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.