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Issue Details

Issue #42
Published January 1945
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 filler "Contents page"

10 page Captain Marvel story "Captain Marvel In St. Paul, Minnesota"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck?
Inks C. C. Beck?
Notes City story: St. Paul, MN

1 page Captain Kid story

Pencils Al Liederman
Inks Al Liederman

2 page text story "Thirty Fathom Courage"

Script Ross H. Davis
Letters typeset

12 page Captain Marvel story "The World of If"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Adolf Hitler (villain); Hermann Goering (villain); Josef Goebbels (villain)
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder

1 page Dopey Danny Dee story

Genre Gags
Script George Marko
Pencils George Marko
Inks George Marko
Notes two humor fillers

8 page Captain Marvel story "The Monster Society of Evil Ch. 21: The Unholy Hydra"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mr. Mind (villain); the Hydra (first appearance; villain; death)
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

8 page Captain Marvel story "The Plot Against Christmas"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre superhero
Pencils Pete Costanza?
Inks Pete Costanza?