Horrors! A wing-headed mookus bat!! I am undone! 
Whiz Comics #36 is an issue of the series Whiz Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 1942.
Synopsis for Captain Marvel: "The Haunted Halloween Hotel"
Sterling Morris has a brother, Cuthbert, whose wife Priscilla is a fearsome opinionated woman who berates him into buying an old hotel for their home. Trying to get help from Sterling, Cuthbert inadvertently gives him the idea of rigging up the old place to seem haunted to scare Priscilla out of wanting to buy it. At first Billy refuses to participate on moral grounds, then sees what Priscilla's like. He tries to hand the job of escorting her over to Captain Marvel, but a vision of the hero appears to him and refuses to have anything to do with that woman.
Unknown to the Morrises, the old hotel's been used as a hideout by a group of German spies. Chaos ensues as fake ghosts, spies, and an angry society wife collide. Things only become more shambolic as Captain Marvel continues to refuse to get involved and transforms back as quickly as possible whenever Billy calls him.
Appearing in Captain Marvel: "The Haunted Halloween Hotel"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
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
- New York City
Vehicles:
- German Submarine
Synopsis for Golden Arrow: "The Killer of Ghost Town"
Appearing in Golden Arrow: "The Killer of Ghost Town"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- White Wind, his stallion
Antagonists:
- Murch, as King Kade's Ghost (First appearance)
Locations:
- American Old West
- Ghost Town
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for Spy Smasher: "The Misfortune Teller"
Appearing in Spy Smasher: "The Misfortune Teller"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Eve Corby
- Admiral Corby
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Corby's Gardener
- Old Meg
Locations:
- Corby's Mansion, near the ocean
Synopsis for Lance O'Casey: "The Isle of Lonely Gods"
Appearing in Lance O'Casey: "The Isle of Lonely Gods"
Featured Characters:
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
Synopsis for Ibis the Invincible: "The Black Witch!"
Ibis and Taia are engaging in their usual active social calendar to attend a masquerade ball, unaware that the Black Witch, an old enemy of his, has returned from "the nether regions". The Witch soon arrives at the same party, mistaking all the people dressed as witches and demons as the genuine article she can enjoin to overthrow her old foe. A trio of costumed gatecrashers try to rob the party and introduce the Witch to the terrifying power of modern weaponry, before Ibis sends them packing by conjuring up a pack of skeletons.
The Black Witch mesmerizes Taia and flies off with her, taking shelter in an old haunted house. Which turns out to be the hideout of the gang that tried to rob the party she was just at, but they mistake her as an absent compatriot. Still not sure what to make of them, the Black Witch transfers Taia's beauty to herself just as Ibis arrives, disarms the criminals, and then bests them with everyday punches. The Black Witch flees in terror when some kids hold up their jack o' lanterns against the window as a gag, then mistakes a dancer with a wide-brimmed hat as a giant bat, fleeing back to the nether regions on her own volition.
Appearing in Ibis the Invincible: "The Black Witch!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- The Black Witch (First appearance)
- four robbers
Other Characters:
- Van De Peyster family
Locations:
- Van De Peyster Mansion
- an abandoned "haunted" mansion
Items:
Vehicles:
- Black Witch's Broomstick
Synopsis for Colonel Porterhouse: "Porterhouse the Invincible and the Phantom of Porterhouse Manor"
Appearing in Colonel Porterhouse: "Porterhouse the Invincible and the Phantom of Porterhouse Manor"
Featured Characters:
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
- Duffenshire
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.
- In a Fourth Wall-breaking moment, Sis and Brother are reading the current issue of Whiz Comics, and reference the Ibis the Invincible story from earlier in it.
- 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.
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