Captain Marvel Adventures #23

(April 28, 1943)

5 x 7 Photo Enlargement - Free (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Ideal Portrait Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Contents Page] (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

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Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]

The Lie Detector (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Al McLean

Inks

Al McLean; Meyer Tuckschneider (rope panels only)

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Now, what do you think Hitler's chances are?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Lye (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Dr. Lye, a Nazi spy scientist, creates a lie detector that nearly results in Captain Marvel's secret identity being revealed!

Indexer 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.

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

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

The Mirror of Evil (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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It was made by a sorcerer in the days when Babylon was...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Eel (villain, introduction, death); Levram (villain, an evil mirror-duplicate Captain Marvel, introduction, death)

The Fiery Arrow (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Nathaniel Nitkin

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Since Pierre Lannec had heard the news from...

Characters

Pierre Lannec; Col. Britton; Nazis; Jean; Rene

[Winners of Paste-the-Axis Contest] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 3 pages (report information)

The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 2: The Jungle Trap (Table of Contents: 8)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

C. C. Beck

Inks

C. C. Beck

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Well, folks! Round one between Captain Marvel and Mister Mind last...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mr. Mind (villain, voice only); Ibac [also appears as Stinky Printwhistle] (villain); Princess Darenna Rajabuti (cameo)

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.

Reprints

• in The Monster Society of Evil (Hawk Books, 1989 series) (1989)
• in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1679 - The Complete Original Monster Society of Evil ([January] 2018)

Keywords

Africa; cannibals; pearls; World War II

Indexer Notes

Ibac's last Golden Age appearance, next appearance in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #3.

Grippo the Grunter (Table of Contents: 9)

Captain Kid / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Al Liederman

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Al Liederman

Inks

Al Liederman

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Any of you other gents wanna take on...

Genre

humor

Characters

Grippo (first appearance, a wrestler); Captain Kid

The Impossible Feats (Table of Contents: 10)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

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C. C. Beck ?

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C. C. Beck ?

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Folks! This was the time Captain Marvel was challenged to...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Johnny Pickens; Harry Scoffalupi

Here's the Greatest Billfold Bargain in All America (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Comix Cards / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Steamboat; Lance O'Casey

Indexer Notes

On back cover.