Whiz Comics #53 is an issue of the series Whiz Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1944.
Synopsis for Captain Marvel: "Capt. Marvel Falls in Love"
Billy patriotically gets a factory job after his regular broadcast hours are over, but finds his boss is a sharp-tongued woman who won't tolerate incompetence on the job. In trying to return her dropped compact, Billy changes to Captain Marvel and flies across town to get it back to her quickly. However, with all the grease and grime from the factory washed off, Delia Curtis is a knockout, and Captain Marvel instantly falls head over heels for her. This affects Billy, as Cap stays up all night mooning over his new infatuation, which leaves Billy without any sleep and no divine stamina to offset it. Soon Billy refuses to transform if it's just going to leave him at the mercy of the besotted hero, especially when Marvel's unable to earn her love despite his feats of awesome prowess and strength. Eventually he finds out the reason: Delia's engaged to a G.I. already, leading to Marvel swearing off women for good.
Appearing in Captain Marvel: "Capt. Marvel Falls in Love"
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- Delia Curtis
- John, her enlisted boyfriend
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Synopsis for Golden Arrow: "The Talking Animals"
Appearing in Golden Arrow: "The Talking Animals"
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- White Wind, his stallion
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- Lem Bartlet, animal trainer, ventriloquist
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- Sheriff
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Synopsis for Spy Smasher: "The Flowers of Fear"
Appearing in Spy Smasher: "The Flowers of Fear"
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- Herr von Fere
- Kurt
- Fritz
- Horst
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Synopsis for Ibis the Invincible: "Prince Ibis Pursues the Gay Nineties Gangster"
J. Isinglass invents pills that can transport people 50 years forward or back in time. Unfortunately, he has a misanthropic assistant. This Carl Kurch brains him with a flask and steals the pills. Ibis and Taia happen to be walking past and hear the scientist groan, and in hurrying inside to help they find out what happened. Ibis uses his wand to whisk them back to 1893, where they catch up to Kurch being booed on a vaudeville stage at his attempts to amaze them with a modern radio produce nothing but silence. Ibis points out the obvious to the malconent: the people of 1893 didn't have radio sets because there were no radio stations to broadcast to them!
Kurch knocks Ibis aside with a surprise punch, then robs a store and steals a bunch of bills. He uses another pill to return to 1943, but is dismayed again when his sack's empty. Ibis again points out the fault in his plan: dollar bills from 50 years ago have long since been destroyed by the ravages of time. Before capturing Kurch by conjuring up some magical shackles for him.
Appearing in Ibis the Invincible: "Prince Ibis Pursues the Gay Nineties Gangster"
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- Kurl Kurch, the Gay Nineties Gangster
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- Professor J. Isinglass
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- Ibistick
- Time travel pills
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Synopsis for Lance O'Casey: "The Boy Beggar"
Appearing in Lance O'Casey: "The Boy Beggar"
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- After this issue Lance O'Casey drops out, until Whiz Comics #103.
- Also featured in this issue of Whiz Comics were:
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