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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published June 1940
Cover Price 0.10
Editing Bill Parker

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Reprinted in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #1

12 page Captain Marvel story "The Slaves of Dr. Scar"

Characters Mr. Scar (Villain; Intro); Dr. Aloysius Lake (Villain; Intro)
Genre superhero
Script Bill Parker
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Letters Bill Parker
Reprinted in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #1

8 page Golden Arrow story "Enter: Carol Braddock"

Characters Carol Braddock (Intro; the Braddock brothers' niece; appears in most stories thru #25); Bronk and Brute Braddock (Villain)
Genre western
Script Bill Parker
Pencils Pete Costanza
Inks Pete Costanza
Letters Bill Parker

8 page Lance O'Casey story "The Bucket O' Blood"

Genre adventure
Script Bill Parker
Pencils Bob Kingett?
Inks Bob Kingett?
Letters Bill Parker

1 page filler "Sea Dogs"

Characters Lance O'Casey

2 page text story "The Convict's Ghost"

Letters Typeset

8 page Spy Smasher story "Schlitzoff's Spy Plot"

Characters The Mask (Villain); Gerald Schlitzoff (Villain)
Genre spy; superhero
Script Bill Parker
Pencils C. C. Beck?
Inks Pete Costanza
Letters Bill Parker

8 page Dan Dare story "The Great Rollo Mystery"

Genre detective
Script Bill Parker?
Pencils Greg Duncan
Inks Greg Duncan
Letters Bill Parker?
Notes continued next issue; story influenced by Poe's "Murders In the Rue Morgue.

8 page Scoop Smith story "The Kingdom of Scorpia"

Characters King Cortes (Villain; Intro; Death?)
Genre detective
Script Bill Parker?
Pencils Greg Duncan
Inks Greg Duncan
Letters Bill Parker?

9 page Ibis the Invincible story "Showdown With Murder Malone"

Characters Murder Malone (Villain; becomes a toad)
Genre occult; superhero;
Script Bill Parker
Pencils C. C. Beck?
Inks Pete Costanza
Letters Bill Parker
Notes continued in next issue.