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Issue Details

Issue #23
Published October 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Editing France Herron

Cover Details

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks Pete Costanza?
Reprinted in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #3 (November 2002)

15 page Captain Marvel story "The Bal Masque"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Whitey Murphy; Sterling Morris; Lulette (first appearance); Velox; Costanza; Armond [Sir Roger Fittz-Down Chipley] (first appearance)
Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Notes Story continues in Whiz Comics #24.
Reprinted in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #3 (November 2002)

9 page Golden Arrow story "The Man Who Bet the Ranch On Golden Arrow"

Genre western
Pencils Alex Blum?
Inks Alex Blum?

2 page text story "Crack Shot"

Pencils Joseph J. Millard
Inks Joseph J. Millard
Letters Typeset

8 page Lance O'Casey story "Hunt For the Sea Raider"

Genre adventure
Pencils Clem Weisbecker?
Inks Clem Weisbecker?

9 page Spy Smasher story "Schtinker's Mosquito Murders"

Genre spy; superhero
Pencils Charles Sultan
Inks Charles Sultan

2 page Chubby filler

Genre gag
Script Tom McNamara
Pencils Tom McNamara
Inks Tom McNamara
Colors Tom McNamara

6 page Dr. Voodoo story "Battle On the Sea"

Characters Anita (Guest Star); Nero (Guest Star); Herculo Svenson (Villain)
Genre jungle
Pencils George Tuska
Inks George Tuska
Notes Part 7 of Golden Flask Quest; title from last issue blurb.

9 page Ibis the Invincible story "Sacrifice To the Angry God"

Characters Half-Man (Villain); the Angry God (Villain; Intro); Angry God's priest (Villain; Intro; Death)
Genre occult; superhero
Pencils ? (as Binder studio)
Inks ? (as Binder studio)
Notes Story continues in next issue.