Wow Comics #18

Vee Publishing Co.

Australia

Published
1948
Page count
24?
Cover price
6d [0-0-6 AUP]
Colour
Black & white
Size
Landscape
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Matte colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
Magazine Editorial Advisory Board Approved Reading
 
Magazine Editorial Advisory Board Approved Reading

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Untitled (Ozzie) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Ozzie
Genre
Humour

Credits

Art
Chris Schaare, line art

Reprint history

First print
United States
Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #59 (October 1947)
Show/hide 1. Whiz Comics [Look Out! …It's Loaded! Promo (ad from the publisher), 0.5 pages
Show/hide 2. Untitled Table of contents, 0.5 pages
Show/hide 3. Starry Eyed (Ozzie) Comic story, 4.5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Ozzie
Genre
Teen Humour
Characters
Ozzie Turner (Intro)

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Chris Schaare, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Roy Ald, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #59 (October 1947)
Starry-Eyed
Show/hide 4. Catch On? (Muscle Hedd) Comic story, 0.5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Muscle Hedd
Genre
Humour

Credits

Writing
Dick Pascal, scripter
Art
Dick Pascal, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Roy Ald, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #57 (August 1947)
Catch On?
Show/hide 5. Claim Jumpers (Phantom Eagle) Comic story, 3.5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Phantom Eagle
Genre
Aviation
Characters
Phantom Eagle

Credits

Writing
Marc Swayze, scripter
Art
Marc Swayze, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Roy Ald, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #58 (September 1947)
Claim Jumpers
Show/hide 6. Bedtime Story (Boy Scout Bob) Comic story, 0.5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Boy Scout Bob
Genre
Humour; children

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Roy Ald, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #57 (August 1947)
Bedtime Story
Show/hide 7. Deluge at the Dam (Commando Yank) Comic story, 3 pages

Featuring

Feature
Commando Yank
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Carl Pfeufer , line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Roy Ald, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #57 (August 1947)
Deluge at the Dam
Show/hide 8. The Case of the Missing Shoes (Richard Richard Private Dick) Comic story, 2 pages

Featuring

Feature
Richard Richard Private Dick
Genre
Humour; detective-mystery

Credits

Writing
Dick McKay, scripter
Art
Dick McKay, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Roy Ald, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #53 (April 1947)
The Case of the Missing Shoes
Show/hide 9. Shanghaied (Mr. Scarlet & Pinky) Comic story, 3.5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Mr. Scarlet & Pinky
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Jack Binder , line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Roy Ald, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #59 (October 1947)
Shanghaied
Show/hide 10. Hear Some Evil, See Some Evil Text story, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Detective-mystery
Characters
Bill Haenigson (hotel detective); Joe Minton; Mr. Feeley (hotel clerk); Wimple [The Black-Haired Bandit] (villain, bell-boy)

Credits

Writing
John Broome, author [credited]
Art
, line art
Text
, typeset
Editing
Virginia Provisiero, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #79 (May 1947)
Hear Some Evil, See Some Evil

Synopsis

Bill tells Joe that he is hot on the trail of a female bandit whom the Police have been after for over a year, and intends to collect the $500 reward for capturing the bandit, whom he thinks is actually a man disguised as a woman. But it was Joe who uncovered the fact that the bell boy Whimple was actually the bandit....and a female dressing as a man.

Show/hide 11. Boy Scout Bob Gets Things Balled Up (Boy Scout Bob) Comic story, 0.25 pages

Featuring

Feature
Boy Scout Bob
Genre
Humour; children

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Roy Ald, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #59 (October 1947)
Gets Things Balled Up
Show/hide 12. The Tenderfoot (Muscle Hedd) Comic story, 0.25 pages

Featuring

Feature
Muscle Hedd
Genre
Humour

Credits

Writing
Dick Pascal, scripter
Art
Dick Pascal, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Roy Ald, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #59 (October 1947)
Tenderfoot
Show/hide 13. The Case of the Disappearing Chauffeur (Richard Richard Private Dick) Comic story, 2 pages

Featuring

Feature
Richard Richard Private Dick
Genre
Humour; detective-mystery

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Roy Ald, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #59 (October 1947)
The Case of the Disappearing Chauffeur
Show/hide 14. Master Comics [Action in Master is better and faster!] Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page

Notes

This issue is printed on pink paper. The stories are landscape, two-up.

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 54329

Entry created

  • 12/10/2010

Cover added

  • 18/07/2014

Index completed

  • 11/12/2019

Last updated

  • 11/12/2019