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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published September 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Editing Bill Parker

Cover Details

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

11 page Captain Marvel story "The Menace of the Skull"

Characters Captain Death (Villain; Intro); Professor Skull (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

9 page Golden Arrow story "Death Hits the Bull's-Eye"

Characters Bronk and Brute Braddock (Villian)
Genre western
Script Bill Parker
Pencils Pete Costanza
Inks Pete Costanza
Letters Bill Parker

8 page Lance O'Casey story "The Islanders' Gorilla-god"

Characters Marna Dale (Intro); Raider Brand (Villain; Intro; Death)
Genre adventure
Script Bill Parker
Pencils Bob Kingett
Inks Bob Kingett
Letters Bill Parker

8 page Spy Smasher story "Menace of the Magnetic Mine"

Characters The Mask (Villan)
Genre spy; superhero
Script Bill Parker
Pencils Pete Costanza
Inks Pete Costanza
Letters Bill Parker

9 page Dan Dare story "Counterfeiter's Conspiracy"

Genre detective
Script Bill Parker?
Pencils Al Carreno
Inks Al Carreno
Letters Bill Parker?

2 page text story "Jungle Luck"

Letters Typeset

5 page Dr. Voodoo story "Okoro's Revenge Plot"

Characters Maxinya (Guest Star); Okoro (Villain); Dr. Gustave Schmidt (Villain; Intro)
Genre jungle
Script John Hampton
Pencils John Hampton
Inks John Hampton
Letters John Hampton

9 page Ibis the Invincible story "The Treachery of Carl Brand"

Characters Carl Brand (Villain)
Genre occult; superhero
Script Bill Parker
Pencils Al Carreno
Inks Al Carreno
Letters Bill Parker
Notes story continues in next issue.