Captain Marvel Adventures #5

(December 12, 1941)

[Frontispiece] (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Marvel / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

C. C. Beck

Inks

Pete Costanza

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Billy Batson

Reprints

• in The Shazam! Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (2003 [April 2004])

Keywords

Shazam; Station WHIZ

Capt. Marvel's Double Trouble (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

?

Pencils

C. C. Beck

Inks

C. C. Beck

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Princess Katinka (introduction); Beautia Sivana; Dr. Thaddeus Bopdog Sivana (villain); Maxim the Midget (villain, posing as an orphan, introduction); Bummy Bond [as Captain Marvel] (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Billy reports from a new theatre about Captain Marvel movies being shown there for an orphan's home party, all put together by Beautia. However, when the "management" introduces Captain Marvel live on the stage, Billy smells a rat, and discovers Sivana is behind it all. As the situation unfolds, it is discovered that Sivana had kidnapped the Princess of Mentonia and Captain Marvel must rescue her.

Reprints

• in The Shazam! Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (2003 [April 2004])

Keywords

Mentonia; Shazam; Station WHIZ

The King of the Crater (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 12.66 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

C. C. Beck

Inks

C. C. Beck

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; un-named State Governor; un-named Police Chief; Johnny (a baby); King of the Crater [Mr. Mawks] (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis

Captain Marvel is called out to investigate the eruption of a volcano in the Rockies, and must prevent a terrorist from taking control of the volcanoes in the Rocky Mountain chain.

Reprints

• in The Shazam! Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (2003 [April 2004])

Keywords

Shazam; Station WHIZ; Swan Creek Canyon

Indexer Notes

The last 1/3 page of the story is an illustrated advertisement for XMAS Comics #1, on sale November 26, 1941, reproducing the cover.

You Can't Kill a Ghost (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Joseph Millard

Pencils

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Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Capt. Marvel Solves the Swamp Mystery (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

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Pencils

? (Fawcett comics staff)

Inks

? (Fawcett comics staff)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Pappy Sims (introduction); Mammy Sims (introduction); The Swamp Devil [Mr. Woggs] (villain, head of the swamp drainage project, introduction)

Synopsis

Billy is sent down to swamp country to get the story on the mysterious Swamp Creature, but it's Captain Marvel who discovers why The Swamp Devil is trying to scare people off their land.

Reprints

• in The Shazam! Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (2003 [April 2004])

Keywords

Dismal Swamp; Hypnotism Gas; Shazam; Station WHIZ

[Introducing Captain Kid] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Al Liederman

Pencils

Al Liederman

Inks

Al Liederman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Captain Kid (first appearance; costumed kid pseudo-hero); Betty Mae (first appearance; his girlfriend)

Sivana's Strange Chemical Potion (Table of Contents: 7)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 10.75 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

C. C. Beck

Inks

C. C. Beck

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Jerry; Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain); Herman (villain); Endicott (villain)

Synopsis

Sivana creates a new potion that has the capability to change someone into another person, with another brain, and he intends to use it on Billy in order to rid himself of his enemy, Captain Marvel, and become the rightful ruler of the universe!

Reprints

• in The Shazam! Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (2003 [April 2004])

Keywords

Shazam; Sivana's Castle; Station WHIZ

Indexer Notes

The last 1/4 of page 11 is an illustrated promtional advertisement for Whiz Comics, and pictures head views of Golden Arrow, Spy Smasher, Lance O'Casey, Dr. Voodoo and Ibis.