| Issue | #2 |
| Published | February 1940 |
| Cover Price | $0.10 |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Bill Parker |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | C. C. Beck |
| Inks | C. C. Beck |
| Reprinted | in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #F-4; in Millennium Edition: Whiz Comics 2 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn]; in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #1 |
| Characters | Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (intro, origin), Shazam (intro), Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (intro), Sterling Morris (intro) and station WHIZ (intro), Seven Deadly Enemies of Man (intro), Ebenezer Batson (intro, in flashback) |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Bill Parker |
| Pencils | C. C. Beck |
| Inks | C. C. Beck |
| Colors | Bill Parker |
| Reprinted | in Great Comic Book Heroes, The (Dial Press, 1965 series) #nn [1 p.]; in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #F-4; in Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1976 series) #nn; in Shazam from the Forties to the Seventies (Harmony Books, 1977 series) #nn; in Millennium Edition: Whiz Comics 2 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn]; in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #1 |
| Characters | Intro Ibis the Invincible; Princess Taia |
| Genre | occult; superhero |
| Script | Bill Parker |
| Pencils | C. C. Beck |
| Inks | C. C. Beck |
| Colors | Bill Parker |
| Notes | story continues next issue |
| Reprinted | in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #F-4; in Millennium Edition: Whiz Comics 2 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] |
| Characters | intro & origin of Golden Arrow (Roger Parsons); intro Prof. Paul and Gloria Parsons (his parents; both die in this story); intro White Wind, his horse; V: Brand Braddock, Bronk and Brute Braddock (I for all) |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Bill Parker |
| Pencils | Greg Duncan |
| Inks | Greg Duncan |
| Colors | Bill Parker |
| Reprinted | in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #F-4; in Millennium Edition: Whiz Comics 2 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] |
| Characters | intro Spy Smasher (Alan Armstrong); intro The Mask; intro Admiral Corby and his daughter Eve Corby; intro the Gyro-Sub |
| Genre | spy; superhero |
| Script | Bill Parker |
| Pencils | C. C. Beck |
| Inks | C. C. Beck |
| Colors | Bill Parker |
| Reprinted | in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #F-4; in Millennium Edition: Whiz Comics 2 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] |
| Characters | intro Scoop Smith; intro sidekick Blimp Black & editor Bruce Lane; intro Dr. Death (Dr. James Kirk!) |
| Genre | detective |
| Script | Bill Parker |
| Pencils | Greg Duncan |
| Inks | Greg Duncan |
| Colors | Bill Parker |
| Reprinted | in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #F-4; in Millennium Edition: Whiz Comics 2 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] |
| Characters | intro Lance O'Casey; intro Mr. Monk Hogan (his chimp) |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Bill Parker |
| Pencils | Bob Kingett |
| Inks | Bob Kingett |
| Colors | Bill Parker? |
| Notes | continued next issue |
| Reprinted | in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #F-4; in Millennium Edition: Whiz Comics 2 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] |
| Characters | intro Dan Dare; intro Carol Clews |
| Genre | detective |
| Script | Bill Parker |
| Pencils | Greg Duncan |
| Inks | Greg Duncan |
| Colors | Bill Parker |
| Notes | continued next issue |
| Reprinted | in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #F-4; in Millennium Edition: Whiz Comics 2 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] |