Issue: #16
Published: April 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: France Herron
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 2.
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| Comic Story (11 pages) |
Confrontation with Spy Smasher |
| Featuring: |
Captain Marvel |
| Synopsis: |
Sterling Morris calls Billy into his office and shows him newspaper headlines about Spy Smasher running wild and posing a real danger to U.S. defense sectors. Upon hearing that the former hero is at the federal penitentiary helping prisoners escape, Billy changes to Captain Marvel and travels to the prison to stop Spy Smasher. But Spy Smasher escapes, captures the good Captain, and subjects him to the Brainograph once belonging to the Mask! |
| Credits: |
Pencils: C. C. Beck | Inks: Pete Costanza |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong] Sterling Morris The Nazis (villains) |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
Carol Braddock -- Marked for Death |
| Featuring: |
Golden Arrow |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Pete Costanza | Inks: Pete Costanza |
| Genre: |
Western-frontier |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
The Land of the Leopard Men |
| Featuring: |
Lance O'Casey |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Bob Kingett | Inks: Bob Kingett |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
The Trap for Eve Corby |
| Featuring: |
Spy Smasher |
| Synopsis: |
Wanting to save Spy Smasher from the terrible effects of the Mask's Brainograph, Eve drives to Alan Armstrong's Virginia estate, believing him to be hiding there. He is, but Spy Smasher believes Eve to be a threat to him, so he decides to burn the house down with her in it, and it's only through the timely actions of Captain Marvel that her life is spared. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Charles Sultan | Inks: Charles Sultan |
| Genre: |
Spy Superhero |
| Characters: |
Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong] Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] Eve Corby Admiral Corby; |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Circus Hero |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Carl Formes | Inks: Carl Formes | Letters: Typeset |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
The Man Whose Words Came True |
| Featuring: |
Ibis the Invincible |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Alex Blum? | Inks: Alex Blum? |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Trug (Villain) Osiris (Intro) |
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