Auctions: comic books July 1946
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Item #63411011
Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) 40 GD 2.0 (R)
Restored (see item notes)
RESTORATION. Color touch. Cover glued to first wrap.
Starts Jan 3 Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories by Otto Binder, W. Jourdain¸ Art Helfant and Sid Lazarus. Art by W. Jourdain, Art Helfant, Sid Lazarus and Bud Thompson. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Freddy meets a man who's been trapped in the body of a child by a youth formula. A rival newspaper targets the Daily Chronicle staff for murder, not realizing their #1 newsboy is also Captain Marvel Jr.. CMJ discovers the strange secret behind two empty graves in a cemetery. The Boy Who Couldn't Grow Up!; Rubbernose Randolph; Boxcar Benny; Giggle Gags; The Principal Draws Interest!; Captain Marvel Jr. Puts on the Pressure; Snortville Sneeze; Whipper-Snappers; Texan Guns; Captain Marvel, Jr. Faces a Grave Situation. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #63566956
Whiz Comics (1940 Fawcett) 76 GD+ 2.5
Water damage. Tape on interior cover. Cover coming detached.
Starts Jan 3 Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Otto Binder, George Tuska and Al Carreno. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. With WWII over, Alan Armstrong is ready to retire his famous Spy Smasher identity. But when crooks steal the plans for his Gyro-Sub, he assumes a new alter ego for peacetime: Crime Smasher. Captain Marvel finds himself part of an ice-skating show after Billy Batson gets in over his head. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Contemplate the Back of Your Pate." Captain Marvel: The Ice Follies; Golden Arrow: The Psychological Angle; Whipper-Snappers; Wilbur the Waiter; Spy Smasher: Introduces Crime Smasher; Bank Robbery; The Culture Corner; Ibis the Invincible: The Flying Dutchman; Doc Sorebones; Mickey the Monitor Supplies the Evidence; Captain Marvel: The Subway Gold Rush. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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