Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #45 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains two separate gossip items. The first is a mild anecdote about a drayman (delivery driver) hired to move a trunk, only to discover a young man emerges from it—implying an affair or secret relationship. The second item is a racist "joke" that uses a slur to demean Black people, claiming a distinction based on work ethic and procrastination. This represents the casual, normalized racism common in 1920s American popular media. "Whiz Bang" was known for crude humor and social commentary. While the first anecdote relies on surprise and innuendo typical of the era's "morsel of gossip" format, the second item reflects deeply prejudiced attitudes that were mainstream entertainment at the time, though shocking today.