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| In our first story we have the return of Sivana, for the first time since Bill Parker's last story, looking like he's fully recovered from his injuries. Beautia's with him, and the story has some fun in its depiction of germ-people and of Beautia's infatuation with Cap, who with the mind of Billy, is quite flustered at her amorous attention. The second story is a good Martian invasion tale, as Cap battles the Spider Men (!). The third tale, a pirates and buried treasure story, is a real mixed bag in its portrayal of non-whites. On the one hand, there's an evil Asian cook that Cap calls, "slant-eyed". Ugh. On the other hand, the dark-skinned island natives are portrayed as intelligent and merciful. At the end, the surviving white pirates even agree to reform and work for the natives. The final tale is a horror story with a truly frightening villain in the Arson Fiend. He's the first villain since Sivana who's capable of putting two and two together and realizing Billy Batson is Captain Marvel, making his capture of Billy especially suspenseful. This is a mostly serious story enlivened by a comedic interlude of women wanting to kiss Cap and Cap taking their advances as well as he took Beautia's. |
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| Publication | Summer 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
| Notes | Alter Ego #141 (August 2016) features the original art to this cover on page 70, and it features a paste over head, which hides the original Beck drawn head. This original cover also lists the issue number as #3, not #2. |
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| Featuring | Captain Marvel |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel; Billy Batson; Nazi soldier |
| Notes | Alter Ego #141 (August 2016) features the original art to this cover on page 70, and it features a paste over head, which hides the original Beck drawn head. This original cover also lists the issue number as #3, not #2. |
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| Comic Story | World of the Microscope (17 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sivana uses his latest discovery to shrink Captain Marvel and Beautia in size, landing them in a microscopic world, where they face an array of dangers including Sivana himself. |
| Featuring | Captain Marvel |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Beautia Sivana; Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain); The Germ-People (villains, introduction for all) |
| Notes | Script credit from Bob Hughes. Excessive use of passive voice, run on sentences held together by ellipses. Limited use of sound effects, including OHHH, OOOP and the phrase "peerless strength". |
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| Featuring | Play Square With Captain Marvel |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] |
| Notes | game |
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| Comic Story | Invasion from Mars (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Marvel battles the Spider Men from Mars, who have invaded the Earth, and whom, he discovers, are robots! |
| Featuring | Captain Marvel |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Henderson (astronomer); The Spider Men from Mars (villains, introduction for all, all on Earth die); unnamed King of Mars (villain, introduction, reforms) |
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| Text Story | The Curse of the Scorpion (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Billy joins a group of archaeologists who are involved in tomb excavations and are just about to obtain information about the ancient Scorpion Dynasty when the expedition discovers the Golden Scorpion and adjusts its lenses, causing an explosion. When the smoke clears, Billy stands before the ancient High Priest of Siam named Shazam, who gives Billy strange powers which transform him into the mighty Captain Marvel! After the group divides the lenses up among themselves, with one being given the Scorpion itself, they flee the tomb and begin crossing a swinging bridge, which suddenly collapses. |
| Featuring | Captain Marvel |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam [aka High Priest of Siam]; Betty Wallace; Howell (Billy's boss); Dr. Stephen Lang (archaeologist); Professor Luther Bentley (archaeologist); James Malcolm (backer of expedition) |
| Notes | This text story recounts the 1st episode of "The Adventures of Captain Marvel" movie serial. Art identification by Craig Delich. |
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| Comic Story | The Pirate's Treasure (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Morris sends Billy out to discover the truth behind the strange murder of a poor sailor, and Billy finds himself shanghaied aboard the pirate ship "Sea Witch", heading for an isolated island where the Captain of the ship seeks the sunken treasure of Tamungu just off shore. |
| Featuring | Captain Marvel |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; unnamed sailor (death); Captain Thaddeus Heth (villain, introduction, death); Mozo (villain, introduction, death); Esau Grommett (villain, introduction, death) |
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| Comic Story | The Arson Fiend (18 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Marvel investigates reports of a strange little man carrying a small black bag, selling fire insurance. When a business fails to buy it, a strange arsonist appears on the scene and sets the place on fire. |
| Featuring | Captain Marvel |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Mr. Barclay (introduction, death); Mike (introduction); The Arson Fiend [George D. Tweedle] (villain, introduction, death) |
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