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Issue Details

Issue #47
Published October 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Editing Rod Reed

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck

1 page filler "Contents Page"

16 page Captain Marvel story "Captain Marvel's Birthday"

Characters Billy Batson (Origin; details); Captain Marvel (Origin retold); Captain Marvel, Jr. (Guest Star); Mary Marvel (Guest Star); Spy Smasher (Guest Star); Ibis (Guest Star); Taia (Guest Star); Lance O'Casey (Guest Star); Golden Arrow (Guest Star); Bulletman (Guest Star); Captain Midnight (Guest Star); Shazam (Cameo)
Synopsis Captain Marvel appeals to readers to give him a birthday.
Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck

9 page Golden Arrow story "The Silver Slingshot"

Genre western
Pencils Harry Parkhurst
Inks Harry Parkhurst

13 page Spy Smasher story "The Siren's Song"

Genre spy; superhero

2 page Pee Wee Pete filler

Genre gag

8 page Lance O'Casey story "Madness of the Pigmy Island"

Genre adventure
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Clem Weisbecker
Inks Clem Weisbecker

2 page text story "Time and the East"

Script J. J. Wentworth (John B. Wentworth?)
Letters Typeset

9 page Ibis the Invincible story "Moon Monsters"

Characters Luna (Villain); Moon Monsters (Villain; Intro)
Genre occult; superhero
Pencils Alex Blum?
Inks Alex Blum?

1 page Hedda and Tails filler

Genre gag
Script Victor E. Pazmiño
Pencils Victor E. Pazmiño
Inks Victor E. Pazmiño
Colors Victor E. Pazmiño