Issue Details

Issue	#45
Published	April 1945
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	J. B. Magill

Cover Details

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

1 page Captain Marvel public service announcement

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam
Synopsis	Table of contents and a PSA asking kids to collect and turn in paper for the war effort.
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck

8 page Captain Marvel story "The Blood Bank Robberies"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Crowder; Mr. Morris; Johnny; Dr. Curtis
Synopsis	Captain Marvel must stop the gang that is robbing Blood Banks.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Pete Costanza?
Inks	Pete Costanza?

Half page Dopey Danny Dee story "Business is so slow, even I'm not tired from the work"

Characters	Danny Dee
Synopsis	Danny decides to give himself a shave.
Genre	Gags
Pencils	George Marko
Inks	George Marko

Half page Captain Marvel Club promo (ad from the publisher) "It's a Knockout!"

Characters	Shazam [Billy Batson]
Synopsis	Promo for the Captain Marvel Club which can be joined for 10cents.

1 page Wheaties advertisement "I should have warned you about shaking hands with Willie."

Synopsis	Wheaties ad with a little kid man-handling a soldier when shaking his hand.
Pencils	Reamer Keller (signed)
Inks	Reamer Keller (signed)

7 page Captain Marvel story "Captain Marvel Gets Mothered"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Steamboat; Mr. Morris; Mrs. Sadie Simpson
Synopsis	Mrs. Simpson wants to be a mother to Billy Batson.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck?
Inks	C. C. Beck?

1 page Volto From Mars; Grape Nuts Cereal advertisement "A shark! Hey! Look out!"

Characters

Volto

1 page Sergeant Sandy filler "Beans! Beans! Beans!"

Characters	Sergeant Sandy
Synopsis	Sergeant Sandy tries to order a sandwich.
Genre	Gags

2 page text story "Hoya, the Fugitive"

Script	Arthur Lane
Letters	typeset

8 page Captain Marvel story "The Monster Society of Evil Ch. 24: The Undersea Monster Brigade"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mr. Mind (villain); Herkimer (villain); Monster Brigade (first appearance; villain)
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