Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license.

Issue Details

Issue #2
Published February 11, 1942 - May 13, 1942
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 100
Editing France Herron

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Spy Smasher; Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Minute Man; Mr. Scarlet
Genre Superhero
Pencils Mac Raboy
Inks Mac Raboy
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #4 (February 2004)

20 page Captain Marvel story "The Park Robberies"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Miss La Verne; Chief Brannigan (first appearance); Officer Hoolihan (first appearance); Officer Shaunessy (first appearance); Steamboat Bill (first appearance); Napoleon (a horse); Stinko [Stenko] (first appearance; villain); Stinko's gang [Babyface; Bubbles; Chuggers; Littletoe] (first appearance; villains)
Genre Superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck; Mac Raboy
Inks C. C. Beck; Mac Raboy
Notes Mac Raboy drawing on splash. Stinko and his gangs next appearance in CAPTAIN MARVEL ADVENTURES #13.
Reprinted in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #4 (February 2004)

18 page Bulletman story "The Return of the Black Rat"

Characters Black Rat (villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Phil Bard
Inks Phil Bard

2 page text story "The Camera Sees Death"

Letters typeset

18 page Minute Man story "The Return of the Black Poet"

Characters Black Poet (villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Phil Bard
Inks Phil Bard

2 page Chubby filler

Genre gag
Script Tom McNamara
Pencils Tom McNamara
Inks Tom McNamara

18 page Spy Smasher story "The Spy Smasher Movie Peril"

Genre spy; superhero
Pencils Mac Raboy ?
Inks Mac Raboy ?
Notes Plug for Spy Smasher movie.

1 page Strange But True story

Genre fact
Notes filler

15 page Mr. Scarlet and Pinky story "Crimes For a Penny"

Characters Mr. Scarlet; Pinky; John D. Rokkafeller (murder victim)
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Phil Bard
Inks Phil Bard