Whiz Comics #127

Colonel Corn gets his first taste of golf at the Podunk Golf Course in this 1950 humor story, with his eager instructor Korny Kobb doing his best to teach the bewildered Colonel the basics—though every piece of golfing terminology sends the well-meaning novice spiraling into absurd misunderstandings. As instructions pile up and frustration mounts, the Colonel's confusion over "clubs," "drivers," and "greens" turns what should be a simple round into pure comedic chaos.

When a phony post office operating at a gold strike begins intercepting miners' claim documents, Golden Arrow investigates—only to be ambushed and left for dead by the swindlers. Now he must race across treacherous mountain terrain to intercept the outlaws before they can register the stolen claims in their own names at the county land office. Golden Arrow pulls out all the stops to stay one step ahead of these claim-jumping varmints.

Reporter and sailor Lance O'Casey races to the South Pacific island of Cape Utanka after a mysterious radio distress call—only to discover that public enemy Ears King has orchestrated a kidnapping wave targeting the island's top officials. Stranded and outnumbered on a remote island stronghold, Lance must outwit King's ruthless gang and stop their scheme before they can exploit their hostages to rob the banks and treasury.

Doc Sorebones tackles a patient's desperate plea for help with a severe case of insomnia in this one-page humor story. When the doctor dismisses the condition as manageable, the patient reveals just how bad things have gotten—bad enough that even sleep schedules have completely fallen apart. It's a quick, lighthearted take on medical complaints that lands its punchline in true 1950s comic style.

Two pranksters spot their old acquaintance Pike working as a waiter and decide to have some laughs by constantly changing their food orders—but the relentless back-and-forth between them leaves Pike (and his equally exasperated chef) spinning. In the end, Pike's patience runs out and he serves up a lesson the troublemakers won't soon forget.

Warbling Wally's singing voice is so terrible that the bunkhouse residents mistake it for a sick animal—until they discover the awful noise is coming from the self-proclaimed singer himself. When Wally won't stop his caterwauling, a frustrated cowboy threatens drastic measures to silence him. It's a humorous western tale that turns Wally's complete lack of musical talent into the joke itself.

When Prince Ibis pursues the Black Wizard into the year 2750, he discovers a future world where advanced science and architecture exist alongside a tyrannical Council of Witchcraft that has twisted ancient superstitions into law—and where the Black Wizard has found the perfect hunting ground. Trapped in a bewildering society that arrests people for breaking mirrors and crossing paths with black cats, Ibis must navigate both the council's enforcers and a desperate underground resistance while confronting a villain who has finally found a world that mirrors his own dark ambitions.