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Young, poverty-stricken, recluse American composer from the "Trouble in Tin Pan Alley" story of Fawcett comic book ''[https://www.comics.org/issue/3295/ Whiz Comics]'' #49 (December 1943).
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Billy Batson of radio station WHIZ announces a patriotic song-writing contest. This young longhair stops work on his symphony just long enough to compose a stirring melody to win the contest and rent money. Captain Marvel himself collaborates with him to come up with the lyrics.
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His name is a parody of real Russian composer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Shostakovich Dmitri Shostakovich] (1906-1975).
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==External Links==
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*http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=15596
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[[Category:1943|Kostoshovich, Ivan]]
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[[Category:Fictional composers|Kostoshovich, Ivan]]

Revision as of 07:43, 13 December 2017

Young, poverty-stricken, recluse American composer from the "Trouble in Tin Pan Alley" story of Fawcett comic book Whiz Comics #49 (December 1943).

Billy Batson of radio station WHIZ announces a patriotic song-writing contest. This young longhair stops work on his symphony just long enough to compose a stirring melody to win the contest and rent money. Captain Marvel himself collaborates with him to come up with the lyrics.

His name is a parody of real Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975).

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