Issue Details

Issue	#117
Published	January 1950
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Virginia Provisiero

Cover Details - "Versus Sivana's Science"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sivana; Golden Arrow (inset)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger

1 page Carnation Malted Milk advertisement "Rocky Lane Takes to the Air!"

Characters	Rocky Lane
Notes	Ad in sequential art form.

9 page Captain Marvel story "Versus Sivana's Science"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Sivana (villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger

Half page text article "Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc."

Letters

typeset

Half page Wilbur the Waiter filler "Chicken Croquette"

Genre

Gag

Half page The Captain Marvel Club promo (ad from the publisher) "The world's mightiest mortal heads the world's mightiest club!"

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]

2 page A Wicky and O'Shawnessy Story text story "Dead-Eye Wick"

Characters	Wicky; O'Shawnessy
Genre	adventure
Script	Rod Reed
Pencils	? (illustration)
Inks	? (illustration)
Letters	typeset

Half page Dubble Bubble advertisement "That dumb-bunny brother of mine missed another perfect pass!"

Half page public service announcement "Put more opportunity in your future..."

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Notes	U.S. Savings Bonds

6 page Golden Arrow story "The Cattle Fraud"

Characters	Golden Arrow
Genre	western

Half page filler "Comix Cards"

Characters

Gabby Hayes

7 page Lance O'Casey story "The Plight of Homer Whittington, Jr."

Characters	Lance O'Casey; Homer Whittington, Jr.
Genre	adventure

1 page Doc Sorebones filler "Clean Sweep"

Characters	Doc Sorebones
Genre	gag

1 page Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil advertisement "The Case of the 50 Year Old Clue"

Notes

Ad in sequential art form.

Half page Wilbur the Waiter filler "Is Fowled Up!"

Characters	Wilbur
Genre	gag

5 page The Culture Corner filler "How to Bow"

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]

4 page Freshman Freddy story "A Course in Salesmanship!"

Characters	Freddy
Genre	teen; humor

7 page Ibis the Invincible story "Apollyon's Book"

Characters	Ibis; Taia; Professor Hertz (death); Brane (villain, death); Apollyon the Destroyer (villain, death)
Synopsis	A brilliant student of a noted professor obtains a book from the crypt of a long dead Pharoah, which contains the most infernal evil rites ever practiced upon the earth, and Ibis must find a way to stop him as well as Apollyon whom he has called forth.
Genre	occult; superhero
Reprinted	in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #81 (2010)

1 page Happy Hal filler "Medical Exam"

Characters	Happy Hal
Genre	gag

1 page The Electric Game Co., Inc. advertisement "New! Jim Prentice...Amazing...Exciting..Electric Football"

Notes

Ad in sequential art form.