(May 13 - August 12, 1942)

Fawcett, 1941 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
100
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1942-05-13
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Brand
A Fawcett Publication
Editing
Otto Binder; Al Allard (art director)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 37, Numbers 1-4. January-December 1942. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B542660.

[Tokio] (Table of Contents)

Bulletman; Captain Marvel / Shazam!; Spy Smasher / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mac Raboy
Inks
Mac Raboy
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Bulletman [Jim Barr]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Captain Marvel / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Contents page.

The Magno-Ray (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ray Harford; C. C. Beck (Beautia faces only)
Inks
Ray Harford; C. C. Beck (Beautia faces only)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Steamboat; Beautia Sivana; Shazam (inset); Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain)
Keywords
Shazam; The Passing Moment

Indexer Notes

Main artist revision from C. C. Beck to Harford, per P. C. Hamerlinck in Alter Ego #169 (May, 2016), added by Craig Delich. Harford credit confirmed from a picture taken of him as he worked on the last page on this story.

The Baffling Morto (Table of Contents: 4)

Mr. Scarlet / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Phil Bard
Inks
Phil Bard
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Morto (villain, introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); Benito Mussolini (villain); Hirohito (villain)

Indexer Notes

Title from contents page.

Leads the Freedom Fight (Table of Contents: 5)

Spy Smasher / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

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

Genre
spy; superhero
Characters
Stuart Corby [Admiral Corby's nephew] (introduction)

Aaron's Perfect Plans (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Pauline Tyson Stephens
Letters
typeset

The Baffling Case of the Murdered Millionaire (Table of Contents: 7)

Minute Man / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Phil Bard
Inks
Phil Bard
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Strange Man With Cats (villain, introduction, death)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit determined by textual analysis by Lou Mougin.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Strange but True / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; animal

The Man Who Lived a Million Years (Table of Contents: 9)

Bulletman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Don Rico ?
Inks
Don Rico ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Man of the Ages (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Title from contents page.
Writer credit determined by textual analysis by Lou Mougin.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Tokio]
    Bulletman; Captain Marvel / Shazam!; Spy Smasher
  2. 1. ["Always Ring the Bell!"]
    Captain Marvel
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. The Magno-Ray
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  5. 4. The Baffling Morto
    Mr. Scarlet
  6. 5. Leads the Freedom Fight
    Spy Smasher
  7. 6. Aaron's Perfect Plans
  8. 7. The Baffling Case of the Murdered Millionaire
    Minute Man
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Strange but True
  10. 9. The Man Who Lived a Million Years
    Bulletman
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Craig Delich
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Len Wolinsky