Issue Details

Issue	#51
Published	February 1944
Cover Price	0.10
Editing	Will Lieberson*

Cover Details - "Captain Marvel Judges the Ugly Beauty Contest"

Characters	Captain Marvel
Genre	superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Table of Contents"

Letters

typeset

15 page Captain Marvel story "The Beauty Contest"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck

9 page Golden Arrow story "The Iron Horse"

Characters	Golden Arrow
Genre	western

8 page Spy Smasher story "Mystery of Spy Island"

Characters	Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]
Genre	spy; superhero

8 page Lance O'Casey story "The Deadly Seadragon"

Characters	Lance O'Casey; Mike; King Pepo; Commander Sato-Sato (Villain; Intro; Death?)
Synopsis	While sailing at sea, Mike spots a seadragon, only to discover it is made of metal----and manned by the Japanese.
Genre	adventure
Notes	Story is also called "The Deadly Seadragons"; synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-31-08.
Reprinted	in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #69

2 page Wicky and O'Shawnessy text story "Big Game Hunter"

Script	Rod Reed
Letters	Typeset

8 page Ibis the Invincible story "Bobo the Hobo"

Genre

occult; superhero