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| Publication | April 28, 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Art was previously credited to C. C. Beck (pencils) and Pete Costanza (inks). |
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| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Steamboat |
| Notes | Art was previously credited to C. C. Beck (pencils) and Pete Costanza (inks). |
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| Advertisement | 5 x 7 Photo Enlargement - Free (1 page) |
| Featuring | Ideal Portrait Co. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photographs) | Inks:? (photographs) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Contents | Contents Page (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] |
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| Comic Story | The Lie Detector (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dr. Lye, a Nazi spy scientist, creates a lie detector that nearly results in Captain Marvel's secret identity being revealed! |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Billy Batson; Dr. Lye (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Art credit revision from C.C. Beck ? by Craig Delich 2011-12-11. Alter Ego #2 (Autumn, 1999) featured an interview by P.C. Hamerlinck with Richard Dean Taylor (known as Meyer Tuckschneider at the time this story was drawn), in which three pages of this story were reprinted. In the interview, Taylor verifies (along with artist McLean) that he indeed inked the panels of the story that depicted Captain Marvel secured by coiled ropes, and McLean pencils and inked the rest. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Don Winslow |
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| Comic Story | The Mirror of Evil (12 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Billy Batson; Eel (villain, introduction, death); Levram (villain, an evil mirror-duplicate Captain Marvel, introduction, death); Sterling Morris |
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| Text Story | The Fiery Arrow (2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Colors:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Pierre Lannec; Col. Britton; Nazis; Jean; Rene |
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| Publisher advertisement | Winners of Paste-the-Axis Contest (3 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Captain Marvel |
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| Comic Story | The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 2: The Jungle Trap (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ibac is the next one to steal the magic black pearls and Captain Marvel pursues him to North Africa, where the villain tries to infiltrate an American army base. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Ibac [also appears as Stinky Printwhistle] (villain); Princess Darenna Rajabuti (cameo) |
| Notes | Ibac's last Golden Age appearance, next appearance in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #3. |
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| Comic Story | Grippo the Grunter (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Grippo (first appearance, a wrestler); Captain Kid |
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| Comic Story | The Impossible Feats (10 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Johnny Pickens; Harry Scoffalupi |
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| Advertisement | Here's the Greatest Billfold Bargain in All America (1 page) |
| Featuring | Illinois Merchandise Mart |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photographs) | Inks:? (photographs) | Letters: typeset |
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| Publisher advertisement | Right to the Top! |
| Featuring | Captain Marvel Adventures; Whiz Comics |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Promo for the comic books Captain Marvel Adventures and Whiz Comics. |
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| Publisher advertisement | 8 Lance O'Casey |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | Card #8 on the back cover with descriptive and promo text on the inside back cover. |
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| Publisher advertisement | 23 Steamboat |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | Card #23 on the back cover with descriptive and promo text on the inside back cover. |
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| Activity | Is This Plane Yours? |
| Content | Characters: Steamboat; Lance O'Casey |
| Notes | 1943 Edition of the magazine Mechanix Illustrated Contest, where you could win an Aeronca aeroplane.
On back cover. |
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