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Issue Details

Issue	#40
Published	October 1944
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	J. B. Magill

Cover Details

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

1 page credits "Contents page"

10 page Captain Marvel story "Captain Marvel Gets the Heir"

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

9 page Captain Marvel story "The Chimes of Crime"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck?
Inks	C. C. Beck?

Half page Dopey Danny Dee story

Genre	Gags
Pencils	George Marko
Inks	George Marko
Notes	filler

Half page Sergeant Sandy story

Genre	Gags
Notes	filler

10 page Captain Marvel story "Boston's Mayor For a Day"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck?
Inks	Pete Costanza?
Notes	City story: Boston, MA

2 page Richard Richard, Private Dick story "The Milk Bottle Case"

Characters	Richard Richard (first appearance); Ah Choo (first appearance); Flub Dub (first appearance)
Genre	detective; humor
Script	Dick McCay
Pencils	Dick McCay
Inks	Dick McCay

2 page text story "Ragged Spy"

Letters	typeset
Notes	A True Story as Told By the National War Fund.

8 page Captain Marvel story "The Monster Society of Evil Ch. 19: The Black Ray Death"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mr. Mind (villain); Sylvester (villain); Marmaduke (villain); Bonzo (villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck
Reprinted	in Monster Society of Evil, The (Hawk Books, 1989 series) #1