Whiz Comics Vol 1 36

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Captain Marvel: "The Haunted Halloween Hotel"
Cover
Whiz Comics Vol 1 #36
October, 1942
Publisher	Fawcett Publications
Executive Editor	Ralph Daigh
Cover Artists	Ray Harford
Captain Marvel: "The Haunted Halloween Hotel"
Pencilers	Ray Harford
Inkers	Ray Harford
Editors	Rod Reed
Golden Arrow: "The Killer of Ghost Town"
Pencilers	Al Carreno
Inkers	Al Carreno
Spy Smasher: "The Misfortune Teller"
Pencilers	Alex Blum
Inkers	Binder Studio
Lance O'Casey: "The Isle of Lonely Gods"
Pencilers	Harry Anderson
Inkers	Harry Anderson
Ibis the Invincible: "The Black Witch!"
Pencilers	Bob Hebberd
Inkers	Bob Hebberd
Colonel Porterhouse: "Porterhouse the Invincible and the Phantom of Porterhouse Manor"
Pencilers	George Storm
Inkers	George Storm
Previous Issue	Whiz Comics # 35
Next Issue	Whiz Comics # 37

Have done with this unmanly blubbering --- a Porterhouse has never been known to triumph over a beaten adversary, sir.

— Colonel Porterhouse

Whiz Comics #36 is an issue of the series Whiz Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 1942.

Appearing in Captain Marvel: "The Haunted Halloween Hotel"

Date:

• Halloween 1942

Featured Characters:

• Captain Marvel

Supporting Characters:

• Sterling Morris
• Steamboat

Antagonists:

• two German Spies, (Karl, Emil)
• U-boat Commander
  • U-boat landing party

Other Characters:

• Cuthbert Morris (Sterling Morris' brother)
• Priscilla Morris (Sterling Morris's sister-in-law) (First appearance)
• Sid Winker (a ghost)
• Gramps, WHIZ sound engineer
• Son, WHIZ sound engineer

Locations:

• Earth-S
  • New York City
    • WHIZ Radio
    • Morris' Mansion, near the ocean

Vehicles:

• German Submarine
  

Appearing in Golden Arrow: "The Killer of Ghost Town"

Date:

• Halloween

Featured Characters:

• Golden Arrow

Supporting Characters:

• White Wind, his stallion

Antagonists:

• Murch, as King Kade's Ghost (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• 
  

Locations:

• Ghost Town

Items:

• 
  

Vehicles:

• 
  
  

Appearing in Spy Smasher: "The Misfortune Teller"

Date:

• Halloween 1942

Featured Characters:

• Spy Smasher

Supporting Characters:

• Eve Corby
• Admiral Corby

Antagonists:

• The Atom (First appearance)
  • his "Goblins"

Other Characters:

• Corby's Gardener
• Old Meg

Locations:

• Corby's Mansion, near the ocean
  

Appearing in Lance O'Casey: "The Isle of Lonely Gods"

Date:

• Halloween 1942

Featured Characters:

• Lance O'Casey

Supporting Characters:

• Mike Bellew

Antagonists:

• Hirochi the Great, former stage magician
  • his Japanese Military crew

Other Characters:

• castaway yacht crewman (Dies)
• Dola Lee
• Mr. Lee

Locations:

• Para Puni, the Isle of the Lonely Gods

Vehicles:

• O'Casey's Schooner, the Starfish
• Yacht "Dola Lee", wreckage
  

Appearing in Ibis the Invincible: "The Black Witch!"

Date:

• Halloween 1942

Featured Characters:

• Prince Ibis

Supporting Characters:

• Princess Taia

Antagonists:

• The Black Witch (First appearance)
• four robbers

Other Characters:

• Van De Peyster family

Locations:

• Van De Peyster Mansion
• an abandoned "haunted" mansion

Items:

• Ibistick

Vehicles:

• Black Witch's Broomstick
  

Appearing in Colonel Porterhouse: "Porterhouse the Invincible and the Phantom of Porterhouse Manor"

Featured Characters:

• Colonel Porterhouse

Supporting Characters:

• Sis
• Brother
• Mrs. Porterhouse
• Chadwick (Flashback only)

Antagonists:

• Phantom Hag of the Heath (actually two people) (Flashback only)
  • old man
  • his ward

Other Characters:

• Sir Childron Porterhouse (in painted portrait) (Flashback only)
• little boy next door

Locations:

• England
  • Duffenshire
    • Porterhouse Towers

Items:

• Porterwand (Flashback only)

Notes

• In Captain Marvel: "The Haunted Halloween Hotel", Captain Marvel and Billy Batson have a conversation and a disagreement. This happened rarely.
• According to Colonel Porterhouse, the Porterwand was given to him by the Khedive of Egypt, in recognition of his scholarly contributions to Egyptology. It was discovered in a tomb from the Fourth Dynasty, and is a potent talisman against evil.
• Also featured in this issue of Whiz Comics was:
  • "Death Wears a False Face" (text story) by Robert Arthur

Trivia

• Most stories in this issue are set on a Halloween Night, and all of them involve sinister skulking hooded figures.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Whiz Comics series
• Images from Whiz Comics Vol 1 36

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