Issue Details

Issue	#109
Published	May 1949
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Mercedes Shull [as M. Shull]

Cover Details - "Sivana's Ancestors"

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

1 page Captain Marvel filler "Contents Page"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam
Genre	Superhero

8 page Captain Marvel story "Sivana's Family Tree"

Characters	Sivana; Great Grandpappy Sivana; Black Sivana; Simon Sivana; Sivana the Sorceror; Sir Sivana; Black Sheep Sivana
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger

Half page filler "Comix Cards"

Characters

Monte Hale

1 page Adventures of "Popsicle Pete" advertisement "At the Airport Control Tower"

Notes

The top half of the ad is in sequential art form.

1 page Doc Sorebones filler "Choked Up!"

Genre

gag

1 page Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil advertisement "Fake Fiddler Foiled"

Notes

Ad in sequential art form.

4 page Freshman Freddy story "The Patient Patient"

Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Little
Pencils	Frank Bolle
Inks	Frank Bolle
Colors	Frank Little

9 page Lance O'Casey story "The Pirate's Festival!"

Characters	Singapore Sal
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Lee Elias?
Inks	Lee Elias?

Half page The Culture Corner filler "How to Keep a Chill From Your Bill"

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 Cracker Jack advertisement "Quiz-Whiz That's Me"

Notes

Ad in sequential art form.

2 page A Wicky and O'Shawnessy Story text story "Bike Thief"

Script	Rod Reed
Letters	Typeset

7 page Golden Arrow story "Flaming Destruction"

Genre

western

Half page Wilbur the Waiter filler "Just Desserts"

Genre

gag

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

Characters

Billy Batson

4 page Nick and Dick story "Help! Help! Help!

Genre

Humor

7 page Ibis the Invincible story "The Land of the Lost"

Characters	Death
Genre	occult; superhero