Issue Details

Issue	#18
Published	December 11, 1942
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Rod Reed

Cover Details - "Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr. Proudly Present Mary Marvel"

Characters	Captain Marvel; Mary Marvel; Captain Marvel, Jr.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck (painted)
Inks	C. C. Beck (painted)
Colors	C. C. Beck (painted)
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in SHAZAM! AND THE SHAZAM FAMILY! ANNUAL (DC, 2002 series) #1; in Shazam! Family Archives, The (DC, 2006 series) #1

1 page none credits "Contents page"

Letters

typeset

13 page Captain Marvel story "Captain Marvel Introduces Mary Marvel"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson Bromfield] (Billy Batson's twin sister, introduction, origin); Sterling Morris; Percy Pill; Sarah Primm (Billy and Mary's nurse, death); Guest Stars: Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Shazam
Synopsis	Billy accidently discovers that a young girl, appearing on the Station W.H.I.Z. radio show, "The Mental Marvel Quiz," possesses half of a strange locket that he has the other half to, and that her former nurse confirms the fact that Billy and Mary are actually twins!
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Marc Swayze; Mac Raboy (Captain Marvel, Jr. figures)
Inks	Marc Swayze
Reprinted	in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #8; in Shazam from the Forties to the Seventies (Harmony Books, 1977 series) #nn; in Shazam! and the Shazam Family! Annual (DC, 2002 series) #1; in Shazam! Family Archives, The (DC, 2006 series) #1

1 page Giggle Gags filler

Genre	Gags
Pencils	?

13 page Captain Marvel story "Captain Marvel Fights a Nightmare"

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

2 page none text story "Killer In the North"

Script	Carl Formes (signed)
Letters	typeset

10 page Captain Marvel story "The What-Not Adventure"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre	superhero
Script	Alfred Bester? Marc Swayze?
Pencils	C. C. Beck?
Inks	C. C. Beck?
Notes	Swayze writer credit based on interview w/him in Alter Ego #56 (February, 2006), and added by Craig Delich.

1 page Adventures In Stamps filler

Genre	fact
Inks	? [as Joe Simon] (signed as Simon)
Letters	?; typeset (some)

6 page Captain Kidd story "Tanks A Lot"

Characters	Captain Kidd
Script	Al Liederman
Pencils	Al Liederman
Inks	Al Liederman
Letters	Al Liederman
Notes	Letterer added by Craig Delich 2010-2-1.

1 page Strange But True filler

Genre	fact
Notes	This filler says that over 7,000 Captain Marvel drawings are published annually.

12 page Captain Marvel story "The Three Wishes of Tim Tucker"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam; Steamboat; Tim Tucker; Professor Murder (villain, introduction)
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck?
Inks	C. C. Beck?

1 page Comix Cards filler

Characters	Captain Marvel Jr.; Bulletgirl
Pencils	? (various)
Inks	? various)