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Cover A: Trade Dress | Limited Edition: 500 
Cover B: Virgin Cover
| Limited Edition: 20
Cover C: Black and White
| Limited Edition: 20
Cover D: Blank Sketch Cover | Limited Edition: 10

 

About the Whiz Comics:
In 1939, Fawcett Publications was trying to capitalize on the ongoing superhero boom spearheaded by characters like Superman and Batman. It was then that writer Bill Parker came up with the idea for a team of superheroes, each possessing the power of a different mythical characters. The idea was eventually modified into a single character with all these powers, and thus Captain Marvel, known later as Shazam, was born. 

The first issue published of Whiz Comics was issue #2, published with a cover-date of Feb. 1940. Fawcett created two black-and-white ashcan #1 issues to solicit advertisers and to secure the copyrights to the material. The two copies were identical but carried different titles: Flash Comics and Thrill Comics; the Captain Marvel character was called "Captain Thunder" in a near-identical story. When Fawcett went to press with the magazine, the first issue was retitled as Whiz Comics, a name inspired by the company's bawdy humor magazine, Captain Billy's Whiz Bang. Further complicating matters, when they got to issue #3, Fawcett, through either mistake or intent, used the number twice. Thus, if viewed from the perspective of the second #3 (and, therefore, all the issues that followed it), Whiz #2 unofficially became Whiz #1.

About the Artist:
Josef "Joe" Rubinstein, born in Germany 1958 is a Hall of Fame comic book artist whose storied career spans more than four decades with notable credits that include the acclaimed 1982 Wolverine mini-series, the Infinity Gauntlet series and The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe. Joe is known to be the artist to have given artist Art Adams (the Uncanny X-Men) his first professional work and nurtured the careers of Kyle Baker (Plastic Man), Jose Marzan, Jr. (The Flash) and Dale Keown (The Incredible Hulk). Joe’s record-setting post on Marvel Comics' saw him ink more pencillers than any other inker in history (and more than 2,500 comic books). He currently enjoys
exploring painting techniques and creating portraits.

Shop more art 'Made by' Joe Rubinstein


Comic Book Details

  • Brand: Whiz Comics
  • Production / Publication: Fawcett Publications
  • Character: Captain Marvel, Shazam
  • Genre: Golden Age, Superhero
  • Product: Comic Book
  • Program:  Golden Age Tribute
  • Subject:  Painting, Published Art

          COMIC BOOK | WHIZ COMICS #48 FACSIMILE: Golden Age Tribute by Joe Rubinstein

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          4th GOLDEN AGE TRIBUTE | NOW SHIPPING

          Cover A: Trade Dress | Limited Edition: 500 
          Cover B: Virgin Cover
          | Limited Edition: 20
          Cover C: Black and White
          | Limited Edition: 20
          Cover D: Blank Sketch Cover | Limited Edition: 10

           

          About the Whiz Comics:
          In 1939, Fawcett Publications was trying to capitalize on the ongoing superhero boom spearheaded by characters like Superman and Batman. It was then that writer Bill Parker came up with the idea for a team of superheroes, each possessing the power of a different mythical characters. The idea was eventually modified into a single character with all these powers, and thus Captain Marvel, known later as Shazam, was born. 

          The first issue published of Whiz Comics was issue #2, published with a cover-date of Feb. 1940. Fawcett created two black-and-white ashcan #1 issues to solicit advertisers and to secure the copyrights to the material. The two copies were identical but carried different titles: Flash Comics and Thrill Comics; the Captain Marvel character was called "Captain Thunder" in a near-identical story. When Fawcett went to press with the magazine, the first issue was retitled as Whiz Comics, a name inspired by the company's bawdy humor magazine, Captain Billy's Whiz Bang. Further complicating matters, when they got to issue #3, Fawcett, through either mistake or intent, used the number twice. Thus, if viewed from the perspective of the second #3 (and, therefore, all the issues that followed it), Whiz #2 unofficially became Whiz #1.

          About the Artist:
          Josef "Joe" Rubinstein, born in Germany 1958 is a Hall of Fame comic book artist whose storied career spans more than four decades with notable credits that include the acclaimed 1982 Wolverine mini-series, the Infinity Gauntlet series and The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe. Joe is known to be the artist to have given artist Art Adams (the Uncanny X-Men) his first professional work and nurtured the careers of Kyle Baker (Plastic Man), Jose Marzan, Jr. (The Flash) and Dale Keown (The Incredible Hulk). Joe’s record-setting post on Marvel Comics' saw him ink more pencillers than any other inker in history (and more than 2,500 comic books). He currently enjoys
          exploring painting techniques and creating portraits.

          Shop more art 'Made by' Joe Rubinstein


          Comic Book Details

          • Brand: Whiz Comics
          • Production / Publication: Fawcett Publications
          • Character: Captain Marvel, Shazam
          • Genre: Golden Age, Superhero
          • Product: Comic Book
          • Program:  Golden Age Tribute
          • Subject:  Painting, Published Art