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| Publication | April 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: every four weeks |
| Notes | The Archive edition states the inks are by Costanza. |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong] (inset); Golden Arrow [Roger Parsons] (inset); Lance O'Casey (inset); Dan Dare (inset); Doctor Voodoo [Dr. Hal Carey] (inset); Ibis (inset); Taia (inset) |
| Notes | The Archive edition states the inks are by Costanza. |
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| Comic Story | Confrontation with Spy Smasher (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sterling Morris calls Billy into his office and shows him newspaper headlines about Spy Smasher running wild and posing a real danger to U.S. defense sectors. Upon hearing that the former hero is at the federal penitentiary helping prisoners escape, Billy changes to Captain Marvel and travels to the prison to stop Spy Smasher. But Spy Smasher escapes, captures the good Captain, and subjects him to the Brainograph once belonging to the Mask! |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Sterling Morris; the Nazis (villains) |
| Notes | Part 2 of the Captain Marvel vs. Spy Smasher storyline, which continues in the Spy Smasher story in this issue. |
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| Comic Story | Carol Braddock -- Marked for Death (9 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | The Land of the Leopard Men (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
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| Comic Story | The Trap for Eve Corby (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wanting to save Spy Smasher from the terrible effects of the Mask's Brainograph, Eve drives to Alan Armstrong's Virginia estate, believing him to be hiding there. He is, but Spy Smasher believes Eve to be a threat to him, so he decides to burn the house down with her in it, and it's only through the timely actions of Captain Marvel that her life is spared. |
| Content | Genre: Spy; Superhero | Characters: Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Eve Corby; Admiral Corby; |
| Notes | Part 3 of the Captain Marvel vs. Spy Smasher storyline, which continues in the Captain Marvel story in the next issue.
The splash panel is used, in part, as the cover to Spy Smasher Comics #1.
Panel 6 on page seven contains a swipe of the figure of Captain Marvel used on the cover to Captain Marvel Adventures #1.
In the last panel, the editor asks readers to write in and tell him who they think will win the gigantic battle between the two heroes. |
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| Comic Story | The Gas Gun Murders (9 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: John Elton (Villain; Intro) |
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| Text Story | Circus Hero (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | Hal and Nikko free a tribe from Arab ivory thieves. |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Ahmed (Villain; Introduction; Death); Doctor Voodoo [Hal Carey]; Nikko; Houmids (Arab tribe) |
| Notes | There is no explanation for how a tribe of Arabs came to be in Brazil, where the ivory came from, or why the climactic battle takes place in a desert. |
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| Comic Story | The Man Whose Words Came True (9 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Trug (Villain); Osiris (Intro) |
| Notes | Story continues in next issue. |
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