Issue Details

Issue	#104
Published	November 1948
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Mercedes Shull [as M. Shull]

Cover Details

Genre	superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Contents Page"

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam

7 page Captain Marvel story "The World's Mightiest Machine"

Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger

Half page filler "Comix Cards"

Characters

Tom Mix; Hopalong Cassidy; Monte Hale

1 page Little Miss Money Bags filler "Poor Girl!"

Genre

gag

1 page Wheaties advertisement "Matty Bell"

Notes

Ad in sequential art form.

Half page Bell Bottom Bill filler "Two Bits"

Genre

Gag

Half page Nautical Nancy filler "The End"

Genre

Gag

6 page Golden Arrow story "The Vanishing Payrolls!"

Genre	western
Pencils	Louis Cazeneuve
Inks	Louis Cazeneuve

Half page Doc Sorebones filler "Sleep on It!"

Genre

Gag

Half page Wilbur the Waiter filler "Food Detective!"

Genre

Gag

1 page Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil advertisement "Sam Takes Himself for a Ride"

Notes

Ad in sequential art form.

2 page A Wicky and O'Shawnessy Story text story "Kidnap Scare"

Script	Rod Reed
Letters	Typeset

7 page Ibis the Invincible story "The Tapestry of Terror"

Genre	occult; superhero
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger

Half page The Culture Corner filler "How to Sharpen Your Wits"

Characters	Croucher K. Conk
Genre	humor
Script	Basil Wolverton
Pencils	Basil Wolverton
Inks	Basil Wolverton
Colors	Basil Wolverton
Reprinted	in Culture Corner, The (Fantagraphics, 2010 series) #[nn]

Half page The Captain Marvel Club promo (ad from the publisher) "Get on the band wagon!"

Characters

Billy Batson

4 page Freshman Freddy story "In the Dog House"

Genre

teen; humor

8 page Lance O'Casey story "The Peril of the Pearls!"

Genre

adventure

Half page filler "Quiz.."

1 page Erector advertisement "Boys! Look at all the spectacular buzz-with-action models you can build..."

Characters	Superman
Notes	Ad in sequential art form.