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Issue Details

Issue #25
Published December 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
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) #4 (February 2004)

16 page Captain Marvel story "The Origin of Captain Marvel, Jr."

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman] (first appearance; origin); Sterling Morris; Whitey Murphy; Jacob Freeman (Freddy Freeman's uncle; first appearance; death); Shazam; Captain Nazi [Albrecht Krieger] (villain); Adolph Hitler (villain)
Synopsis Billy passes along part of his powers to a boy crippled by Captain Nazi.
Genre Superhero
Script France Herron
Pencils C. C. Beck; Mac Raboy
Inks C. C. Beck; Mac Raboy
Colors France Herron
Notes Part 2 of Captain Marvel / Bulletman / Captain Marvel Jr. vs. Captain Nazi trilogy. Story continued from Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #21 and story continues in Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #22. Second appearance of the Wizard Shazam.
Reprinted in Shazam from the Forties to the Seventies (Harmony Books, 1977 series) #nn (1977); in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #4 (February 2004)

9 page Golden Arrow story "Strongest Man In the World"

Characters Carol Braddock (Guest Star; Last Appearance); Great Beefo (Villain; Intro)
Genre western
Pencils Harry Parkhurst?
Inks Harry Parkhurst?

2 page text story "The Origin of Shazam: 1: Solomon--Wisest of Men"

Pencils Juan Lopez
Inks Juan Lopez
Letters Typeset
Notes Biography of Solomon.

9 page Spy Smasher story "America-Smasher's Ski Tank"

Characters America-Smasher (Villain)
Genre spy; superhero
Pencils Alex Blum?
Inks Alex Blum?
Notes Spy Smasher gets his green uniform in this story.

8 page Lance O'Casey story "Red Bart's Evil Plot"

Genre adventure
Pencils Clem Weisbecker?
Inks Clem Weisbecker?

6 page Dr. Voodoo story "The Death Guards Ride"

Characters Anita (Guest Star); Nero (Guest Star); Black Marco (Villain; Intro); Death Guards (Villain; Intro)
Genre jungle
Pencils Mark Schneider
Inks Mark Schneider
Notes Part 8 of Golden Flask Quest.

10 page Ibis the Invincible story "The Evil That Men Do Lives After Them"

Characters Birbo (Villain; Intro; Death); Rameses (Rameses II?; Villain; Intro; revived in this story)
Genre occult; superhero
Pencils ? (as Binder studio)
Inks ? (as Binder studio)
Notes Story continues in next issue.