([September 9] 1941)
Fawcett,
1941 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68 ?
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- On-sale Date
- 1941-09-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Editing
- France Herron ?
- Color
- Color cover; Black and White interior
- Dimensions
- 8.5" x 11.5"
- Paper Stock
- Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- One-Shot
Issue Notes
This issue was printed in black and white, and reprinted the Captain Marvel stories from Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #10, Special Edition Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #1, Whiz Comics #8, and Whiz Comics #11.
Information by Craig Delich (November 2005).
On sale date from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries; Part 1; Group 2; Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Etc., Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Deliveries, Maps; 1941; New Series; Volume 38; Number 10. Copyright number: AA 379154.Keywords Superhero
Information by Craig Delich (November 2005).
On sale date from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries; Part 1; Group 2; Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Etc., Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Deliveries, Maps; 1941; New Series; Volume 38; Number 10. Copyright number: AA 379154.
[no title indexed]
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Tuska ? (see notes); C. C. Beck ? (see notes)
- Inks
- George Tuska ? (see notes); Pete Costanza ? (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
- Reprints
- in The Shazam! Archives (DC, 1992 series) #3 (2002 [January 2003])
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Indexer Notes
The figure of Captain Marvel on this cover was traced and used on the splash to the first Captain Marvel story in Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #4, information provided by Craig Delich (November 2005).
Paul C. Hamerlinck says, in Alter Ego (Twomorrows, 1999 series) #130 (January 2015), that Captain Marvel co-creator C.C. Beck told him that he had penciled this cover and that Pete Costanza had inked it.
The Winged Death
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 11.66 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; un-named Admiral; Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain); Beautia Sivana [as Dot Darling] (villain); Knuckles Nickerson (villain)
- Synopsis
- Billy is concerned over the mysterious destruction of many of the U.S. west coast defenses, and when he is assigned to look into the matter, he uncovers the infamous Beautia posing as a newsreel cameraman, and figures that she is behind this situation.
- Reprints
- from Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #10 (November 1940)
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- Keywords
- Ace Films; Shazam; Station WHIZ
[The Menace of the Skull]
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 10.66 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Princess Patricia (performer); Mrs. Moneypenny; Horace Moneypenny (husband of Mrs. Moneypenny); Captain Death (villain, introduction); Professor Skull (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Billy discovers a connection between accidents occuring on the beach and the presence of a strange yacht anchored nearby. He discovers that wealthy people have disappeared and are being held for ransom......then the victims would be killed once the family has been bled dry.
- Reprints
- from Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #8 (September 1940)
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- Keywords
- Shazam; Station WHIZ; The Skull (a yacht)
The Haunted House
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 18 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
- Reprints
- from Special Edition Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #1 (1940)
-
- Keywords
- Shazam
[Mystery of Marvel College]
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Dean Scroggle (Dean of Marvel College); Ben Strang (football team Captain); Slug Samson (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Billy is ordered to enroll at Marvel College and get the low-down on their football coach, Slug Samson, a former convict. As Captain Marvel, he must stop the coach from doing anything in his power to make the team lose the big game against State University.
- Reprints
- from Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #11 (December 1940)
-
- Keywords
- Shazam; Skull Club; Station WHIZ
Indexer Notes
Except for the masthead, Captain Marvel wears no cape in the story.
Editing
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Table of Contents
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Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
1.
The Winged Death
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
2.
[The Menace of the Skull]
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
3.
The Haunted House
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
4.
[Mystery of Marvel College]
Captain Marvel / Shazam!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
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