Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) comic books 1944
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Issue #18
- Two center wraps detached at single center staple. 1" cumulative spine split.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by humble cow
- Tape on interior cover and under staples.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Very early Vulture prototype, right down to the hooked nose! Was this cover Stan Lee's inspiration?
Cover by Mac Raboy. Stories by Otto Binder, Sid Lazarus and Art Helfant. Art by Mac Raboy, Sid Lazarus, and Art Helfant. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Professor Vultur, with a similar look and powers to Spidey's future super-foe, threatens US supply lines in the Atlantic during WWII. A scientist testing the limits of Captain Marvel Jr.'s powers almost exposes his secret identity to the underworld. Sivana's latest evil invention is the amnesia gun, but will it work on Captain Marvel Jr.? Plus a PSA about wartime paper rationing. The Birds of Doom; Rubbernose Randolph; The Grumbling Genie; The Snortville Sneeze; Sivana's Amazing Amnesia Gun; The Unknown City; The Powers of Capt. Marvel Jr. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #22
$110.00
View scans- 1.75" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached.
Cover by Mac Raboy. Stories by Art Helfant and others. Art by Art Helfant and others. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel Jr. joins a race involving the original steamship, but so do gangsters who stand to gain if they can beat it. A social nebbish at Freddy Freeman's school gets the chance to outperform everybody, even CMJ. Still assisting Livewire Larry, the laziest reporter in the world, Freddy must become Captain Marvel Jr. to keep a lynch mob from murdering a hobo. Plus a full-page comics-format ad for Mary Marvel fashions for girls (dresses, not the costume). Captain Marvel, Jr. Rides the Clermont; The Hopeless Case; Punkinhead; Rubbernose Randolph; Red Danger; The Necktie Party. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
