(July 11, 1941)

Fawcett, 1940 Series
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Volume
4
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Every four weeks
On-sale Date
1941-06-13
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Brand
A Fawcett Publication [Triangle]
Editing
Ed Herron (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.

Tiger-Shark! (Table of Contents)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Captain Marvel crushes the tiger-shark!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprints
Keywords
sharks

The Black Magician (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; The Black Magician (villain, introduction); Nip (villain, introduction, Black Magician's son)
Synopsis
A mysterious character, who hears Billy's broadcast in which he states that the stories of witchcraft and black magic have come out of the back country from time to time and are mostly pure imagination, decides to make a believer out of the young broadcaster!
Reprints
Keywords
Shazam; Station WHIZ

[The Evil Guides] (Table of Contents: 2)

Golden Arrow / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Pete Costanza ?
Inks
Pete Costanza ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier; superhero

[The Antarctic's Tropics] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

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

Genre
adventure

Indexer Notes

Story continues in last issue due to sequencing mistake.

[Spy Smasher's Shakedown Cruise] (Table of Contents: 4)

Spy Smasher / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Sultan
Inks
Charles Sultan
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
spy; superhero

Patriots for Gain (Table of Contents: 5)

Dan Dare / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Battefield ?
Inks
Ken Battefield ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery; science fiction

The Gunman and the Boy (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carl Formes (credited as La Rac Semrof)
Inks
Carl Formes (credited as La Rac Semrof)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Dr. Voodoo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mac Raboy
Inks
Mac Raboy
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Thrown back in time, Dr. Voodoo must remain in the past until he recovers the legendary Golden Flask...
Genre
jungle; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Nero; Doctor Voodoo [Hal Carey]
Synopsis
After fighting off a pirate ship, Hal and Nero leave the Spanish ship to continue looking for the Golden Flask.
Keywords
Golden Flask; jewels; pirates; sailing ships; time travel; treasure chests

Indexer Notes

Part 3 of Golden Flask Quest

[To Shrink a Giant] (Table of Contents: 8)

Ibis the Invincible / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Blum ?
Inks
Alex Blum ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Feature Logo
Ibis the Invincible
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Story continues in next issue.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Tiger-Shark!
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  2. 1. The Black Magician
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  3. 2. [The Evil Guides]
    Golden Arrow
  4. 3. [The Antarctic's Tropics]
    Lance O'Casey
  5. 4. [Spy Smasher's Shakedown Cruise]
    Spy Smasher
  6. 5. Patriots for Gain
    Dan Dare
  7. 6. The Gunman and the Boy
  8. 7. ["Thrown back in time, Dr. Voodoo must remain in the past until he recovers the legendary Golden Flask..."]
    Dr. Voodoo
  9. 8. [To Shrink a Giant]
    Ibis the Invincible
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Craig Delich
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore