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Two Who Drew Lance O'Casey and One Who Didn't

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The Poisoned Sea Mystery, Whiz 128

After a 49-issue absence from Whiz Comics Lance O'Casey returns with #103 and art by Louis Cazeneuve, recognizable from his work on Boy Commandos, Seven Soldiers of Victory, and so on at DC. There's another artist, whom I can't ID, and the next along is Clem Weisbecker, whose Fawcett movie comics I listed in my previous post. The run from #132 to the end, #155, is said to include Charles Tomsey art, but I haven't got a handle on his style.
 
The Grand Comics Database has attributed the Lance O'Casey stories in #119, 123, 125, and 128 to Dick Dillin. I can see why a reader could be reminded of Blackhawk art, but Weisbecker's trademark long square faces do show through under different inkers on the different stories. Shown is a page from "The Poisoned Sea Mystery." Suffice it to say that the inking on the four O'Casey stories mentioned above is no more Dillin's than the pencilling is.

Issues not listed here between #103-131 do not have Lance O'Casey stories.

Lance O'Casey in WHIZ COMICS


Nov/48#103 LOC and the Lamp of Three Wishesa: Louis Cazeneuve
Dec/    #104 The Perils of the Pearlsa: Cazeneuve
Jan/49#105  LOC Meets Longo of the Congo a: Cazeneuve
Mar/    #107 LOC and the Lady Pirate  a: Cazeneuve
Apr/    #108  The Bandit Birdsa: ?
May/    #109 LOC and the Pirate's Festivala: ?
July/     #111 The Stolen Starfisha: ?
Aug/    #112 Magnet of Deatha: Cazeneuve
Sep/    #113  Doomed! a: Cazeneuve
Nov/    #115 LOC and the Photo of Death a: Cazeneuve
Jan/50 #117  The Plight of Homer Whittington, Jr.p: Clem Weisbecker
Mar/    #119 The Pan American Bull Sessionp: Weisbecker
Apr/    #120 The Strange Fight a: Cazeneuve
May/    #121 Frame Upp: Weisbecker
July/    #123 Treachery Under Coverp: Weisbecker
Aug/    #124 The Death Warrantsp: Weisbecker
Sep/    #125 Dangerous Cargop: Weisbecker
Nov/    #127 The Reign of Terrorp: Weisbecker
Dec/    #128 The Poisoned Sea Mysteryp: Weisbecker
Jan/51 #129 Pirate Warfarep: Weisbecker
Mar/    #131 LOC Raids the Antarctic Hide-Outp: Weisbecker

The Grand Comics Database has credited Cazeneuve with some of the Whizissues listed but mistakenly on Golden Arrow instead of Lance O'Casey (not that I can give a name to the GA artist at this particular point).

Golden Arrow in WHIZ COMICS

Nov/48#103 GA and the Passenger Bandita: NOT Cazeneuve
Dec/    #104  The Vanishing Payrollsa: NOT Cazeneuve
Jan/49#105 GA and the Duo of Crimea: NOT Cazeneuve
Mar/    #107  GA and the Treacherous Masquerade a: NOT Cazeneuve

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