I've got a hunch there'll be a message waiting for us at our hotel. 
Whiz Comics #8 is an issue of the series Whiz Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1940.
Synopsis for Captain Marvel: "The Menace of the Skull"
Appearing in Captain Marvel: "The Menace of the Skull"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Captain Death (Single appearance)
- Professor Skull (Single appearance)
Locations:
Synopsis for Golden Arrow: "Death Hits the Bulls-Eye"
Appearing in Golden Arrow: "Death Hits the Bulls-Eye"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- White Wind, his horse
Antagonists:
- Bronk Braddock
- Brute Braddock
- Braddock Ranch Foreman
- Smead, gambler, half-breed Indian
- Scar, gambler
- Dagg, gambler
- Jose, Mexican bandit
Other Characters:
- Sheriff
- Deputy
- Timothy Marx, locksmith (Mentioned only)
- Scadley Butterfuddle, poster paster
- archery contestants
- contest crowd / lynch mob
Locations:
- American Old West (See Notes.)
- Gila Gap
- State Jail (destination)
- Parsons' Mountain Cabin
- Fairgrounds
Vehicles:
- Horse-drawn jail wagon (See Notes)
Synopsis for Lance O'Casey: "The Islanders' Gorilla-God"
Appearing in Lance O'Casey: "The Islanders' Gorilla-God"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Pelenona Island Natives
- Alii, chief
- Raider Brund (Single appearance; dies)
- Pelenona, Volcano Goddess (Mentioned only)
- The Eepa, Monster-god, (a gorilla)
Other Characters
- Marna Dale (First appearance)
Locations:
- South Sea
- Maloana Island
- Pelenona Island
Vehicles:
- Hova Maru, tramp freighter (Mentioned only)
- Brian Boru II, schooner (scuttled again)
- Rose Pearl (wrecked years earlier)
Synopsis for Spy Smasher: "Menace of the Magnetic Mine"
Appearing in Spy Smasher: "Menace of the Magnetic Mine"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Eve Corby, Intelligence Secretary
- Admiral Corby, U.S. Naval Intelligence
Antagonists:
- The Mask
- one henchman
- Selby, guide / spy
- Doc Greazbl, scientist (Mentioned only)
- doorman
- "Bean Ball", assassin
Other Characters:
- Capt. Wall, experimenter
- two Motorcycle Cops
- Toy Factory Watchman
Locations:
- Washington, D.C. Area
- U.S. Army Experimental Factory
- Mask's Bootleg Mine Factory (Destroyed)
Items:
- Rolling Magnetic Land Mine
Vehicles:
- U.S. Army Truck
- remote-controlled jalopy (Destroyed)
- Armstrong's Roadster (Destroyed)
- Corby's Sedan
- Spy Smasher's Gyrosub
Synopsis for Dan Dare: "Counterfeiter's Conspiracy"
Appearing in Dan Dare: "Counterfeiter's Conspiracy"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Carol Clews
Antagonists:
- Mr. Hagstrom, newspaper publisher
- his staff: reporters, printers, drivers, etc.
- his thugs: Joe, others
Other Characters:
- George S. Eaton, Bank President
- Police Chief
- his cops
Locations:
- Westville
- Westville National Bank
- Westville Airport
- Westville Police Station
- Apartment Building on Grove Street (Destroyed)
- Westville Guardian, newspaper office & printing plant
- Small Town
- Candy Store
Vehicles:
- Dare's Private Plane (300 mph)
- Guardian Delivery Truck
Synopsis for Dr. Voodoo: "Okoro's Revenge Plot"
Appearing in Dr. Voodoo: "Okoro's Revenge Plot"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Gustave Schmidt
- Maxinya
- Jappa, jaguar
Antagonists:
- Okoru
Other Characters:
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for Ibis the Invincible: "The Treachery of Carl Brand"
On a movie set in Hollywood, inside the reconstructed Tomb of Amnos the Black Pharoah, Tommy the adopted orphan has just gotten abducted through a secret panel; Carl Brand acts mystified; Ibis muses that IF the Curse of Amnos has done this THEN he won't be able to fix it. Ibis turns the tomb's walls to glass, and spots a car zooming away, presumably with Tommy in it, then restores the walls to normal. Brand cuts the lights, swipes the Ibistick, and flees. Ibis & Taia return to the Plaza Hotel, where they receive a telegram from Tommy, directing them to the Shadow Lake Lodge, a sumptuous private cabin high in the California mountains. Ibis gets jumped and handcuffed; Carl Brand gloats and exposits; Tommy is threatened with a giant gila monster unless Ibis signs over the Ibistick to Carl Brand, on a legal-looking document. No deal. The poisonous lizard is released; handcuffed Ibis jumps onto the beast; Brand wildly miscalculates Ibis' chances of defeating the monster and tries to use the Ibistick to turn Ibis into a rabbit. This backfires on him nonfatally. Ibis retrieves the stick, unhandcuffs himself, and turns the giant gila into a tiny mouse, then frees Tommy, then restores Brand into his old self. They adjourn to a police station, where it turns out that well-known local movie producer Carl Brand has way more influence than oddly-dressed foreigner Prince Ibis, and the cops lock up Ibis and Tommy, and try to confiscate the Ibistick. Ibis makes complete fools of these cops and leaves, but outside the police station, they find the car missing; Ibis magics up an even-zoomier new car; they race back to the hotel to find that Taia has already left, with Carl Brand.
Appearing in Ibis the Invincible: "The Treachery of Carl Brand"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Carl Brand
- bent cops
Other Characters:
- Tommy
Locations:
- Honor Brand Pictures studio, Hollywood, California
- Shadow Lake Lodge, in the California mountains
Items:
Vehicles:
- Ibis' two conjured-up cars
Notes
- This series was published by Fawcett Publications. All characters and likeness(es) thereof associated with the Captain Marvel family of titles became the legal property of National Periodical Publications (DC Comics) in 1991.
- Captain Marvel: "The Menace of the Skull" is reprinted in 'The Shazam! Archives Vol. 1'.
- Golden Arrow: At some point early in the history of this character, his adventures shift from the mid-20th century to the late-19th century. Up until Whiz Comics #5, in-story details have indicated the series to be set in the 20th-century. In issues 6, and 7, the same cast of characters continues, so it could and should still be set in 1940. But there are no cars or highways, and no telephones or phone poles, in the dialogue or art. And everybody has a horse. So up to a point it's ambiguous, but in 8, we see a horse-drawn jail wagon. So after that, it's not the 1940s any more.
- Ibis the Invincible: Taia is kidnapped for the third time.
- Lance O'Casey gets head-konked unconscious, with a rifle stock.
- Spy Smasher
- The Gyrosub has a silent engine, and is equipped with an x-ray camera that can penetrate painted-over window glass, and is armed with machine guns.
- Spy Smasher is momentarily stunned by the explosion which blows up his roadster.
- At story's end, U.S. industry has the means to produce more rolling magnetic land mines, and the Mask is still at large.
- Also featured in this issue of Whiz Comics were:
- "Whiz Comics' Trading Post" (full page text, swap meet bulletin board)
- "Two-Fisted Action!!" (1/3 page ad for the current issue of Master Comics)
- "Hey, Pals!" (full page ad for the current issue of Special Edition Comics) (same ad as last issue)
- Lance O'Casey's Sea Dogs: "Famous Pirates: Sir Henry Morgan" (1 page, no credits)
- "There's High Adventure Ahead!" (another 1/3 page ad for the current issue of Master Comics)
- "Jungle Luck" (text story)
- "Super Size! Super Thrills! Super Value!" (a third 1/3 page ad for the current issue of Master Comics)
- Ibis: "Whiz Magic" (prestidigitation tutorial)
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Marvel Family Recommended Reading
- Whiz Comics (Volume 1)
- Captain Marvel Adventures (Volume 1)
- Captain Marvel, Jr. (Volume 1)
- Mary Marvel (Volume 1)
- Master Comics (Volume 1)
- Wow Comics (Volume 1)
- The Marvel Family (Volume 1)
- Hoppy the Marvel Bunny (Volume 1)
- Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Shazam!: The New Beginning (Volume 1)
- The Power of Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Superman/Shazam!: First Thunder (Volume 1)
- Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil (Volume 1)
- The Trials of Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Shazam! (Volume 2)
- Shazam! (Volume 3)
- Shazam! (Volume 4)
- The New Champion of Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Shazam! (Volume 5)
Links and References
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