Issue Details

Issue	#25
Published	December 1941
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
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) #4 (February 2004)

16 page Captain Marvel story "The Origin of Captain Marvel, Jr."

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman] (first appearance; origin); Sterling Morris; Whitey Murphy; Jacob Freeman (Freddy Freeman's uncle; first appearance; death); Shazam; Captain Nazi [Albrecht Krieger] (villain); Adolph Hitler (villain)
Synopsis	Billy passes along part of his powers to a boy crippled by Captain Nazi.
Genre	Superhero
Script	France Herron
Pencils	C. C. Beck; Mac Raboy
Inks	C. C. Beck; Mac Raboy
Colors	France Herron
Notes	Part 2 of Captain Marvel / Bulletman / Captain Marvel Jr. vs. Captain Nazi trilogy. Story continued from Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #21 and story continues in Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #22. Second appearance of the Wizard Shazam.
Reprinted	in Shazam from the Forties to the Seventies (Harmony Books, 1977 series) #nn (1977); in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #4 (February 2004)

9 page Golden Arrow story "Strongest Man In the World"

Characters	Carol Braddock (Guest Star; Last Appearance); Great Beefo (Villain; Intro)
Genre	western
Pencils	Harry Parkhurst?
Inks	Harry Parkhurst?

2 page text story "The Origin of Shazam: 1: Solomon--Wisest of Men"

Pencils	Juan Lopez
Inks	Juan Lopez
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Biography of Solomon.

9 page Spy Smasher story "America-Smasher's Ski Tank"

Characters	America-Smasher (Villain)
Genre	spy; superhero
Pencils	Alex Blum?
Inks	Alex Blum?
Notes	Spy Smasher gets his green uniform in this story.

8 page Lance O'Casey story "Red Bart's Evil Plot"

Genre	adventure
Pencils	Clem Weisbecker?
Inks	Clem Weisbecker?

6 page Dr. Voodoo story "The Death Guards Ride"

Characters	Anita (Guest Star); Nero (Guest Star); Black Marco (Villain; Intro); Death Guards (Villain; Intro)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Mark Schneider
Inks	Mark Schneider
Notes	Part 8 of Golden Flask Quest.

10 page Ibis the Invincible story "The Evil That Men Do Lives After Them"

Characters	Birbo (Villain; Intro; Death); Rameses (Rameses II?; Villain; Intro; revived in this story)
Genre	occult; superhero
Pencils	? (as Binder studio)
Inks	? (as Binder studio)
Notes	Story continues in next issue.