Digital Comic Museum - Captain Marvel Story Book 003


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Issue: #3
Published: Spring 1948, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Wendell Crowley; Will Lieberson (executive editor); Wilford Hamilton Fawcett [as W. H. Fawcett, Jr.] (signed, president)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 2, Part 1B, Number 1, Pamphlets, Serials and Contributions to Periodicals, January-June 1948. Copyright registration number AA39707. This issue was indexed from scanned copy at the Digital Comics Museum (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=26364) [retrieved 13 February 2016].

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Captain Marvel
Credits:	Pencils: C.. C. Beck \| Inks: Pete Costanza ?
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Captain Marvel Unnamed Police Officer

Illustration (1 page)
Synopsis:	A pin-up of Captain Marvel and the wizard Shazam with a brief back story about Marvel's origins.
Credits:	Pencils: C. C. Beck ? \| Inks: Pete Costanza ?
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Captain Marvel Shazam

Credits, Title Page (1 page)	Bucket of Blood Murders!
Featuring:	Captain Marvel
Credits:	Pencils: C. C. Beck ? \| Inks: Pete Costanza ? \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Captain Marvel Detective Butch O'Grady

Comic Story (25 pages)	Bucket O' Blood Murders!
Featuring:	Captain Marvel
Synopsis:	Captain Marvel, with the help of Detective O'Grady and later his son Percy, help stop Mr. Mental and his gang.
Credits:	Script: Bill Woolfolk ? \| Pencils: C. C. Beck \| Inks: Pete Costanza ? \| Letters: ?; typeset
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] Mr. Mental (introduction, Villain) Detective Butch O'Grady Lardhead (villain, Mr. Mental Underling) Sterling Morris Unnamed Surgeon/doctor Unnamed Nurse Percival (Percy) O'Grady R.R. Stoneheart Snitch (villain, Mr. Mental Underling) Lefty (villain, Mr. Mental Underling) Socker DeBull The Mayor

Comic Story (1 page)	Flowerly Description
Featuring:	Frank the Florist
Synopsis:	Frank stops his son from pulling his daughter's pigtails.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Frank Unnamed Police Officer Frank's Daughter Frank's Son

Comic Story (4 pages)	Capt. Kid Gets the Bear Facts
Featuring:	Captain Kid
Synopsis:	Kid thinks he fighting a stuffed bear to show off to his friends, but it turns out to be the real thing.
Credits:	Pencils: Al Liederman \| Inks: Al Liederman
Genre:	Humor Superhero
Characters:	Captain Kid Unnamed Taxidermist Unnamed Bear Trainer Unnamed Kids

Activity (1 page)
Characters:	George Washington Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig

Comic Story (1 page)	Solid Evidence
Featuring:	Mr. Egbert the Executive
Synopsis:	Mr. Egbert refuses to give a business loan to Hawkins.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Mr. Egbert Hawkins

Illustration (1 page)
Synopsis:	Billy Batson introduces to the audience Captain Marvel.
Credits:	Pencils: C. C. Beck ? \| Inks: Pete Costanza ?
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Captain Marvel Billy Batson

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