CATALOG RECORD

Special Edition Comics #1

Fawcett · Series began 1940 · 1940

Dates

pencils: C. C. Beckinks: C. C. Beck, Pete Costanzascript: Bill Parkercolors: Bill Parker

The Menace of Dr. Allirog · 17 pages
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.
The Haunted House · 19 pages
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.
Gamblers of Death · 9 pages
Risking death, Billy investigates a phantom gambling ring which uses men's lives as chips in a fantastic game of murder for money.
Sivana the Weather Wizard · 19 pages
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!

Flashback (1973), The Shazam! Archives (1992), Captain Marvel Thrill Book (1941)