Many foods are perishable! Where on Earth does Sivana keep them from spoiling? If he intends to hold out till the world submits to him, he's got to have a hiding place for the food! But where? 
Whiz Comics #149 is an issue of the series Whiz Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1952.
Synopsis for Captain Marvel: "Captain Marvel Battles Hunger"
A man carrying way too much food in a series of crates in front of himself is nearly crushed by them, but Billy Batson overhears it and calls SHAZAM to summon Captain Marvel, pushing it back into place. However, when he goes to push some more crates, everything in the warehouse disappears! Captain Marvel is equally mystified and later, Billy reports on it happening in a different place too from markets all over America! Billy soon gets in news from the teletype that Doctor Sivana has showed his face again in the distant land of “Tamarkand” and calls SHAZAM to summon Captain Marvel to go find him. However, he finds that he seems to be distributing “free” food to destabilize America, but he runs off in his Rocket-Ship that utilizes his Mover Ray to steal all the food out of a Paragon Foods Warehouse. Captain Marvel figures he must be putting them somewhere they won’t spoil and finds him diving into a cloud to disappear. Instead, Captain Marvel returns Billy who hides in a pickle barrel to end up in Sivana’s Secret Deepfreeze. Him and a goon discover Billy in a barrel and knock him out with a blackjack. He, as usual, wakes up bound, gagged and staring out into the depths of space, finding Sivana’s Secret Deepfreeze is a refrigerated space station and also where he’s storing all the food. He is left on a hook next to a freezing side of beef and manages to bite at his freezing gag and calls SHAZAM to summon Captain Marvel, who slaps him into a barrel of pickles and destroys his Mover Ray, saying he’s returning it all and smacks Sivana with a fish. Later, Billy signs off saying that the food was returned and he went to jail.
Appearing in Captain Marvel: "Captain Marvel Battles Hunger"
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Locations:
- Earth-S
- New York City
- Tamarkand
- Sivana's Secret Deepfreeze
Items:
- Sivana's Mover Ray
- A Stolen Barrel of Pickles
Vehicles:
- Sivana's Rocket-Ship
Synopsis for Golden Arrow: "The Freight Fraud"
Golden Arrow finds his friend Hank Parks is being attacked by bandits on the road and rides in to fight them off, only for a third man to leap from behind a boulder and drop-kick Golden Arrow in the solar plexus, letting them escape with his cart for the Parks Freight Line. Hank recovers and tells Golden Arrow that they've stolen three shipments of his from the Empire Mine nearby in the last month and he'll go broke soon if he can't get a full shipment of ore to Zeb White for the railroad. Golden Arrow finds Hank's been winged in the shoulder and takes him a hospital in town. Zeb used to mine the ore directly, but has had to run the mine himself, hence needing to hire Hank to freight it all the way to Stevens City. Golden Arrow points out that the smelting plant in Stevens City has been closed down for three months and figures something hinky is going on, deciding to investigate while Hank is convalescing.
When the next ore delivery is ready, Golden Arrow drives it out from the Empire Mine and heads out, only to be ambushed by bandits again, who manage to overpower him. Golden Arrow manages to wriggle free of his bonds once they're gone and finds White Wind returning to him, following the bandit's trail a nearby river. However, he figures they couldn't cross the river with such a load, meaning they must have stored it nearby. Finding that the tracks are lighter leading from the river, he figures that they must have thrown the contents out nearby and heads back. Returning to Empire Mine, he finds that there's barely any gold in the vein and that the sacks are actually full of normal rocks, meaning Zeb White has been defrauding Hank. Zeb pulls a gun on Golden Arrow from behind and admits that he was paying the bandits to steal worthless stones so he can bilk Hank of his money (for failing to deliver them,) but Golden Arrow manages to shove his arm when he goes to fire. The gunfire alerts his bandits to come help him, so he hides behind a rock and manages to trap the bandits in the mine by firing an arrow into a loose stone, causing a cave-in. He soon returns with the Sheriff to arrest them and Zeb as the Sheriff commends him.
Appearing in Golden Arrow: "The Freight Fraud"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Hank Parks
Antagonists:
- Zeb White
- "Gold" Bandits
Other Characters:
- A Local Sheriff
Locations:
- Earth-S
- American Old West
- Granite Pass
- Empire Mine
- Stevens City (Mentioned only)
- American Old West
Items:
- Sacks of "Gold" (Stone)
Vehicles:
Synopsis for Lance O'Casey: "Killers on the Loose!"
Lance and Mike are off the west coast near Elcatriz Prison as Mike watches the ship while Lance is out. Goons led by Slash and Spike sneak aboard after having escaped a police escort to Elcatriz. When Mike comes back to the deck, he's ambushed and knocked out by Spike and left bound in a corner. The goons mock the police looking for them by air and train, since they're on a boat. Spike insists that he's a former seaman and can run a ship, meaning he can kick Mike in the face as often as he likes. Lance reports that his ship is gone with Mike in it and the Chief of the Harbor Patrol tell him that the fugitives could have stolen it with Mike as a hostage. They soon head out to sea and find the Starfish burning, but Lance leaps aboard and finds the bound Mike as they use fire hoses to save the ship too. Mike relays that the fugitives went west in a dinghy, which the Harbor Patrol Chief notes is near a lighthouse off of Seagull Shoals. They figure how to get there without using a motorboat (which will alert the fugitives) or getting the lighthouse keeper killed (who they undoubtedly have taken hostage.) With their rigging burned, they instead use an old windjammer trick of rowing a boat to carry the Starfish closer, which ends up scaring the goons, who think it's a ghost ship now. They decide to moor it so it won't be found by the Harbor Patrol, but find that Lance and Mike are aboard, who defeat them in a quick fistfight. The lighthouse keeper thanks them for saving him and Mike is certain that these fugitives will still be asleep when they get to Elcatriz!
Appearing in Lance O'Casey: "Killers on the Loose!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- 1st Mate Mike Bellew
Antagonists:
- Slash
- Spike
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Earth-S
- Elcatriz Prison
- Seagull Shoals
Items:
Vehicles:
- The Starfish
Synopsis for Ibis the Invincible: "Ibis the Invincible and The Magician in the Mirror!"
4,000 years ago, in the times of Ibis’ youth, Princess Taia is enamored with “Ibis,” who is Court Magician and has earned the title of Prince and thus, can ask for her hand in marriage! Nearby, the jealous former Court Magician Cheot decides to try killing him with evil magic. He sends Princess Taia a mirror made of shining bronze, but when she sets it down to write him a thank-you note, Cheot leaps out of the mirror itself and stabs her one inept guard in the heart and demands she come with him. Prince Ibis hears this and uses the Ibistick to wish the stone door fall open before him, but easily dodges back from Cheot and punches him out. He finds Princess Taia has fainted and tells her that Cheot was trying to kidnap her and that he escaped somehow with magic. Princess Taia, not liking the mirror, promises to never look upon it. This ends up trapping Cheot in the mirror as its wrapped in fabric and buried in the Earth to be forgotten.
In the modern world, archaeologist Gerald Lancourt has unearthed the Pharaoh’s Court and Prince Ibis “accidentally” says he remembers them well. Prince Ibis and Princess Taia reminisce about their former life in the palace, but Gerald soon finds the Mirror of Cheot and is strangled by an evil Egyptian magician into unconsciousness. He is confused and shocked that the Middle Kingdom of Egypt has fallen, but somehow Ibis and Taia are still there to plague him. He hides out in the nearby caves until nightfall, then carries off Princess Taia bound and gagged in the night to live inside his mirror. Prince Ibis is warned by the vibrating Ibistick and spots him stealing his wife and Ibis wishes himself into the mirror and punches him into the large glassy sculptures around them, instantly impaling him on a large shard of glass and killing him. Ibis wishes himself back and he and Gerald both decide to burn the bronze mirror rather than tell the world about this.
Appearing in Ibis the Invincible: "Ibis the Invincible and The Magician in the Mirror!"
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Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Former Court Magician Cheot (Dies)
Other Characters:
- Gerald Lancourt
Locations:
Items:
- Ibistick
- Cheot's Magical Bronze Mirror (Destroyed)
Vehicles:
Notes
- Also appearing in this issue of Whiz Comics were:
- Doc Sorebones: "A Toetal Loss!"
- "What's the Name?"
- Wicky and O'Shawnessy: "Bloodhound" (text story) by Walter Farmer
- Wilbur the Waiter: "Strong Soup!" and "A Clean Getaway"
Trivia
- "Tamarkand" is a likely reference to Samarqand, a multicultural city in modern-day Uzbekistan
- "Elcatriz Island" and its eponymous prison are a clear reference to Alcatraz Island and the US Penitentiary that was still open there until 1963, especially due to it being on the west coast and housing the supposedly worst criminals.
- This issue reveals that Amentep was not born a Prince, but earned the title by becoming Court Magician to the Pharaoh.
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