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Issue Details

Issue #53
Published February 1946
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 36
Editing Wendell Crowley

Cover Details - "Captain Marvel Gets Promoted!"

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

1 page Contents page story

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam

8 page Captain Marvel story "Uncle Marvel's Rival!"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Uncle Marvel; Ebenezer Batson (last seen in Whiz Comics #2)
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Reprinted in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-27 (1974)

Half page Dopey Danny Dee filler

Genre gag
Pencils George Marko
Inks George Marko
Notes humor filler

Half page Captain Kid filler

Pencils Al Liederman
Inks Al Liederman
Notes humor filler

1 page Tightwad Tad filler

Genre gag
Notes humor filler

8 page Captain Marvel story "The Incredible Calculator"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Professor Smott; Mr. Morris; Professor Sneeyer
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks Pete Costanza
Reprinted in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #15 (November-December 1974); in Shazam! (Williams Forlag A/S, 1974 series) #3/1976

Half page Sergeant Sandy filler "Passes This One By"

Genre gag

1 page Captain Kid filler

Pencils Al Liederman
Inks Al Liederman
Notes humor filler

2 page text story "Bloody Hill"

Script Ray Tender
Letters typeset
Notes text story

1 page Whipper Snappers filler "Riding On the Railroad!"

Notes humor filler

7 page Captain Marvel story "Captain Marvel Gets Promoted"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (also as Colonel Marvel); Colonel Warwick Washington Jefferson Blueridge; Chief Mud-in-Eye (villain)
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Pete Costanza
Inks Pete Costanza
Reprinted in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #17 (March-April 1975)

Half page Witless Witmore filler

Genre gag

1 page Cats and Dogs filler

Genre gag
Script Art Helfant?
Pencils Art Helfant
Inks Art Helfant

1 page Giggle Gags filler "College Daze"

Genre gag
Notes humor filler