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Issue Details

Issue #145
Published June 1953
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Virginia Provisiero?

Cover Details

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Professor Edgewise
Genre superhero
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger

10 page Captain Marvel story "The World of Giant Rats"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Professor Edgewise; Mork-El
Synopsis Captain Marvel travels to the year 81,953 and discovers that the land is ruled by giant rats, and mankind is reduced to hiding underground.
Genre superhero
Script William Woolfolk
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks Pete Costanza
Notes William Woolfolk credit from the index for Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #21.
Reprinted in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #21

Half page Doc Sorebones filler "A Strange Case"

Genre Gags

4 page Captain Kid story "The Ride Down Death Hill"

Pencils Al Liederman?
Inks Al Liederman?

2 page Jon Jarl text story "The Space Ad"

Genre science fiction
Script Otto Binder [as Eando Binder]
Letters typeset

5 page Captain Marvel story "Whirling Terror"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; King Kull; Dexter Knox
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Pete Costanza?
Inks Pete Costanza?

1 page Dopey Danny Dee story "A Warm Spot"

Genre Gags
Script George Marko
Pencils George Marko
Inks George Marko

11 page Captain Marvel story "The Machines of Murder!"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Professor Edgewise; Dr. Torpe
Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck?
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger?