Issue Details

Issue	#23
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)

15 page Captain Marvel story "The Bal Masque"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Whitey Murphy; Sterling Morris; Lulette (first appearance); Velox; Costanza; Armond [Sir Roger Fittz-Down Chipley] (first appearance)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck
Notes	Story continues in Whiz Comics #24.
Reprinted	in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #3 (November 2002)

9 page Golden Arrow story "The Man Who Bet the Ranch On Golden Arrow"

Genre	western
Pencils	Alex Blum?
Inks	Alex Blum?

2 page text story "Crack Shot"

Pencils	Joseph J. Millard
Inks	Joseph J. Millard
Letters	Typeset

8 page Lance O'Casey story "Hunt For the Sea Raider"

Genre	adventure
Pencils	Clem Weisbecker?
Inks	Clem Weisbecker?

9 page Spy Smasher story "Schtinker's Mosquito Murders"

Genre	spy; superhero
Pencils	Charles Sultan
Inks	Charles Sultan

2 page Chubby filler

Genre	gag
Script	Tom McNamara
Pencils	Tom McNamara
Inks	Tom McNamara
Colors	Tom McNamara

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

Characters	Anita (Guest Star); Nero (Guest Star); Herculo Svenson (Villain)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	George Tuska
Inks	George Tuska
Notes	Part 7 of Golden Flask Quest; title from last issue blurb.

9 page Ibis the Invincible story "Sacrifice To the Angry God"

Characters	Half-Man (Villain); the Angry God (Villain; Intro); Angry God's priest (Villain; Intro; Death)
Genre	occult; superhero
Pencils	? (as Binder studio)
Inks	? (as Binder studio)
Notes	Story continues in next issue.