Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) comic books 1948

Stories by Otto Binder, Al Liederman, Art Helfant¸ and Bill Woolfolk. Art by Kurt Schaffenberger, Bud Thompson¸ Al Liederman, and Art Helfant. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. A boy finds a magic ladder buried by Oberon, king of the fairies, but it takes him to the sky kingdom of the exiled elves, where only Captain Marvel Jr. can save him. Marvel Jr. seeks the escaped circus performer who becomes the supervillain The Acrobat during a full moon, due to his "moonitis." A washed-up ex-boxer decides to end it all, unless CM Jr. can talk him down, in a story with art by Kurt Schaffenberger. The Magic Ladder!; Boxcar Benny: A Changed Man; Rubbernose Randolph: Stuck Up; Escape of the Acrobat!; Rubbernose Randolph: Uncandid Camera Fiend; Boxcar Benny: A Tip To The Wise!; The Road Back!; He Doesnt Scare Easily!; Jumbo Jones; Kanvasback: The Horizontal Heavyweight; The Lemming Mystery!; Rubbernose Randolph Is Sick of it All. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories by Otto Binder, Sid Lazarus, Art Helfant¸ and Bill Woolfolk. Art by Kurt Schaffenberger, Joe Certa¸ 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. Disgraced ex-jockey Sneaker Bleeker finds a rogue Pegasus, and suddenly he has the means for revenge against the horse-racing industry. The smartest boy in the world visits town, and immediately gets into the sort of trouble that only Captain Marvel Jr. can get him out of. Marvel Jr. seeks jewel thieves who hide out in a hall of mirrors, in a story with art by Kurt Schaffenberger. The Flying Horse; Boxcar Benny; Rubbernose Randolph; Homer the Mental Miracle; It's All Done with Mirrors; Car Capers / Bus Buffoonery; Snortville Sneeze: The Big Report; The Other Passenger; Kanvasback Takes a Cuffing; The Metal Island. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories by Otto Binder, Al Liederman, George Marko, Howard Boughner¸ and Art Helfant. Art by Kurt Schaffenberger, Joe Certa¸ Bud Thompson, Al Liederman, George Marko, Howard Boughner, and Art Helfant. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. When Freddy Freeman gets to trade jobs with his boss for a day, he finds the work of editing and publishing a newspaper more difficult than the dangers he faces as Captain Marvel Jr. When a violin prodigy tires of the performance hall, he tries a variety of other jobs, and ends up creating disasters that Captain Marvel Jr. has to rectify. Sivana Jr. frames Captain Marvel Jr. for murder, in a story with art by Kurt Schaffenberger. Headline Headaches; Boxcar Benny; Rubbernose Randolph; The Great Discord; Wanted for Murder; Captain Kid Has to Face the Music; Dopey Danny Dee; Silent Guns; Kanvasback: The Human Pretzel; Judge Smudge; Tightwad Tad; The Boy Hermit. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Otto Binder and others. Art by Joe Certa and others. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Invaders from space threaten to end the human race, but not if Captain Marvel Jr. has anything to say about it. CMJ discovers a Brigadoon-like town that only appears once every 100 years. Plus "Comix Cards" (like the later "Marvel Value Stamps") featuring the original Captain Marvel. The Menace From Space!!; Rubbernose Randolph: Plucky Fellow; Boxcar Benny: Stirs Us; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Know Their Oats; Deaths Want Ad; Boxcar Benny: Filthy Shame; The Outlaw From The Outlands!; Silent Guns; Kanvasback Punches the Bag; Rubbernose Randolph: Hard To Imagine; Logical Lew: Hard Worker; The Legend Beyond The Mist! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Otto Binder and Art Helfant. Art by Kurt Schaffenberger, Frank Bolle, Bud Thompson and Art Helfant. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. The sinister Mr. Maker creates a duplicate of Marvel Jr. who has all his powers, but one thing he doesn't have is Freddy Freeman. Captain Marvel Jr. battles super-lumberjack Paul Bunyan Jr. CMJ sets out to free The Junior Chain Gang from the clutches of Warden Scrunch. Captain Marvel, Jr. Fights Himself; Rubbernose Randolph; Boxcar Benny; Captain Marvel Jr. Vs. Paul Bunyan Jr.; Capt. Marvel Jr. Battles The Reptile; Freshman Freddy: Master Psychologist; Silent Guns, Part Three; Chuck; The Junior Chain Gang. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Otto Binder and Art Helfant. Art by Kurt Schaffenberger, and Art Helfant. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel Jr. battles Mr. Hydro, similar to the later Spider-Man villain Hydro-Man. The Flying Coachman shakes down his passengers - while his cab flies over the city, powered by a winged horse - knowing that the police will never believe them. In an extra-whimsical story, bored genies give young Donald the ability to turn anything he touches into bubble gum - including Freddy Freeman. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light, by CC Beck and Pete Costanza. Mr. Hydro, the Man Who Could Turn into Water; Rubbernose Randolph; Boxcar Benny; The Flying Coachmen; Pee Wee Pete; The Midas of Bubble Gum; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Silent Guns; Willie the Worm and Sammy Skunk; Design for Death. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Otto Binder and Art Helfant. 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. After betraying his partner and in fear of his life, a criminal tries to get Captain Marvel Jr. to arrest him. Sivana Jr.'s latest invention allows him to steal whole trains from their tracks. In a fairy tale-like story, the spirit of Winter feels snubbed, so she abducts the other seasons in an attempt to take over the world. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado, by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. The Crook Who Couldn't Be Caught; Rubbernose Randolph; Boxcar Benny; The Mystery of the Missing Trains; The Witch of Winter; Kanvasback: A Hunting We Will Go; The Great Man Returns; Fuzzy the Bear; Recipe for Madness. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Howard Boughner and Art Helfant. Art by Bill Ward, Art Helfant and Howard Boughner. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. The villain called The Outlaw uses a "reintegrator-camera" to transform paintings of Old West killers Jesse James, Quantrill and Black Rufe into the real things. Sivana, Jr.'s latest invention causes people to do and say the exact opposite of what they intend. A raven who says "Nevermore" brings Freddy a plea for help, from a woman in an enchanted castle guarded by dragons, in a story featuring early art by legendary good-girl artist Bill Ward. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps the Circus Culprit, by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Capt. Marvel Jr. Duels with the Outlaw; Rubbernose Randolph; Judge Smudge; Capt. Marvel Jr. and Sivana Jr.'s Sinister Secret Serum; Capt. Marvel Jr. and the Secret of the Ink!; Kanvasback Is Interviewed; Thunder at the End; Capt. Marvel Jr. and the Raven of Enchanted Castle! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Howard Boughner and Art Helfant. Art by Bill Ward, Art Helfant and Howard Boughner. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Scientist-gone-wrong Doc Skeem tries to "prove" Captain Marvel Jr. is a hoax as part of an evil plan to empower the underworld, in a story featuring early art by legendary good-girl artist Bill Ward. Quack Dr. Mixium's hiccup remedy leaves Freddy Freeman unable to say his power word and turn into Captain Marvel Jr. Con men have a special car built (plans included in the story) to support their claim of a high-mileage "gas pill." Capt. Marvel Jr. Proves His Existence!; Freddy Freeman's Big Day; Capt. Marvel Jr. and the Walking Tree; Rubbernose Randolph; Boxcar Benny; Willy the Worm and Sammy and the Woodland Railroad; Kanvasback: Absent-Minded; Fabulous Facts about School; One Meatball; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Capt. Marvel Jr. and the Gas Racket. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Howard Boughner and Art Helfant. Art by Bill Ward, Bud Thompson, Art Helfant and Howard Boughner. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Freddy is beaten by hooded riders after his newspaper prints an expose of a mayoral candidate, in a story featuring early art by legendary good-girl artist Bill Ward. Sivana Jr. creates a Captain Marvel Jr. disguise to discredit CMJ, but then is mistaken for Captain Marvel Jr. by other criminals. Marvel Jr. figures out the connection between a disabled girl and acts of sabotage at a racetrack. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light, by CC Beck and Pete Costanza. The Hooded Horrors!; The Return of the Gremlins; Capt. Marvel Jr. and the Walking Tree; Rubbernose Randolph; Boxcar Benny; Judge Smudge; Sivana, Jr.'s Perilous Predicament; Kanvasback: Gridiron Goof; Droopy and Reddy Fox: Sky High; The Black Cat; Vita Min; Captain Marvel Jr. Fights Terror on the Speedway! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Howard Boughner and Art Helfant. Art by Joe Certa, Bud Thompson, Art Helfant and Howard Boughner. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel Jr. gets talked into running for mayor. An evil zookeeper creates a formula that makes animals super-strong, leading to chaos at the zoo. Captain Marvel Jr. encounters modern-day (well, 1948) pirates. Also featuring a Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Babe Ruth Story," with art by Shazam creator C.C. Beck and a cameo by actor William Bendix, promoting the film The Babe Ruth Story. Captain Marvel, Jr. for Mayor; Rubbernose Randolph; Boxcar Benny; Judge Smudge; The Escape at the Zoo; The Greeting Cards of Hate; Kanvasback: Fistic Phoney; Jailbreak; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; The Pirates of '48. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Otto Binder, Mel Gold, Howard Boughner and Art Helfant. Art by Joe Certa, C. C. Beck, Art Helfant and Howard Boughner. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Wealthy Chauncey Smythe III is kidnapped, and he's the exact double of Freddy Freeman, attracting the attention of the kidnappers. Captain Marvel Jr. convinces young Willie that he's a genie, but then he must grant wishes all day long. Plus, the original Captain Marvel offers a patriotic song, "I'm the You in the U.S.A." The Double Kidnapping; Rubbernose Randolph; Boxcar Benny; Judge Smudge; The Magic Lamp; The Danger of the Dragon; Kanvasback: The Frozen Fury; Dice of Death; Captain Marvel: I'm the You In the U.S.A.; The Wheel of Crime. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.