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Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	December 12, 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)

1 page Captain Marvel illustration "Frontispiece"

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

15 page Captain Marvel story "Captain Marvel's Double Trouble"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Katinka (first appearance); Beautia Sivana; Dr. Sivana [Thaddeus Sivana] (villain); Maxim the Midget (first appearance; villain); Bummy Bond [as Captain Marvel] (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis	Captain Marvel rescues a princess kidnapped by Sivana.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck?
Inks	C. C. Beck?
Reprinted	in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #4 (February 2004)

13 page Captain Marvel story "The King of the Crater"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Johnny; King of the Crater [Mr. Mawks] (first appearance; villain; death)
Synopsis	Captain Marvel prevents a terrorist from taking control of the Earth's volcanoes.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck?
Inks	C. C. Beck?
Reprinted	in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #4 (February 2004)

2 page text story "You Can't Kill a Ghost"

Script	Joseph Millard
Letters	typeset

15 page Captain Marvel story "Captain Marvel Solves the Swamp Mystery"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Pappy Sims (first appearance); Mammy Sims (first appearance); The Swamp Devil [Mr. Woggs] (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis	Captain Marvel discovers why The Swamp Devil is trying to scare people off their land.
Genre	Superhero
Reprinted	in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #4 (February 2004)

6 page Captain Kid story "Introducing Captain Kid"

Characters	Captain Kid (first appearance; costumed kid pseudo-hero); Betty Mae (first appearance; his girlfriend)
Script	Al Liederman
Pencils	Al Liederman
Inks	Al Liederman

11 page Captain Marvel story "Sivana's Strange Chemical Potion"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Jerry; Dr. Sivana [Thaddeus Sivana] (villain); Herman (villain); Endicott (villain)
Synopsis	Sivana uses a potion to change Billy into another person who doesn't remember his name.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck
Reprinted	in Shazam! Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #4 (February 2004)