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Issue Details

Issue #21
Published September 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Editing France Herron

Cover Details

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] Three Lieutenant Marvels [Fat Marvel [Billy Batson]; Hill Marvel [Billy Batson]; Tall Marvel [Billy Batson]]
Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Reprinted in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #3 (November 2002)

11 page Captain Marvel story "The Vengeful Four"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Three Lieutenant Marvels [Fat Marvel [Billy Batson] (first appearance; origin); Hill Marvel [Billy Batson] (first appearance; origin); Tall Marvel [Billy Batson] (first appearance; origin)]; Joe; Dr. Sivana [Thaddeus Sivana] (villain); Captain Death (villain); Herr Geyer (villain)
Synopsis Billy meets three boys with the same name, and grants them a portion of his powers.
Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Reprinted in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #3 (November 2002)

9 page Golden Arrow story "The Railroad Wreckers"

Genre western
Pencils Alex Blum?
Inks Alex Blum?

8 page Lance O'Casey story "Crew of Criminals"

Genre adventure
Pencils Clem Weisbecker?
Inks Clem Weisbecker?

9 page Spy Smasher story "Blitzing the Blitzys"

Characters Otto Bund (Villain; Intro); Blitzys (Villain)
Genre spy; superhero
Script Otto Binder?
Pencils Charles Sultan
Inks Charles Sultan
Colors Otto Binder?

2 page text story "Death To the Traitor"

Pencils Carl Formes (LaRac Semrof)
Inks Carl Formes (LaRac Semrof)
Letters Typeset

8 page Dan Dare story "The Vital Defense Plans"

Genre detective
Pencils Ken Battefield?
Inks Ken Battefield?

6 page Dr. Voodoo story "Dr. Voodoo's Revenge"

Characters Anita (Guest Star); Nero (Guest Star)
Genre jungle
Pencils Mac Raboy
Inks Mac Raboy
Notes Part 5 of Golden Flask Quest; title from last issue blurb

9 page Ibis the Invincible story "The Coming of Half-Man"

Characters Half-Man (Villain; Intro; Origin)
Genre occult; superhero
Pencils Pete Costanza?
Inks Pete Costanza?
Notes Story continues in next issue.