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| Publication | February 11, 1942 - May 13, 1942 | Price: 0.15 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Quarterly |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler] |
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| Comic Story | The Park Robberies (20 pages) |
| Synopsis | After reporting on the third robbery in Central Park within a week, Captain Marvel decides to get involved and track down the individual(s) responsible. However, Chief Brannigan and the rest of the Police Department merely laugh at the prospect! So, Cap disguises himself as a Policeman until he captures a gang of young hoodlums. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Miss La Verne; Chief Brannigan (introduction); Officer Hoolihan (introduction); Officer Shaunessy (introduction); Steamboat Bill (introduction); Napoleon (a horse); Stinko [Stenko] (villain, introduction); Stinko's gang [Babyface; Bubbles (Stinko's girl); Chuggers; Littletoe] (villains, introduction for all) |
| Notes | Stinko and his gang next appear in Captain Marvel Adventures #13.
Script credit added by Craig Delich, per Brian Cremins in Alter Ego #144 (January 2017). The character, Steamboat, introduced in this issue, was created by Herron.
Cremins claims that this story was drawn by C. C. Beck, Dave Berg and the Captain Marvel art staff, with no mention being made of Mac Raboy. |
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| Comic Story | The Return of the Black Rat (18 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Rat (villain) |
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| Text Story | The Camera Sees Death (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Return of the Black Poet (18 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Poet (villain) |
| Notes | Writer credit determined by textual analysis by Lou Mougin. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Spy Smasher Movie Peril (18 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Spy; Superhero |
| Notes | Plug for Spy Smasher movie. |
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| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | filler |
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| Comic Story | Crimes for a Penny (15 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]; Pinky [Pinky Butler]; John D. Rokkafeller (murder victim) |
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