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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published Summer 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing France Herron
Notes (4/23/41-7/23/41)

Cover Details

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre Superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Notes (4/23/41-7/23/41)
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #15; in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #3 (November 2002)

17 page Captain Marvel story "World of the Microscope"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Beautia Sivana; Dr. Sivana [Thaddeus Sivana] (villain); The Germ-People (first appearance; villains)
Synopsis Sivana uses his latest discovery to shrink Captain Marvel and Beautia.
Genre superhero
Pencils George Tuska
Inks George Tuska
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #15; in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #3 (November 2002)

1 page Play Square With Captain Marvel activity

Genre superhero
Notes game
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #15

12 page Captain Marvel story "Invasion From Mars"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Henderson; The Spider Men from Mars (first appearance; villains)
Synopsis The Spider Men from Mars invade the Earth.
Genre superhero
Pencils George Tuska
Inks George Tuska
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #15; in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #3 (November 2002)

2 page Captain Marvel text story "The Curse of the Scorpion"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam; Dr. Stephen Lang; Prof. Luther Bentley; James Malcolm
Genre superhero
Pencils George Tuska
Inks George Tuska
Letters typeset
Notes recounts 1st episode of Adventures of Captain Marvel movie serial. Art id by Craig Delich.
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #15; in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #3 (November 2002)

14 page Captain Marvel story "The Pirate's Treasure"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Captain Thaddeus Heth (first appearance; villain; death); Mozo (first appearance; villain; death); Esau Grommett (first appearance; villain; death)
Synopsis Captain Marvel fights sea pirates.
Genre superhero
Script Rod Reed
Pencils George Tuska
Inks George Tuska
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #15; in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #3 (November 2002)

18 page Captain Marvel story "The Arson Fiend"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Mr. Barclay (first appearance; death); Mike (first appearance); The Arson Fiend [George D. Tweedle] (first appearance; villain; death)
Synopsis Captain Marvel stops an arsonist.
Genre superhero
Script Rod Reed
Pencils George Tuska
Inks George Tuska
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #15; in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #3 (November 2002)