime. Phantom Eagle meets the ghost riders in the sky. Mary Marvel: The Pebble Mystery; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet: Murder in the Tall Timbers; Mickey the Monitor: The Play's the Thing; Whipper-Snappers; Phantom Eagle: Rustling Mavericks of the Sky Trails; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Case of the Missing Shoes; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: Crime Career; Commando Yank: Harem Scarem. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder and Dick MacKay. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. While touring the South Seas, Mary Marvel encounters two men who are engaged in a primitive duel to the death on a deserted island. Commando Yank investigates the deadly secret of the winged serpent in Central America. Phantom Eagle has a postwar adventure among the ancient ruins of "French Indo-China," aka Vietnam. Mary Marvel: Death Challenge; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet: The Fly Man; Kanvasback: Flower of Youth; Whipper-Snappers; Phantom Eagle: The Curse of the Ruins; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Canine Catastrophe; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: The Missing Floor; Commando Yank: The Winged Serpent. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Dick MacKay, David Pascal, Howard Boughner and Marc Swayze.. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel searches for a scientist lost in an underground earthquake, and finds him living as "King Bhong" of a primitive underground tribe. In South America, Commando Yank discovers that the legend of the Jaguar-Men is all too real. Phantom Eagle encounters the "Air Wolves" in the polar skies. Mary Marvel: Earthquake; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet: The Crime Encyclopedia; Whipper-Snappers; Phantom Eagle: The Air Wolves of the Ice Floes; Dippy Detours; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: Special Delivery; Commando Yank: The Jaguar-Men. 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, Charlie Tomsey, David Pascal, and Charlie Tomsey. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Pinky goes undercover as a jockey to help Mr. Scarlet track another jockey's killer. Commando Yank stumbles on a Central American plot to smuggle drugs inside innocent-looking bananas, and follows it to the crimelord known as The Banana King. Phantom Eagle pursues the flying Viking ship attacking aircraft over the fjords of Norway, leaving no wreckage behind. Mary Marvel: The Sacred Pearls of Comatosh!; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet: Win, Place and Death; Whipper-Snappers; Phantom Eagle: The Aerial Vikings; Dippy Detours; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: Escape by Night; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Fish Story; Commando Yank: The Banana King. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Dick MacKay, Charlie Tomsey, David Pascal, and Marc Swayze.. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. While searching for the female (and cross-dressing) criminal called Lady Killer, Mr. Scarlet and Pinky meet superfan Abigail, who dons a costume and becomes the unofficial third member of the crime-fighting duo. Commando Yank tries to prevent a dam in China from being sabotaged. Phantom Eagle seeks missing diamonds in India. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, featuring (among others) Snap Crackle & Pop, detective Sam Spade, and a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Mary Marvel: The Reign of the Bats; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky vs. Lady Killer!; Whipper-Snappers; Phantom Eagle: The Caliph's Diamonds; Dippy Detours; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: Crime Vacation; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Rifle Case; Commando Yank: Deluge at the Dam. 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.

Stories and art by Dan Barry, David Pascal, and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. In his debut, bow-tied, saddle-shoed Archie wannabe Ozzie tries to get the autograph of visiting movie star Cloe Muir, but his father wants him to meet a business partner instead. Phantom Eagle's postwar career depends on a shipment of perfume. Commando Yank battles a corrupt land baron in Central America, in a story with early art by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. Ozzie: Starry-Eyed; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Shanghaied; Phantom Eagle Gets the Bird; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: Death at Madras Cay; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Case of the Disappearing Chauffeur; Whipper-Snappers; Commando Yank: The Trees That Weep! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Dick Pascal, and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Bow-tied, saddle-shoed Archie wannabe Ozzie (later part of the Ozzie & Babs duo) causes chaos while trying to raise money for the school. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky seek the root cause of a sudden outgrowth of deadly plants. Commando Yank finds shenanigans afoot at the State Fair. Ozzie: Double or Nothing; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: The Root of Evil; Phantom Eagle: The Virus of Revenge; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: The Kwantung Trick; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Hair-Raising Mystery; Whipper-Snappers; Commando Yank: State Fair. 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 witness a near-miss hit-and-run and find themselves on the trail of a deadly formula. Commando Yank battles Axis war criminals who want revenge for losing WWII. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Ozzie: On Your Toes; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Formula for Death; Phantom Eagle: Gangsters of the Air!; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: Sign of the Dancing Dolls; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Case of Tramp; Whipper-Snappers; Dippy Detours; Commando Yank: Death on a White Flag. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Ozzie decides to run off and go to sea, even if it means missing out on his homework. Working as circus hands, Mr. Scarlet and Pinky investigate the murder of the circus owner, and try to figure out why he swelled up like a balloon. Phantom Eagle tracks the air terrorist Black Flamingo, who mysteriously disables planes in midair. Ozzie: Sea Sea Senor; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Bloated Death; Gaga Gags; Phantom Eagle and the Black Flamingo!; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: The Cat Burglars; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Powder Case; Whipper-Snappers; Quack-Cracks; Commando Yank: Revolt in Rugomania. 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.

Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer, Howard Boughner, Stan Kaye and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Archie-like Ozzie tries to impress Babs by going out for track and field, but he's not that athletic, really. In his first story in Wow Comics, Western hero Tom Mix tracks the outlaw band known as the Black Gang. Phantom Eagle is on the trail of his greatest foe, the deadly air ace Black Flamingo. Ozzie: Flash in the Dash; Dizzy Daisy; Bobo; Vita Min; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Where There's a Will!; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; Phantom Eagle: The Return of the Black Flamingo!; Wilbur the Waiter; Penny Graves: By Death Betrayed; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Ring Case; Dean, the Detective Does His Duty; Tom Mix: The Black Gang. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer, Bill Woolfolk and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Ozzie accidentally destroys Philomel Carter's toothpick model of the Eiffel Tower, and tries to build a toothpick Statue of Liberty to make up for it. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky realize that the figures in a wax museum are, shockingly, dead bodies covered in wax. When an experimental rocket launches with Foggy and Jerry on board, Phantom Eagle takes off in pursuit. Ozzie: Hobby Happy; Willie the Worm; Droopy the Ant Bear and Reddy Fox; Sloppy the Pig; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: The Vanishing Corpse; Muscle Hedd; Phantom Eagle and the Runaway Rocket; Sherlock the Monk; Penny Graves: Hot-Seat Evidence; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Case of Broken Eggs; Fuzzy Bear; Tom Mix: Tony's Feud. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer, Bill Woolfolk, Bob Fujitani, Howard Boughner and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Archie-like Ozzie decides to go into business as a chicken farmer - what could go wrong? Mr. Scarlet and Pinky are hired by a wealthy man to safeguard his art collection from burglars, in a story titled "The Watchmen." Tom Mix tries to protect a schoolmarm from outlaws, but it turns out she can take care of herself. Ozzie Minds His Own Business; Dizzy Daisy; Bobo; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: The Watchmen; Muscle Hedd; Phantom Eagle: The Eyes of Evil; Sherlock the Monk; Penny Graves: Rodeo Roughhouse; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Case of Broken Eggs; Fuzzy Bear; Tom Mix: The Fighting Schoolmarm. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Warren Kremer. Stories and art by Dick McCay and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Ozzie gets so good at riding a bicycle on a high wire, he gets a job at the circus. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky track the Gargoyle, a jewel thief who is a master of disguise. The Demon Bandit may be tricky, but he didn't count on the bad driving of Richard Richard, Private Dick. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade, and a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Tames A Tornado, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. And "Comix Cards" (like the later Marvel Value Stamps) featuring Nyoka the Jungle Girl. Ozzie: Circus Daze; Bobo; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: The Gargoyle; Muscle Hedd; Phantom Eagle; Penny Graves: The Bronze Raven; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Case of the Used Car; Tom Mix: Challenge To Death. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Warren Kremer. Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Carl Pfeufer and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky track down a mysterious gem in an ancient totem, in their final Golden Age adventure. The Howard Hughes-like Hugh Ward and his experimental plane the Zoomer mysteriously disappear just before their maiden flight. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade, and a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps the Circus Culprit, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. And "Comix Cards" (like the later Marvel Value Stamps) featuring Hopalong Cassidy. Ozzie: Rest Cure; Bobo; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky and the Jewel of the Totem; Muscle Hedd; Phantom Eagle: The Flight of the Bee!; Willie the Worm; Penny Graves: No Time For Murder; Richard Richard, Private Dick: A Sad Case; Tom Mix: Death Rides the Stagecoach. Final issue under this title; the series continues as Real Western Hero (1948) #70. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.