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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published October 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

11 page Captain Marvel story "Fantastic Crimes of Dr. Durgan"

Characters Dr. Roy Durgan (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 "Race Against a Noose"

Characters Yellow Feather (Villain; Intro)
Genre western
Script Bill Parker
Pencils Pete Costanza
Inks Pete Costanza
Letters Bill Parker

8 page Lance O'Casey story "The BLACKBIRD Pirates"

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

8 page Spy Smasher story "The Hypno-Ray Affair"

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

9 page Dan Dare story "The Radio Racketeers"

Characters Power (Villain; Intro)
Genre detective
Script Bill Parker?
Pencils Al Carreno
Inks Al Carreno
Letters Bill Parker?

2 page text story "You Never Can Tell"

Letters Typeset

5 page Dr. Voodoo story "The Temple of Gold"

Characters Maxinya (Origin); Maxinya's father (Intro)
Genre jungle
Script John Hampton
Pencils Mac Raboy
Inks Mac Raboy
Letters John Hampton

9 page Ibis the Invincible story "The Wrath of Piang"

Characters Piang (Villain; Intro); Carl Brand (Villain; Death)
Genre occult; superhero
Script Bill Parker
Pencils Pete Costanza
Inks Pete Costanza
Letters Bill Parker
Notes story continues in next issue