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| Publication | December 26, 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: every four weeks |
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| Cover | Mighty Captain Marvel Stops the Turbine of Death! |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] |
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| Synopsis | Captain Nazi cuts Station WHIZ off the air and Captain Marvel races for the radio sending station and saves Whitey in the process. He then must stop a powerful turbine from spinning out of control and costing the lives of innocent people. Then, in order to save the life of a young newsboy crippled by Captain Nazi, Billy passes along part of his powers to the boy. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman] (introduction, origin); Sterling Morris; Whitey Murphy; Jacob Freeman (Freddy Freeman's uncle, introduction, death); Shazam; Captain Nazi [Albrecht Krieger] (villain); Adolph Hitler (villain) |
| Notes | Part 2 of the Captain Marvel / Bulletman / Captain Marvel Jr. vs. Captain Nazi trilogy. Story continued from Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #21 and story continues in Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #22. Second appearance of the Wizard Shazam.
Raboy pencilled the Freddie Freeman / Captain Marvel Jr. figures throughout.
Script and colorist revisions from France to Ed Herron by Craig Delich. Addition of Woolfolk per Alter Ego #156 (January 2019). |
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| Comic Story | Strongest Man in the World (9 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Carol Braddock (last appearance); Great Beefo (villain; introduction) |
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| Text Story | The Origin of Shazam: 1: Solomon -- Wisest of Men (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Manly Wade Wellman [as Juan Lopez] | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy |
| Notes | Biography of Solomon. |
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| Comic Story | America-Smasher's Ski Tank (9 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Spy; Superhero | Characters: America-Smasher (Villain) |
| Notes | Spy Smasher gets his green uniform in this story. |
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| Comic Story | Red Bart's Evil Plot (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
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| Comic Story | The Death Guards Ride (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hal and Nero are rescued from the burning ship by Don Luis. Anita is taken from Svenson by the Death Guards who then kill him. Hal rescues Anita from the Death guards and then is equipped by Don Luis to continue his pursuit of the Golden Flask, now held by the master of the Death Guards, Black Marco |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Anita; Nero; Death Guards (villains; introduction); Don Luis; Herculo Svenson; Doctor Voodoo [Hal Carey] |
| Notes | Part 8 of Golden Flask Quest. |
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| Comic Story | The Evil That Men Do Lives After Them (10 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Ibis; Taia; Birbo (villain, introduction, death); Rameses [Rameses II?] (villain, introduction, death but revived in this story) |
| Notes | Story continues in next issue.
Script credit by Craig Delich, per Bill Schelly, in Alter Ego #147 (July 2017). |
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