Issue | #1 |
Published | November 18, 1942 |
Cover Price | 0.10 |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Rod Reed? |
Characters | Captain Marvel Jr. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Mac Raboy |
Inks | Mac Raboy |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #17; in The Shazam! Family Archives #1 (2006) |
Characters | Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman](origin retold); Guest Stars: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam; Captain Nazi [Albrecht Krieger](villain, flashback) |
Synopsis | While they are fishing, Freddy's grandfather rescues the nefarious Captain Nazi, who promptly kills the grandfather and severely injures Freddy Freeman. Captain Marvel rescues the young boy and takes him to see Shazam, who gives some of the Mighty Mortal's powers to the boy, who then becomes Captain Marvel Junior! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Otto Binder? |
Pencils | Al Carreno |
Inks | Al Carreno |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #17; in Shazam! Family Archives, The (DC, 2006 series) #1 (2006). |
Characters | Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Monsieur Renald (death); Captain Nazi [Albrecht Krieger](villain); Adolf Hitler (villain); the Nazis (villains) |
Synopsis | Captain Marvel Jr. goes to Dazaggar in Africa to fight Captain Nazi and prevent him from moving plans ahead there to use gigantic "winged castles" to invade the Western Hemisphere. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Al Carreno |
Inks | Al Carreno |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #17; in The Shazam! Family Archives #1 (2006); in Grand Slam Comics (Anglo-American Publishing Company Limited, 1941 series) #v2#3 [15] [script only] |
Characters | Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Jerry Fladd (reporter, death); The Walking Shadow [Yvonne Sergo aka Yvonne Blake](villain, introduction, death); Shoes McCann (villain); Spike (villain, death) |
Synopsis | Captain Marvel Jr. involves himself in a case where a criminal, known as The Walking Shadow, is causing a crime wave, threatening to become the King of Crime, a title he may well own if he can locate the Dumont Treasure. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Al Carreno |
Inks | Al Carreno |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #17; in Shazam! Family Archives, The (DC, 2006 series) #1 |
Characters | Willie Wynn (introduction) |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #17 |
Genre | gag |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #17 |
Characters | Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mayor Horton; Slim (villain); Ma (villain); Al (villain) |
Synopsis | Captain Marvel Jr. gets involved in a fake accident racket, in which young cripples were drugged, then used in certain fake accidents that would net the gang millions in blackmail payments. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Al Carreno |
Inks | Al Carreno |
Notes | Sequence added by Craig Delich 2007-4-15. Story title taken from the Archive. |
Reprinted | in The Shazam! Family Archives #1 (2006) |
Characters | Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Bull Bimmens (ex-villain); Lefty (villain) |
Synopsis | Captain Marvel Jr. saves an older couple from being run over, and discovers that they are to be forced into living in a poorhouse unless their son can be found to help them out. But when he sees a picture of the son, Captain Marvel Jr. recognizes him as a noted safecracker. Still, he brings about a reunion and Bull decides to reform. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Al Carreno |
Inks | Al Carreno |
Notes | Story title taken from the contents page. |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #17; in The Shazam! Family Archives #1 (2006); in Grand Slam Comics (Anglo-American Publishing Company Limited, 1941 series) #v2#3 [15] [script only] |