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Issue Details

Issue #22
Published October 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Editing France Herron

Cover Details

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks Pete Costanza
Reprinted in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #3 (November 2002)

11 page Captain Marvel story "The Temple of Itzalotahui"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Whitey Murphy (first appearance); Miss Dalshaw (first appearance); Pauncho (first appearance); John Malcolm
Synopsis Billy and Whitey go to Central America to rescue Mr. Malcolm.
Genre superhero
Script C. C. Beck
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks Pete Costanza
Colors C. C. Beck
Notes Whitey is from The Adventures of Captain Marvel movie serial.
Reprinted in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #3 (November 2002)

9 page Golden Arrow story "The Rattler"

Characters The Rattler (Villain; Intro)
Genre western
Pencils Alex Blum?
Inks Alex Blum?

9 page Spy Smasher story "Showdown With Kurt Bund"

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

8 page Lance O'Casey story "The End of the Mutineers"

Genre adventure
Pencils Clem Weisbecker?
Inks Clem Weisbecker?

2 page text story "Paid In Full"

Pencils Carl Formes
Inks Carl Formes
Letters Typeset

8 page Dan Dare story "The Sinister Spider"

Characters The Spider [Dr. Phoebus Weber] (Villain; Intro)
Genre detective
Pencils Ken Battefield?
Inks Ken Battefield?
Notes Last Dan Dare story.

6 page Dr. Voodoo story "Battle On the Cliffs"

Characters Anita (Guest Star); Nero (Guest Star); Herculo Svenson (Villain; Intro)
Genre jungle
Pencils Mac Raboy
Inks Mac Raboy
Notes Part 6 of Golden Flask Quest; title from last issue blurb

9 page Ibis the Invincible story "Into the Black Hole"

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