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Issue Details

Issue #51
Published February 1944
Cover Price 0.10
Editing Will Lieberson*

Cover Details - "Captain Marvel Judges the Ugly Beauty Contest"

Characters Captain Marvel
Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Table of Contents"

Letters typeset

15 page Captain Marvel story "The Beauty Contest"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck

9 page Golden Arrow story "The Iron Horse"

Characters Golden Arrow
Genre western

8 page Spy Smasher story "Mystery of Spy Island"

Characters Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]
Genre spy; superhero

8 page Lance O'Casey story "The Deadly Seadragon"

Characters Lance O'Casey; Mike; King Pepo; Commander Sato-Sato (Villain; Intro; Death?)
Synopsis While sailing at sea, Mike spots a seadragon, only to discover it is made of metal----and manned by the Japanese.
Genre adventure
Notes Story is also called "The Deadly Seadragons"; synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-31-08.
Reprinted in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #69

2 page Wicky and O'Shawnessy text story "Big Game Hunter"

Script Rod Reed
Letters Typeset

8 page Ibis the Invincible story "Bobo the Hobo"

Genre occult; superhero