Whiz Comics #130 is an issue of the series Whiz Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 1951.
Synopsis for Captain Marvel: "Captain Marvel and The Revolt of the Minerals!"
Doctor Sivana has decided to pivot from using the animal and vegetable kingdoms to assist him, but not the minerals and creates a large box-shaped robot with legs and a loudspeaker for a head, giving it human-level intelligence and names it the “King of the Mineral Kingdom” (or “King of All Minerals,”) which can command anything made from minerals into doing its bidding. The King of All Minerals demands half of the Earth when they’re done conquering it, which Sivana begrudgingly accepts. They begin by ordering rocks to just attack people, including one hitting Billy Batson in the forehead, prompting him to call SHAZAM to summon Captain Marvel. Captain Marvel is confused by the boxy robot until it orders a large boulder to hit him in the solar plexus and escapes with Sivana by just running away, then more easily by ordering the street to crack open, forcing Captain Marvel to stop and save civilians. Sivana and the Mineral King soon rob a jewelry store and make a cop’s gun fling out of his hands until Captain Marvel returns, only for the King to order a green sedan to start driving into pedestrian traffic, forcing Captain Marvel to again leave them to turn the car over before it can hit anyone. Soon, Sivana and the Mineral King control a free-standing military of self-firing guns to begin seizing power, but Captain Marvel flies in and easily defeats them by smashing them all with a girder.
Tired of fighting Captain Marvel, the Mineral King creates an earthquake and, when Captain Marvel appears, they point out that they can easily elevate it to raze New York City, forcing Captain Marvel to surrender as Sivana demands he sign a legal document letting Sivana be “King” of the City… only for the Mineral King to demand that he be put in charge (since he caused the earthquake) and quickly decides to just crush Sivana to death under his body, forcing Captain Marvel to punch it to pieces and take Sivana to prison… that’s also made of minerals.
Appearing in Captain Marvel: "Captain Marvel and The Revolt of the Minerals!"
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Antagonists:
- Doctor Sivana
- The King of All Minerals (Destroyed)
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- Animated Guns (Destroyed)
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Synopsis for Golden Arrow: "Golden Arrow and the Race Against Death!"
Golden Arrow is at the Ranch of Old Joe Planter and his farmhands, Zeke and Clem, about to have dinner with them, only for Joe to have heart palpitations and asks him to get a doctor and he quickly returns with Dr. Black, who says Golden Arrow needs to get back to town to get the druggist to make up the drug he'll need. Joe, fearing he's fading, tells Dr. Black that he's leaving everything to Zeke and Clem and Dr. Black signs off on this. Zeke and Clem, overhearing it, decide that they'll delay Golden Arrow to ensure they keep the Ranch and ride out to do so. The two outlaw farmhands try dumping rocks on him (which he survives) and lighting a bridge on fire with brush. Golden Arrow finds he can't reach the ranch from the ravine between them, so he instead puts the medicine on an arrow into the wall of the ranch house where Dr. Black finds it and then chases down the two outlaw farmhands to take them in. Later, Dr. Black and Old Joe explain everything and that Old Joe is leaving his ranch to charity.
Appearing in Golden Arrow: "Golden Arrow and the Race Against Death!"
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Supporting Characters:
- Dr. Black
- "Old Joe" Planter
Antagonists:
- Zeke
- Clem
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Locations:
- Earth-S
- American Old West
- Planter Ranch
- American Old West
Items:
- Important Medicine
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Synopsis for Ibis the Invincible: "Ibis the Invincible Battles the Flame Men"
In the rural town of Los Padres, a volcano suddenly appears from a normal farmland and the citizens decide to wait for a team of local scientists to look into it. They never return from the volcano and Prince Ibis looks into it, wishing on the Ibistick for the scene to appear on his window. He finds the scientists are now burnt skeletons and Ibis fears the worst, since skilled geologists wouldn’t just walk into danger like this and wishes himself and Princess Taia to Los Padres. They soon find the whole place has been left a smoldering ruin from the eruption. They soon find a surviving boy who tells them that the volcano fired out rocks that turned into men that ran into the buildings, lighting them all aflame. Everyone else who hadn’t died has run away. Taia presumes that he’s talking nonsense out of grief and shock, but Ibis points out he’s heard of these supposed “Flame Men” mostly were killed off by humans during the Ice Age and that they may’ve inspired some human ideals of “demons.” A flaming rock falls out of the volcano near them, then grows into a Flame Man! Ibis helps out by wishing that they had matching asbestos suits and starts going hand-to-hand, then tries to wish on the Ibistick, only for the Flame Man he’s fighting to body slam him into the ground. Finding they cannot be burned to death, the Flame Men carry off Princess Taia and the boy. Ibis wakes up and figures that Flame Men are very strong and his wife has been kidnapped by them. He soon wishes some burnt beams into a raft and wishes it to carry him to the volcano.
Arriving, he dives into the volcano and immediately smacks his head on a rock, but the updraft keeps him from being too hurt by it. Heading into a cavern, he finds that it leads to the center of the Earth and there’s a scrap of Taia’s asbestos suit on the wall of the cave. He wishes his Ibistick to glow like a flashlight before he’s tackled by Flame Men. Using judō, he’s able to hold them off for some time until one of them cracks a large boulder into his back before he can pick up the Ibistick. They take him to their leader and are tied to stakes where they are due to be drowned in a pool of collected steam that is slowly rising. Ibis manages to wriggle free of his bonds and frees the others, climbing out of the niche. They soon finds a gathering of the Flame Men in an amphitheater where their Leader tells them all about how they were driven underground by humanity and now, in revenge, will destroy all other life! Ibis picks up the Ibistick, left on a rock while the rally continues, and wishes for rain that kills all the Flame Men. Taia is a little disturbed, but Ibis reminds her they were intending to kill all the surface-dwellers, then wishes the entrance to the Center of the Earth forever. Outside, they walk off with the boy and tell him that the volcano will never erupt again and the Flame Men will never return.
Appearing in Ibis the Invincible: "Ibis the Invincible Battles the Flame Men"
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Antagonists:
- The Flame Men (Dies)
Other Characters:
- Surviving Boy
Locations:
- Earth-S
- New York City
- Los Padres
- The Los Padres Volcano
- The Center of the Earth
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Notes
- Lance O'Casey and Freshman Freddy are not featured this month, returning next month.
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