Issue: #1
Published: 1941, Price: 0.15 USD, Pages: 100, Editing: France Herron
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Notes: Some sources (Golden Age Comics at http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/index.php?cid=3|) list the publication date as March 1941. Roy Thomas reports Fall 1941, in Error Report #2568. Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide (35th Ed) lists May? 1941. Gerber lists the publication date as 10-15-41. Copyright Registration publication date is Oct 15, 1941.
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| Comic Story (20 pages) |
Ghost of the Deep |
| Featuring: |
Captain Marvel |
| Synopsis: |
A mysterious character, calling himself The Ghost of the Deep, kills to get a formula that will enable him to solve America's invasion problem: by sinking government ships with a mysterious force. Captain Marvel heads to the west coast to see if he can discover the cause and put a stop to it. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: C. C. Beck | Inks: C. C. Beck |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] Sterling Morris Hugo (villain, A Scientist, Introduction, Death) The Ghost Of The Deep [Spriggins] (villain, Chief Newscaster Of The Monopoly Broadcasting Company, Introduction, Death) Un-named Members Of The Ghost's Gang (villains, Introduction For All, All Die) |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Death Doesn't Whisper |
| Credits: |
Script: Joseph J. Millard | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Chubby |
| Credits: |
Script: Tom McNamara | Pencils: Tom McNamara | Inks: Tom McNamara |
| Genre: |
Humor Children |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Strange But True |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
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