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Issue Details

Issue	#17
Published	May 1941
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Editing	France Herron

Cover Details

Genre	superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	Pete Costanza?
Reprinted	in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #2

11 page Captain Marvel story "The Threat to Sterling Morris"

Characters	Spy Smasher
Genre	superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	Pete Costanza
Notes	part 4 of Captain Marvel vs. Spy Smasher story; continues in Spy Smasher story in this issue
Reprinted	in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #2

9 page Golden Arrow story "The Sign of the Sheep"

Genre	western
Pencils	Pete Costanza?
Inks	Pete Costanza?

8 page Lance O'Casey story "The Secret Airplane Base"

Genre	adventure
Pencils	Bob Kingett
Inks	Bob Kingett

8 page Spy Smasher story "Confrontation with Captain Marvel"

Characters	Captain Marvel
Genre	spy; superhero
Pencils	Charles Sultan
Inks	Charles Sultan
Notes	part 5 of Captain Marvel vs. Spy Smasher story; continues in Captain Marvel story in next issue
Reprinted	in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #2

9 page Dan Dare story "Cave-In At the Bar-X Mine"

Genre	detective
Pencils	Greg Duncan
Inks	Greg Duncan

2 page text story Rollo Bollo "The Snake of Ceylon

Pencils	Carl Formes
Inks	Carl Formes
Letters	Typeset

6 page Dr. Voodoo story "King Richard the Conqueror"

Characters	Maxinya (Guest Star); King Richard (Intro); Sir Galan (Intro)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Mac Raboy
Inks	Mac Raboy
Notes	Part 1 of Golden Flask Quest.

7 page Ibis the Invincible story "The Kidnapped Cadet"

Characters	Trug (Villain); Man of the Mountain (Villain; Intro); Thoth (Intro)
Genre	occult; superhero
Pencils	Alex Blum?
Inks	Alex Blum?
Notes	Story continues in next issue.