Issue Details

Issue	#19
Published	January 1, 1943
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Rod Reed

Cover Details

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel; Santa Claus
Genre	superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck

1 page credits "Contents page"

Letters

typeset

16 page Captain Marvel story "The Phantom of the Department Store"

Characters	Captain Marvel; Steamboat; V: The Phantom (Dunkel)
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Pete Costanza?
Inks	Pete Costanza?

12 page Captain Marvel story "The Training of Mary Marvel"

Characters	Captain Marvel; GS: Mary Marvel (next app. in Wow Comics #9)
Synopsis	An eminent professor is made a dupe by a phony scientist/explorer named Greaseley, who claims to have brought live native creatures back from the planet Venus, and togther, Mary & Billy [as the Marvels] put a stop to this scam.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Marc Swayze [Mary Marvel figures]
Inks	Marc Swayze [Mary Marvel figures]
Notes	Some reprint info and synopsis added by Craig Delich (Jan. 14, 2007).
Reprinted	In Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-21 (Summer 1973); in Mary Marvel Fanzine (Mike Bromberg, 2004 series) #4 (October 2005)

10 page Captain Marvel story "His Achilles Heel"

Characters	Captain Marvel; V: Blitzenwitz [a Hitler double, intro]
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Pete Costanza?
Inks	Pete Costanza?

2 page text story "The Wizard's Mark"

Genre	occult
Script	Jim Kjelgaard (signed)
Letters	trpeset

6 page Captain Kidd story "The Tire Thief"

Characters	Captain Kidd
Genre	humor
Script	Al Liederman
Pencils	Al Liederman
Inks	Al Liederman

10 page Captain Marvel story "The Ego Exchanger"

Characters	Captain Marvel; Steamboat
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Pete Costanza?
Inks	Pete Costanza?

1 page Comix Cards filler

Characters	Hopalong Cassidy; Ibis the Invincible
Genre	western; superhero
Notes	Back cover.