{"id":205,"date":"2016-10-11T04:53:48","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T04:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aboutcomics.com\/wp\/?p=205"},"modified":"2017-04-03T13:27:54","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T13:27:54","slug":"captain-billys-whiz-bang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aboutcomics.com\/wp\/captain-billys-whiz-bang\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain Billy&#8217;s Whiz Bang"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"projectSummarySeparatedContainer\">\n<div class=\"mainInfoGrouping\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aboutcomics.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CBWB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aboutcomics.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CBWB-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"cbwb\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aboutcomics.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CBWB-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.aboutcomics.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CBWB.jpg 344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a>Edited by Captain Billy Fawcett, a veteran of the Spanish-American War and World War I, this complete facsimile edition of the February, 1922 issue of Captain Billy&#8217;s Whiz Bang featuring a collection of humorous prose, poetry, and essays on the carefree life was the racy magazine for libertines in its day. From its opening description of Cuba as &#8220;the land of liberty&#8221; through the jokes littered with the situations, slang, and bigotries of the day, this book serves as a fascinating time capsule of what great great grampa&#8217;s world was like. Entertaining and educational, <em>Capt. 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