Issue Details

Issue	#23
Published	April 28, 1943
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Rod Reed?

Cover Details

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	Pete Costanza

1 page credits "Contents page"

15 page Captain Marvel story "The Lie Detector"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Lye (first appearance)
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck?
Inks	C. C. Beck?

12 page Captain Marvel story "The Mirror of Evil"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Eel (first appearance; villain; death); Levram (an evil mirror-duplicate Captain Marvel; first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	superhero

2 page text story "The Fiery Arrow"

Script	Nathaniel Nitkin
Letters	typeset

3 page filler "Winners of Paste-The-Axis Contest"

Notes

C. C. Beck illo

12 page Captain Marvel story "The Monster Society of Evil Ch. 2: The Jungle Trap"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mr. Mind (villain; voice only); Ibac (villain; last Golden Age appearance; next appearance in Shazam! #3)
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck
Reprinted	in Monster Society of Evil, The (Hawk Books, 1989 series) #1

6 page Captain Kid story "Grippo the Grunter"

Characters	Grippo (first appearance; a wrestler)
Script	Al Liederman
Pencils	Al Liederman
Inks	Al Liederman

10 page Captain Marvel story "The Impossible Feats"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck?
Inks	C. C. Beck?

1 page Comix Cards (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix*

Characters

Steamboat and Lance O'Casey