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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published Fall 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 C. C. Beck
Reprinted in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #3 (November 2002)

14 page Captain Marvel story "The Menace of Muscles McGinnis"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Muscles McGinnis (first appearance; villain); Louie (first appearance; villain); Mouse (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis Muscles McGinnis tries to take over the radio station.
Genre superhero
Pencils George Tuska
Inks George Tuska
Reprinted in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #3 (November 2002)

2 page story "Einstein--Master of Space and Time"

14 page Captain Marvel story "Sivana's Paralyzing Gas"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Beautia Sivana; Dr. Sivana [Thaddeus Sivana] (villain)
Synopsis Sivana uses a paralyzing gas to conquer New York.
Genre superhero
Pencils George Tuska
Inks George Tuska
Reprinted in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #3 (November 2002)

2 page text story "Return of the Mogul Diamond"

Script Carl Formes [as La Rac Semrof]
Letters typeset

15 page Captain Marvel story "The Terror of the Goptas"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mr. Chandler (first appearance; death); Brace Chandler (first appearance; villain; death); The Goptas (first appearance; villains); Krome (first appearance; villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils George Tuska
Inks George Tuska
Reprinted in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #3 (November 2002)

1 page Strange But True filler

Genre fact

16 page Captain Marvel story "The Beast-Ruler"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; The Beast-Ruler (first appearance; villain; death?) Dr. Sivana [Thaddeus Sivana] (villain)
Synopsis Sivana uses his science to create an evil beast-ruler.
Genre superhero
Pencils George Tuska
Inks George Tuska
Reprinted in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #3 (November 2002)