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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published October 31, 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing France Herron

Cover Details

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre Superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Reprinted in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #4 (February 2004)

16 page Captain Marvel story "Sivana's Revenge on the Lieutenant Marvels"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Three Lieutenant Marvels [Fat Marvel [Billy Batson]; Hill Marvel [Billy Batson]; Tall Marvel [Billy Batson]]; Sterling Morris; Beautia Sivana; Dr. Sivana [Thaddeus Sivana] (villain)
Synopsis Billy rescues the Three Lieutenant Marvels from Sivana and his thugs.
Genre Superhero
Pencils George Tuska
Inks George Tuska
Notes The Captain Marvel figure on the splash is also found on the cover of the Captain Marvel Thrill Book.
Reprinted in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #4 (February 2004)

2 page text story "Code of Glory"

Script Dick Raleigh
Letters typeset

16 page Captain Marvel story "The Tunnel of Invasion"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Adolf Hitler (villain); Nazis (villains)
Synopsis Captain Marvel destroys the invasion tunnel Adolf Hitler is having dug beneath the Atlantic Ocean.
Genre Superhero
Pencils George Tuska
Inks George Tuska
Reprinted in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #4 (February 2004)

1 page Strange But True filler

Genre fact

12 page Captain Marvel story "The Secret Submarine Base"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Officer Casey; Gus; Butch; Mr. Fog (first appearance; villain); Baron Von Slugg (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis Captain Marvel helps to prevent a submarine base being set up in South America.
Genre Superhero
Pencils George Tuska
Inks George Tuska
Reprinted in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #4 (February 2004)

15 page Captain Marvel story "The Lawless Legion"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Mr. Shaw (first appearance); Officer Flynn (first appearance; death); Giggy Golton (first appearance; villain); Beefy (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis Captain Marvel prevents a gang leader from assassinating the prosecuting attorney.
Genre Superhero
Pencils George Tuska
Inks George Tuska
Reprinted in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #4 (February 2004)