Whiz Comics #137 is an issue of the series Whiz Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1951.
Synopsis for Captain Marvel: "Captain Marvel and the Universal Stamp Collection"
At Station WHIZ-TV, Billy shows off his stamp collection on air, since the World Stamp Exhibit is starting downtown and admission is only $1 (half of which goes to charity.) While there, Mr. Hooker, who runs the Stamp Exhibit, thanks Billy for telling people all about his cool stamp exhibit. He notes that not too many people have showed up before a man wearing a black bandanna over his face shoves a gun at him and demands his most expensive stamps. Billy calls SHAZAM and summons Captain Marvel, who defeats the stamp bandit handily. Mr. Hooker is weak of heart and, when the bandit hears this, he lies and says he has a wife and ten kids and promises he’ll definitely go straight, so Mr. Hooker doesn’t press charges on him for armed robbery. Mr. Hooker shows Captain Marvel an exhibit of fanciful stamps that he’s conceptualized that might be from distant worlds in space and offers that Captain Marvel sure could go get the real ones for him to make the World Stamp Exhibit way better and Captain Marvel agrees, since it’s for a good cause, flying out to trade Earth Stamps to aliens. When he leaves, Mr. Hooker laughs heartily, since he is secretly working with the stamp bandit, who is going to “steal” his stamps so he can get a big insurance payout, sell space stamps for big money, skip town and then sell them all for a huge profit for themselves and none of it for charity. Captain Marvel soon trades Earth stamps with a teardrop headed alien from Orion with elephant trunks for arms. Captain Marvel runs into a large dinosaur he saw on one of the Orion stamps and punches it over to stop it from attacking a fellow philatelist. On Aldebar, he finds that the gigantic one-eyed people there have gigantic stamps, nearly the size of movie posters, but the Aldebaran is willing to take them despite their minute size. On another world still, he finds the make stamps out of metal unlike our paper stamps. Captain Marvel, with one stop left, finds a Space Mail Ship being attacked by a Space Mail Bandit who quickly leaves when he notices Captain Marvel.
Later, Billy broadcasts on location at the World Stamp Exhibit about Stamps from all over the Universe while Mr. Hooker waits for the stamp bandit to return to steal all the proceeds. However, him and Billy are soon attacked by the Space Mail Bandit who pistol-whips Billy, knocking him out and then does the same to Hooker and the stamp bandit too, taking them to space where he intends to shoot them with a ray gun and dump their bodies into the vacuum of the endless void. Hooker slips his gag, but in desperation admits to his criminal scheme. The Space Mail Bandit tries to shoot Billy in the face, but it burns off his gag first, giving him time enough to shout SHAZAM and summon Captain Marvel. He punches out all three of the stamp thieves and returned the Space Mail Bandit to his home-world to be arrested. Later, Billy signs off by saying that all the proceeds ended up going to charity thanks to Captain Marvel.
Appearing in Captain Marvel: "Captain Marvel and the Universal Stamp Collection"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Mr. Hooker
- The Stamp Bandit
- The Space Mail Bandit
- A Orion Space Dinosaur
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Earth-S
- New York City
- WHIZ-TV
- The World Stamp Exhibit
- New York City
- Aldebar
- Orion
Items:
- Space Stamps
- Expensive Stamps
Vehicles:
- A Space Mail Ship
- A Space Mail Bandit's Ship
Synopsis for Lance O'Casey: "Lance O'Casey and The Seal Pirates!"
Sailing off a North Pacific island, the Starfish runs into another ship in the mist, finding it's run by "Ruff" Peters, Commander of the Government Bureau of Fisheries in this area. Peters warns there are ruthless seal-poaching pirates around that are wiling especially to kill for the expensive and rare seals in the area, whom they can't find yet among the neighboring islands. Lance and Mike soon spot a periscope and report it to the patrol, but Peters finds no evidence of it after. Late that night, Lance and Mike hear the cries of seals being clubbed and dash to the shore to start cleaning house of poachers, only to be knocked out from behind and left by their portly German leader. The two sailors wake up near Peters and Lance says they must be hiding their submarine somewhere they don't suspect and soon find that a nearby cave is gigantic on the inside and tell Peters their big plan. The next day, they wait until the submarine returns to the grotto and dump boulders outside, sealing them in and fire at them with a Tommy gun and manage to hold back the crew until the rest of Peters' men arrive to arrest them. Later, Peters commends them, since Herr Kapitan was an escaped Nazi (in the Pacific) who was trying to hide out after the war by selling the seals.
Appearing in Lance O'Casey: "Lance O'Casey and The Seal Pirates!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- 1st Mate Mike Bellew
- "Ruff" Peters, Commander of the Government Bureau of Fisheries
Antagonists:
- Herr Kapitan
- Lt. Heinz
Other Characters:
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
- The Starfish
- A Nazi U-Boat
Synopsis for Golden Arrow: "Golden Arrow and Bull Jeffer's Reign of Terror"
Golden Arrow arrives in the town of Tecla, finding the Sheriff has been shot outside of the jail. Golden Arrow manages to disarm one of the outlaws, but decides to take the Sheriff to safety first. The Sheriff explains these men work for "Bull" Jeffer's gang who have been trying to wear him down for two day straight now without rest. Golden Arrow takes over for him. Days later, Golden Arrow finds the gang has all but disappeared and they ask local "Tex" Lehigh if he's seen them and find his son Slim has had his palomino horse stolen from him by Bull. Tex admits that Bull has been threatening everyone in the area. Golden Arrow has the Lehighs ride into town to tell people they're going after Bull Jeffers today and when they come back to attack Tex's ranch where they can catch them. The next day, Bull sends his right hand, Jody, to rough up Tex, but they find Golden Arrow in his bed, but manage to pistol-whip him and take him to Bull Jeffers. Jeffer decides to let his men take potshots at Golden Arrow until they kill him and knocks him out again. A bound Golden Arrow manages to slip an arrow out of his quiver to cut himself free and shoots a flaming arrow at a box of dynamite to trap them in the cave, ride to town and report that they can go arrest Bull Jeffers and his gang... after they dig him back out! They soon arrest them and the Sheriff thanks Golden Arrow for stopping crime.
Appearing in Golden Arrow: "Golden Arrow and Bull Jeffer's Reign of Terror"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- The Sheriff of Tecla
Antagonists:
- "Bull" Jeffer
- Jody
- Al
Other Characters:
- "Tex" Lehigh
- "Slim" Lehigh
Locations:
- Earth-S
- American Old West
- Tecla
- American Old West
Items:
- A Box of Dynamite (Destroyed)
Vehicles:
Synopsis for Ibis the Invincible: "Ibis the Invincible and The Termite Men!"
Karnak, King of Evil, is in prison where he stomps on a guard’s hand when brought his food, earning him a month in solitary. With all the time he needs to be unseen, he uses gardening chemicals, a spring and some metal bits to create a ray gun that blasts a hole in the floor. Later, the Warden shows Prince Ibis and Princes Taia the hole in the floor. Ibis wishes them into bats and they soon find Karnak in the tunnels before Ibis wishes him and his wife human again. Karnak fires his ray-gun at Ibis enough to cause a cave-in and scarpers, only to be captured by strange purple Termite Men with human faces and long hooking tentacled hands. Princess Taia manages to find Ibis and the Ibistick, wishing the tunnel back into place and Ibis back into good health again. The Termite Men reveal that they are telepathic and demand Karnak help them restore their mineral gardens, which are running fallow. Karnak tells the Termite Man that this is the action of those surface dwellers and that the only way to win is to kill them first. Ibis and Taia hear the Termite Men and wish to see the scope of the Termite Man tunnels beneath the city and explore by wishing themselves intangible. When they find Karnak, they become tangible again and start fighting the Termite Men, mostly with Ibis wishing the stalactites and stalagmites into a big cage, then demands Karnak explain himself. After learning the whole story, Ibis restores the mineral gardens with his magic and teaches them that the surface dwellers aren’t trying to kill them for their delicious minerals. Ibis and Taia march Karnak back to prison where he’ll be on constant watch now.
Appearing in Ibis the Invincible: "Ibis the Invincible and The Termite Men!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Karnak
- The Termite Men
Other Characters:
- A Prison Warden
Locations:
- Earth-S
- A Prison
- The Underground Tunnels of the Termite Men
- A Prison
Items:
- Ibistick
- Karnak's Makeshift Ray-Gun
Vehicles:
Notes
- Despite what the German submarine crew state, the German word for Captain is "Kapitän".
- Similarly, Herr Kapitän refers to his subordinate as a Lieutenant instead of a "Leutnant"
- Aldebar is likely a reference to Aldebaran, a star in the constellation Taurus.
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