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Issue Details

Issue	#3 [3/40]
Published	March 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Editing	Bill Parker

Cover Details

Genre	superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck
Reprinted	in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #1

13 page Captain Marvel story "Sivana Strikes Again"

Characters	Dr. Sivana (Villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Parker
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck
Colors	Bill Parker
Reprinted	in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #1

8 page Golden Arrow story "The Rustlers of Gila Creek]"

Characters	Bronk (Villain); Brute Braddock (Villain)
Genre	western
Script	Bill Parker
Pencils	Pete Costanza
Inks	Pete Costanza
Colors	Bill Parker

2 page text story "Diamond of Death"

Letters

Typeset

8 page Scoop Smith story "The Search For Wilson Drake"

Genre	detective
Script	Bill Parker
Pencils	Greg Duncan
Inks	Greg Duncan
Colors	Bill Parker
Notes	Continued next issue.

8 page Ibis the Invincible story "The Kidnapping of Taia"

Characters	Hamed (Villain; Intro; becomes a pig)
Genre	occult; superhero
Script	Bill Parker
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	Pete Costanza
Colors	Bill Parker
Notes	Continued next issue.

9 page Lance O'Casey story "Death Dawson"

Characters	Death Dawson (Villain; Intro; Death)
Genre	adventure
Script	Bill Parker?
Pencils	Bob Kingett
Inks	Bob Kingett
Colors	Bill Parker?

8 page Dan Dare story "Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Or Else"

Characters	The Bomb [Dynamite Davis] (Villain; Intro); Taki (Intro)
Genre	detective
Script	Bill Parker
Pencils	Greg Duncan
Inks	Greg Duncan
Colors	Bill Parker

7 page Spy Smasher story "Spy Smasher Unmasks"

Characters	Mask (Villain)
Genre	spy; superhero
Script	Bill Parker
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	Pete Costanza
Colors	Bill Parker
Notes	Spy Smasher reveals secret i.d. to Eve Corby.