(February 11, 1942 - May 13, 1942)
Fawcett,
1941 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- Quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-02-11
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fawcett Publication
- Editing
- France Herron
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
[no title indexed]
Bulletman; Captain Marvel / Shazam!; Minute Man; Mr. Scarlet; Spy Smasher / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]
- Reprints
-
in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1133 - The Complete America's Greatest Comics: Volume 1 - in The Shazam! Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (2003 [April 2004]), #4 (2003 [April 2004])
-
[The Park Robberies]
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Ed Herron ?
- Pencils
- C. C. Beck; Mac Raboy (splash)
- Inks
- C. C. Beck; Mac Raboy (splash)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Miss La Verne; Chief Brannigan (introduction); Officer Hoolihan (introduction); Officer Shaunessy (introduction); Steamboat Bill (introduction); Napoleon (a horse); Stinko [Stenko] (villain, introduction); Stinko's gang [Babyface; Bubbles (Stinko's girl); Chuggers; Littletoe] (villains, introduction for all)
- Synopsis
- After reporting on the third robbery in Central Park within a week, Captain Marvel decides to get involved and track down the individual(s) responsible. However, Chief Brannigan and the rest of the Police Department merely laugh at the prospect! So, Cap disguises himself as a Policeman until he captures a gang of young hoodlums.
- Reprints
- in The Shazam! Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (2003 [April 2004])
-
- Keywords
- Central Park; Shazam; Station WHIZ
Indexer Notes
Stinko and his gang next appear in Captain Marvel Adventures #13.
Script credit added by Craig Delich, per Brian Cremins in Alter Ego #144 (January 2017). The character, Steamboat, introduced in this issue, was created by Herron.
Cremins claims that this story was drawn by C. C. Beck, Dave Berg and the Captain Marvel art staff, with no mention being made of Mac Raboy.
[The Return of the Black Rat]
Bulletman / comic story / 18 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Rat (villain)
The Return of the Black Poet
Minute Man / comic story / 18 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Poet (villain)
Indexer Notes
Writer credit determined by textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
[The Spy Smasher Movie Peril]
Spy Smasher / comic story / 18 pages
- Genre
- spy; superhero
Indexer Notes
Plug for Spy Smasher movie.
Crimes for a Penny
Mr. Scarlet and Pinky / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]; Pinky [Pinky Butler]; John D. Rokkafeller (murder victim)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Bulletman; Captain Marvel / Shazam!; Minute Man; Mr. Scarlet; Spy Smasher -
1.
[The Park Robberies]
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
2.
[The Return of the Black Rat]
Bulletman -
3.
The Camera Sees Death
-
4.
The Return of the Black Poet
Minute Man -
5.
["Oh boy!"]
Chubby -
6.
[The Spy Smasher Movie Peril]
Spy Smasher -
7.
[no title indexed]
Strange but True -
8.
Crimes for a Penny
Mr. Scarlet and Pinky
This issue was modified by, among others
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Donald Dale Milne
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
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