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Issue Details

Issue #104
Published November 1948
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Mercedes Shull [as M. Shull]

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Contents Page"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam

7 page Captain Marvel story "The World's Mightiest Machine"

Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger

Half page filler "Comix Cards"

Characters Tom Mix; Hopalong Cassidy; Monte Hale

1 page Little Miss Money Bags filler "Poor Girl!"

Genre gag

1 page Wheaties advertisement "Matty Bell"

Notes Ad in sequential art form.

Half page Bell Bottom Bill filler "Two Bits"

Genre Gag

Half page Nautical Nancy filler "The End"

Genre Gag

6 page Golden Arrow story "The Vanishing Payrolls!"

Genre western
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve

Half page Doc Sorebones filler "Sleep on It!"

Genre Gag

Half page Wilbur the Waiter filler "Food Detective!"

Genre Gag

1 page Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil advertisement "Sam Takes Himself for a Ride"

Notes Ad in sequential art form.

2 page A Wicky and O'Shawnessy Story text story "Kidnap Scare"

Script Rod Reed
Letters Typeset

7 page Ibis the Invincible story "The Tapestry of Terror"

Genre occult; superhero
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger

Half page The Culture Corner filler "How to Sharpen Your Wits"

Characters Croucher K. Conk
Genre humor
Script Basil Wolverton
Pencils Basil Wolverton
Inks Basil Wolverton
Colors Basil Wolverton
Reprinted in Culture Corner, The (Fantagraphics, 2010 series) #[nn]

Half page The Captain Marvel Club promo (ad from the publisher) "Get on the band wagon!"

Characters Billy Batson

4 page Freshman Freddy story "In the Dog House"

Genre teen; humor

8 page Lance O'Casey story "The Peril of the Pearls!"

Genre adventure

Half page filler "Quiz.."

1 page Erector advertisement "Boys! Look at all the spectacular buzz-with-action models you can build..."

Characters Superman
Notes Ad in sequential art form.