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Issue Details

Issue #43
Published May 1946
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Will Lieberson

Cover Details

Characters Mary Marvel; Mr. Scarlet (Inset); Pinky (Inset); Commando Yank (Inset); Phantom Eagle (Inset)
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Binder
Inks Jack Binder

1 page filler "Contents page"

Pencils Jack Binder
Inks Jack Binder

8 page Mary Marvel story "Pandora's Box"

Characters Shazam (Guest Appearance); Selena (Guest Appearance); Hippolyta (Guest Appearance); Ariadne (Guest Appearance); Zephyrus (Guest Appearance); Aurora (Guest Appearance); Minerva (Guest Appearance); Pandora's Box (Intro; Death)
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Jack Binder
Inks Jack Binder

1 page Giggle Gags filler "Pretty As a Picture"

Genre gag

5 page Mr. Scarlet story "Murder By Magic"

Characters Mr. Scarlet; Pinky; Omar (Villain; Intro; Death); Magical MacDougals (Villain; Intro)
Synopsis When Omar the Magician is proved to be a hoax by the "Magical MacDougals," he implores them to allow him to join them in return for giving up magic. But they don't realize that he has invented a way of eliminating each of them in a scheme to prevent their spilling the beans about him.
Genre superhero
Pencils Carl Pfeufer
Inks Carl Pfeufer
Notes Much info added by Craig Delich (August 18, 2007). Art credit revised from Jack Binder? to Carl Pfeufer by Craig Delich [August 18, 2007].
Reprinted in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #66

1 page Official War Archives filler "contents page"

Pencils Jack Binder?
Inks Jack Binder?

5 page Phantom Eagle story "Sweetens the Enemy"

Genre aviation
Script Marc Swayze?
Pencils Marc Swayze
Inks Marc Swayze
Notes WWII untold story

5 page Phantom Eagle story "The Iron Tiger of Nippon"

Genre aviation
Script Marc Swayze?
Pencils Marc Swayze
Inks Marc Swayze
Notes WWII untold tale

1 page Tightwad Tad filler "A Weighty Problem"

Genre gag

2 page Penny Graves text story "Death's Wings Brushed By"

Script Joseph Millard (John Messmann)
Letters Typeset
Notes Penny Graves text story.

1 page Boy Scout Bob filler "An Eye For Things"

Genre gag

6 page Commando Yank story "The Kingdom of Ice"

Genre superhero
Pencils Edd Ashe?
Inks Edd Ashe?
Notes WWII untold tale

6 page Commando Yank story "Six Hours Till Dawn"

Genre superhero
Pencils Edd Ashe?
Inks Edd Ashe?
Notes WWII untold story