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WHIZ COMICS #2
Cover Date: February 1940
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Art: C.C. Beck
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Credits:
| Story | Bill Parker |
| Art | C.C. Beck |
| Lettering | C.C. Beck |
| Colors | Bill Parker |
| Editing | Bill Parker |
Feature Character(s):
- Captain Marvel (Billy Batson; first appearance; a homeless orphan who is given the powers of Shazam to become the adult Captain Marvel; becomes a radio reporter)
Supporting Character(s):
- Shazam (first appearance; an ancient wizard who empowers Billy Batson with the powers of Captain Marvel; physical form destroyed in this story, but exists as a spirit; uses the Historama to show Billy his own history)
- Sterling Morris (first appearance; a radio executive; hires Billy to be a radio reporter)
Villain(s):
- Ebeneezer Batson (first appearance; unnamed in this story; in flashback only; throws Billy out of his home to steal his inheritance)
- Doctor Sivana (Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana; first appearance)
Location(s):
- Fawcett City (first appearance; unnamed in this story)
- Rock of Eternity (first appearance; unnamed in this story; located "at the end of time and space"; home of the Wizard Shazam)
Comment(s):
- This story takes place on Earth-S.
Story Reprinted in:
- The Great Comic Book Heroes (1965)
- Famous First Edition #F-4 (October-November 1974)
- Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (1976)
- Shazam from the Forties to the Seventies (1977)
- The Shazam! Archives #1 (1992)
- Millennium Edition: Whiz Comics 2 (March 2000)
- Shazam! The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2008)
Credits:
| Story | Bill Parker |
| Art | C.C. Beck |
| Lettering | C.C. Beck |
| Colors | Bill Parker |
| Editing | Bill Parker |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Taia (first appearance; Ibis' lover)
Location(s):
- Egypt
- Thebes
- Cairo
- An unnamed city in Europe
Comment(s):
- This story continues in the next issue.
Story Reprinted in:
- Famous First Edition #F-4 (October-November 1974)
- Millennium Edition: Whiz Comics 2 (March 2000)
Credits:
| Story | Bill Parker |
| Art | Pete Costanza |
| Lettering | Pete Costanza |
| Colors | Bill Parker |
| Editing | Bill Parker |
Feature Character(s):
- Golden Arrow (first appearance; orphaned boy raised to fight injustice in the American Southwest)
Supporting Character(s):
- White Wind (first appearance; Golden Arrow's horse)
Villain(s):
- Brand Braddock (first appearance; former ex-munitons maker; shoots down Parsons' balloon)
- Bronk and Brute Braddock (first appearance for both; Braddock's twin sons)
Other Character(s):
- Professor Paul Parsons (first appearance; inventor of a new type of dirigible gas; dies)
- Gloria Parsons (first appearance; wife of Paul Parsons; dies)
- Nugget Ned (first appearance; an old prospector; raises infant Roger and teaches him to fight for justice with a bow and arrow; dies)
Location(s):
- Long Island, NY (before World War I)
- American Southwest (in present day)
Story Reprinted in:
- Famous First Edition #F-4 (October-November 1974)
- Millennium Edition: Whiz Comics 2 (March 2000)
Credits:
| Story | Bill Parker |
| Art | C.C. Beck |
| Lettering | C.C. Beck |
| Colors | Bill Parker |
| Editing | Bill Parker |
Feature Character(s):
- Spy Smasher (Alan Armstrong; first appearance)
Supporting Character(s):
- Admiral Corby (first appearance)
- Eve Corby (first appearance; Admiral Corby's daughter and Alan's fiancee)
Villain(s):
- Mask (first appearance; a master saboteur)
Location(s):
- Washington, DC
Comment(s):
- Spy Smasher uses a yellow and red version of his Autogyro (first appearance) in this story)
Story Reprinted in:
- Famous First Edition #F-4 (October-November 1974)
- Millennium Edition: Whiz Comics 2 (March 2000)
Credits:
| Story | Bill Parker |
| Art | Greg Duncan |
| Colors | Bill Parker |
| Editing | Bill Parker |
Feature Character(s):
- Scoop Smith (first appearance; a crack newshawk)
Supporting Character(s):
- Bruce Lane (first appearance; Smith's editor)
- "Blimp" Black (first appearance; Smith's news photographer)
Villain(s):
- Doctor Death (Dr. James Kirk; first appearance; steals radium from City Hospital; creates a life machine that brings two thugs back to life)
Story Reprinted in:
- Famous First Edition #F-4 (October-November 1974)
- Millennium Edition: Whiz Comics 2 (March 2000)
Credits:
| Story | Bill Parker |
| Art | Bob Kinglet |
| Lettering | Bob Kinglet |
| Colors | Bill Parker |
| Editing | Bill Parker |
Feature Character(s):
- Lance O'Casey (first appearance; a freelance sailor)
Supporting Character(s):
- Mister Hogan (first appearance; Lance's small monkey companion)
Villain(s):
- Barracuda Brent (first appearance; a pirate; dies)
Location(s):
- Malonana (first appearance; an island in the South Seas)
Comment(s):
- O'Casey's small sailing ship is the Brian Boru.
Story Reprinted in:
- Famous First Edition #F-4 (October-November 1974)
- Millennium Edition: Whiz Comics 2 (March 2000)