Issue Details

Issue	#21
Published	September 1941
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Editing	France Herron

Cover Details

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] Three Lieutenant Marvels [Fat Marvel [Billy Batson]; Hill Marvel [Billy Batson]; Tall Marvel [Billy Batson]]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck
Reprinted	in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #3 (November 2002)

11 page Captain Marvel story "The Vengeful Four"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Three Lieutenant Marvels [Fat Marvel [Billy Batson] (first appearance; origin); Hill Marvel [Billy Batson] (first appearance; origin); Tall Marvel [Billy Batson] (first appearance; origin)]; Joe; Dr. Sivana [Thaddeus Sivana] (villain); Captain Death (villain); Herr Geyer (villain)
Synopsis	Billy meets three boys with the same name, and grants them a portion of his powers.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck
Reprinted	in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #3 (November 2002)

9 page Golden Arrow story "The Railroad Wreckers"

Genre	western
Pencils	Alex Blum?
Inks	Alex Blum?

8 page Lance O'Casey story "Crew of Criminals"

Genre	adventure
Pencils	Clem Weisbecker?
Inks	Clem Weisbecker?

9 page Spy Smasher story "Blitzing the Blitzys"

Characters	Otto Bund (Villain; Intro); Blitzys (Villain)
Genre	spy; superhero
Script	Otto Binder?
Pencils	Charles Sultan
Inks	Charles Sultan
Colors	Otto Binder?

2 page text story "Death To the Traitor"

Pencils	Carl Formes (LaRac Semrof)
Inks	Carl Formes (LaRac Semrof)
Letters	Typeset

8 page Dan Dare story "The Vital Defense Plans"

Genre	detective
Pencils	Ken Battefield?
Inks	Ken Battefield?

6 page Dr. Voodoo story "Dr. Voodoo's Revenge"

Characters	Anita (Guest Star); Nero (Guest Star)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Mac Raboy
Inks	Mac Raboy
Notes	Part 5 of Golden Flask Quest; title from last issue blurb

9 page Ibis the Invincible story "The Coming of Half-Man"

Characters	Half-Man (Villain; Intro; Origin)
Genre	occult; superhero
Pencils	Pete Costanza?
Inks	Pete Costanza?
Notes	Story continues in next issue.