(January 1, 1943)
Fawcett,
1941 Series
- Volume
- 4
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- every three weeks
- On-sale Date
- 1942-12-11
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fawcett Publication [Triangle]
- Editing
- Rod Reed (credited) (editor); Ralph Daigh (credited) (managing editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 1.
[no title indexed]
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Santa Claus
- Reprints
-
in Captain Marvel [Captain Marvel Adventures] (L. Miller & Son, 1953 series) #v1#19 - in Alter-Ego (TwoMorrows, 1999 series) Vol. 3 #19 (December, 2002) [in black and white]
-
Indexer Notes
Artist revision from C.C. Beck by Craig Delich 2011-28-11 to Marc Swayze per Swyaze's column in Alter-Ego #19 verifying he did the cover.
The Phantom of the Department Store
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel; Steamboat; The Phantom [Dunkel]
- Reprints
The Training of Mary Marvel
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
- Synopsis
- An eminent professor is made a dupe by a phony scientist/explorer named Greaseley, who claims to have brought live native creatures back from the planet Venus, and together, Mary & Billy [as the Marvels] put a stop to this scam.
- Reprints
-
in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-21 (Summer 1973) - in Mary Marvel Fanzine (Mike Bromberg, 2004 series) #4 (October 2005)
-
- Keywords
- Radio Station WHIZ
Indexer Notes
Some reprint information and synopsis added by Craig Delich (Jan. 14, 2007).
Mary Marvel next appears in Wow Comics #9.
P. C. Hamerlinck, in Alter Ego #147 (July 2017), asserts that Swayze did the entire art job on this story. So reference to Swayze only doing the art on the Mary Marvel figures only removed.
His Achilles Heel
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel; Blitzenwitz [a Hitler double, introduction]
The Wizard's Mark
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Jim Kjelgaard (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- western-frontier
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Script
- Gordon Fawcett (credited) (business manager)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
On the bottom of a house-ad page.
The Ego Exchanger
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- C. C. Beck; shop staff
- Inks
- Pete Costanza; shop staff
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Steamboat Bill
- Synopsis
- In a diverting mind-swap ("ego changer") between Billy/Captain Marvel and Steamboat, whenever Steamboat says the magic word, Billy changes into the person of Marvel, but with the mind of Steamboat!
- Keywords
- Shazam
Indexer Notes
Art credit revisions by Craig Delich, per P.C. Hamerlinck in Alter Ego #145 (March 2017).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
1.
[Contents Page]
-
2.
The Phantom of the Department Store
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
3.
The Training of Mary Marvel
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
4.
His Achilles Heel
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
5.
The Wizard's Mark
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6.
[The Tire Thief]
Captain Kid -
7.
[no title indexed]
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8.
The Ego Exchanger
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
9.
[no title indexed]
Comix Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Matthew Head
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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