Digital Comic Museum - Special Edition Comics 01 (paper)(diff ver)


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Scanned for the 12th Anniversary of the Digital Comic Museum.

Issue: #1
Published: 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Bill Parker
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Newsprint Interior; Glossy Cover Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: One-Shot
Notes: On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Captain Marvel
Credits:	Pencils: C. C. Beck \| Inks: C. C. Beck
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]

Comic Story (17 pages)	The Menace of Dr. Allirog
Featuring:	Captain Marvel
Synopsis:	Billy is stunned, like the rest of the crowd, when the challenger in the heavyweight boxing match knocks out the champion with one punch. By hook or crook, trying to get an interview, Billy learns the truth behind what happened and is captured by a giant ape who is actually Dr. Allirog, who works for Slaughter Slade.
Credits:	Script: Bill Parker \| Pencils: C. C. Beck \| Inks: C. C. Beck \| Colours: Bill Parker
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] Unnamed Boxing Champion President Franklin D. Roosevelt (cameo) Slaughter Slade (villain, Boxer) Butch (villain) Dr. Allirog (villain, Scientist, Giant Gorilla, Death) Spider (villain, Allirog's Assistant) Professor Universe (villain, Master Of All Knowledge)

Comic Story (19 pages)	The Haunted House
Featuring:	Captain Marvel
Synopsis:	In 1890, a recluse millionaire, with his dying breath, informs his servant that no one is to enter this house after his death. Anyone doing so will fall under the dying man's curse that will follow them to their grave. When the man dies, the city wants to take the property on back taxes, tear it down and sell the land, but ghosts haunting the property scare everyone off, except Captain Marvel.
Credits:	Script: Bill Parker \| Pencils: C. C. Beck (layouts, all figures) \| Inks: C. C. Beck; Pete Costanza (backgrounds) \| Colours: Bill Parker
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] J. Morton Grood (eccentric Bachelor-millionaire, Flashback, Death) Ricketts (Grood's Servant, Flashback) Police Chief Noble Spencer Barnes [aka J. Morton Grood] (villain, Town Treasurer) Ralph Cole (villain)

Comic Story (9 pages)	Gamblers of Death
Featuring:	Captain Marvel
Synopsis:	Risking death, Billy investigates a phantom gambling ring which uses men's lives as chips in a fantastic game of murder for money.
Credits:	Script: Bill Parker \| Pencils: C. C. Beck \| Inks: Pete Costanza \| Colours: Bill Parker
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] Jack Scott (track Athlete) Jose Angelo (track Athlete) "Long Shot" Louis Lupo (villain, Gambler) Unnamed Sniper (villain)

Comic Story (19 pages)	Sivana the Weather Wizard
Featuring:	Captain Marvel
Synopsis:	Billy seeks to learn why there has been ten times as much damage by tornado, earthquake, hail storms, and floods than the previous year, disasters that threaten to bankrupt American insurance companies. However, when he learns that one company in particular has benefitted greatly from these disasters, Billy smells a rat and it's Captain Marvel who discovers the truth and the man behind it: Sivana!
Credits:	Script: Bill Parker \| Pencils: C. C. Beck \| Inks: C. C. Beck \| Colours: Bill Parker
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] Unnamed President Of The National Insurance Association Beautia Sivana Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain) Herman (villain)

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