(January 22 1943)

Fawcett, 1940 Series
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Volume
7
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
every four weeks
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Brand
A Fawcett Publication [Triangle]
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Rod Reed (editor)

A Nazi in Utopia (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
C. C. Beck
Inks
Pete Costanza ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (also inset); Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong] (inset); Pharo
Keywords
ancient Greece

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Contents Page] (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam; General Von Phool

Captain Marvel Finds Utopia! (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 14.67 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
C. C. Beck
Inks
C. C. Beck Shop
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; General Von Phool; Pharo
Synopsis
General Von Phool and his two aides escape to Utopia, a place where there has been no violence for 500 years.
Keywords
Radio Station WHIZ

Indexer Notes

Art revision from Mark Swayze ? to Beck pencils and Beck assistants inks by Craig Delich, per P. C. Hamerlinck in Alter Ego #147 (July 2017).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
C. C. Beck
Inks
C. C. Beck Shop
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wow! There sure are a lot of you who want to hear Captain Marvel on the radio!
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]

Indexer Notes

Thanking the thousands of readers who wrote in wanting to hear Captain Marvel on the radio.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Golden Arrow / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Louis Cazeneuve
Inks
Louis Cazeneuve
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The awful shadow of false guilt hangs over an innocent man's head!
Genre
western-frontier; superhero
Characters
Golden Arrow [Roger Parsons]; White Wind (horse); Sprig McCoy; Nick; Ellen Huggins; Cal Huggins; Jim Brant
Synopsis
McCoy wants to buy the ranches of his neighbors, but none will sell. He kills one and lets the other get the blame for the murder.

Indexer Notes

The art is very similar to Cazeneuve's work on "Aquaman" in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #124 and credited stories in Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #45.

Colonel Porterhouse Rides Again (Table of Contents: 7)

Colonel Porterhouse / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Storm
Inks
George Storm
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Colonel Porterhouse; Giles Gradsby; Chief Tall Corn; Amelia Mealy; Mr. Mealy; Mrs. Mealy; Starlight (horse); Quibble (first lawyer); Quibble (second lawyer); Quibble (third lawyer); Smith (fourth lawyer); George Storm
Synopsis
Giles Gradsby is trying to buy up all the land in Sunburn Valley.

Indexer Notes

Parody of this issue's Golden Arrow story; last Colonel Porterhouse story; artist George Storm appears in background of panel 5 on last page.

The Mad Artist Buys a Bond (Table of Contents: 8)

The Mad Artist / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
For victory buy war bonds
Genre
humor
Characters
The Mad Artist
Synopsis
The Mad Artist paints a place to buy war bonds, then enters the picture to buy some.

Indexer Notes

Contents page title.

Jungle Raid (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Claude Dunnagan (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Characters
Doug Wilson; Marty; Colonel Wilson
Synopsis
Doug and Marty accidentally discover a Nazi air field in Columbia.

The New Year's Eve Plot! (Table of Contents: 10)

Spy Smasher / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Binder Studio
Inks
Binder Studio
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
spy; superhero
Characters
Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; America Smasher (villain); Hans; Admiral Corby; Eve Corby
Synopsis
America Smasher steals the plans for a new tank.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story takes place Dec. 31, 1942-Jan. 1, 1943.

Art credit addition per P.C. Hamerlinck in Alter Ego #131 (March 2015).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[South China New Year's] (Table of Contents: 12)

Lance O'Casey / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Clem Weisbecker
Inks
Clem Weisbecker
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
New Year's Eve in South China - a night for revelry and celebration!
Genre
adventure
Characters
Lance O'Casey; Mike; Tiger Woman
Synopsis
Lance and Mike meet a dying man who wants a box kept from the Tiger Woman.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story takes place December 31, 1942-January 1, 1943.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Slave of the Lamp! (Table of Contents: 14)

Ibis the Invincible / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Hebberd
Inks
Bob Hebberd
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Ibis [Prince Amentep]; Princess Taia; Slave of the Lamp (villain, introduction, a genie); Iggy Bubb
Synopsis
Iggy Bubb finds a magic lamp and unleashes a genie.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

National Radio Institute Home Study Course / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Wonders of Science Simplified / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. A Nazi in Utopia
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  2. 1. ["Visit the world of the future... ...now!"]
  3. 2. [Contents Page]
  4. 3. Captain Marvel Finds Utopia!
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  5. 4. ["Wow! There sure are a lot of you who want to hear Captain Marvel on the radio!"]
  6. 5. ["Is this for you?"]
  7. 6. ["The awful shadow of false guilt hangs over an innocent man's head!"]
    Golden Arrow
  8. 7. Colonel Porterhouse Rides Again
    Colonel Porterhouse
  9. 8. The Mad Artist Buys a Bond
    The Mad Artist
  10. 9. Jungle Raid
  11. 10. The New Year's Eve Plot!
    Spy Smasher
  12. 11. ["The stars of the comics can bang the Axis..."]
  13. 12. [South China New Year's]
    Lance O'Casey
  14. 13. ["The big 3 in comics"]
  15. 14. The Slave of the Lamp!
    Ibis the Invincible
  16. 15. ["Be a radio technician"]
    National Radio Institute Home Study Course
  17. 16. ["Free with this offer 33 power telescope lens kit"]
    Wonders of Science Simplified
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ã…dland
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore