Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) comic books 1950

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Howard Boughner, Art Helfant and Otto Binder. Art by Howard Boughner, Bud Thompson, Art Helfant and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. An emissary from the Land of Imagination visits Captain Marvel Jr., but huckster Lemuel Krekputt gets wind of it and smells a fortune. In a time-travel adventure, Captain Marvel Jr. pursues a crook to the near-future year of 1960, a time in which people travel by rockets instead of airplanes. A boy lost in the jungle after a plane crash is found and raised by a pride of lions, becoming the jungle hero Kirzo. Plus a vintage ad in comics form for malted milk featuring movie cowboy Rocky Lane. The Battle of Imaginations; Judge Smudge; Rubbernose Randolph; Moment for Action: The Swindle of Time; The Boy King of Beasts; Speedy; Kanvasback: Car-Ageous; The Mysterious Mr. Mirage. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Howard Boughner, Art Helfant and Otto Binder. Art by Howard Boughner, Art Helfant and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Disfigured in a fire and wrapped in bandages, mad Dr. Chill swears to destroy all fires. A Native American chieftain leads Captain Marvel Jr. to a legendary lost treasure of the ancients, but unfortunately, a crook gets wind of it too. Captain Marvel Jr. battles modern-day pirates on the high seas. Plus a vintage ad in comics form for malted milk featuring movie cowboy Rocky Lane. The Phantom Fire-Fighter; Judge Smudge; Rubbernose Randolph; Shoes and Socks; The Treasure of Treasures; The Buccaneers; Kanvasback: The Punchless Pug; Edwards the Editor; Boxcar Benny. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Howard Boughner, Al Liederman, Art Helfant and Bill Woolfolk. Art by Howard Boughner, Bud Thompson, Al Liederman, Art Helfant and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Criminal mastermind Professor George Denker matches wits with Captain Marvel Jr. CMJ faces the mysterious menace of the Fog Men. Young Jeremy can visit the past time periods he reads about, and Jr. must follow him into the past, to keep him safe from dangers like the French Revolution. Plus a Captain Marvel Jr. trivia quiz. The Great Brain; Judge Smudge; Rubbernose Randolph; Professor Hoomperdinck's Hat; Captain Marvel Jr. Battles the Fog Men; Captain Marvel Jr. Quiz; Kanvasback: Party Palooka; Danger Signal; Captain Kid: The Little Killer; The Man Who Lived History. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Howard Boughner, Al Liederman, Art Helfant and Otto Binder. Art by Howard Boughner, Bud Thompson, Al Liederman, Art Helfant and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel Jr. must figure out the connection between a strange hovering craft and natural disasters that seem to spell the end of the world. Young newspaper publisher Inky puts himself in harm's way to cover a story like the grown-up newspapers, and Marvel Jr. must get him to safety. Freddy's act of kindness makes him an investor in the first working Perpetual Motion Machine. Plus a Captain Marvel Jr. trivia quiz. The Day The World Almost Ended; Judge Smudge; Rubbernose Randolph; The Boy Headline Hunter; His Aromatic Adventure; Captain Marvel Jr. Quiz; Copper's Hunch; Kanvasback: Zoo Zany; The Man Who Destroyed Friction! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Art Helfant and Otto Binder. Art by Bud Thompson, Frank Bolle, Art Helfant and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel Jr. wants to know the secret of a nerdy kid's sudden athletic prowess, and so does a gangster. A mad scientist's latest creation is a repellant that only affects Captain Marvel Jr. Plus a vintage ad for Wheaties cereal ("Breakfast of Champions!") featuring baseball MVP Phil Rizzuto. Captain Marvel, Jr.'s Nemesis; Clever Clara; Rubbernose Randolph; The Boy Who Wanted to Be Famous; The Captain Marvel, Jr. Repeller; Gambling With a Gun; Freshman Freddy: The Big Investigation; Kanvasback: Movie Fan; The Fortress of Freedom. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Art Helfant, Howard Boughner and Otto Binder. Art by Bud Thompson, Howard Boughner, Art Helfant and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel Jr. faces a time-based menace. A mad scientist's latest creation is "crimicillin," which gives criminals the strength to fight the law. The Medical Menace; Murder Clue; Kanvasback: The Black Eye; The Defender of Time; Judge Smudge: Forgetful!; The Golden Eggs; Rubbernose Randolph: Horr-Eye-Ble Accident! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Art Helfant, Howard Boughner and Otto Binder. Art by Bud Thompson, Howard Boughner, Art Helfant and Joe Certa. 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 the search for a priceless treasure amid the ruins of a lost civilization in the frozen Arctic. Marvel Jr. investigates reports of another Captain Marvel Jr. among the people in a remote Appalachian community. CMJ meets a robotic farmhand, and later must save him from an angry mob. The Ancient Bonanza; Prospecting on the Moon; The Hillbilly Captain Marvel Jr.; The Robot Farmer; The Laziest Man in Town; Calloused Fellow; To Catch a Murderer; Banquet Buffoon. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Howard Boughner and Otto Binder. Art by Bud Thompson, Howard Boughner, and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. A mad scientist's latest creation causes an air shortage, unless Captain Marvel Jr. can stop it. Joe Cobb takes delight in committing crimes so small, no one can notice them - until Captain Marvel Jr. notices them. Marvel Jr. encounters a strange series of coincidences that keep putting him in the path of crook Killer Keene, until Keene leaves Freddy Freeman tied to a railroad track. A scientist studying birds accidentally creates a serum that causes people to imitate every behavior of birds EXCEPT flight. The Air Shortage; Kanvasback: Strictly From Hunger; The Mystery of the Minor Crimes; The Crazy Coincidences; Playing a Hunch; Headline Harry: Man or Mouse; The Strange Menace of the Bird People; Answering Ambrose. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Art Helfant, Irwin Hasen, Bill Woolfolk, Howard Boughner and Otto Binder. Art by Bud Thompson, Howard Boughner, Irwin Hasen, Art Helfant and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. A scientist working in the Amazon Jungle alerts Captain Marvel Jr. to the existence of ants so big and smart, they can form criminal gangs. Marvel Jr. has a battle with a house that seems to have a mind of its own. Snodgrass the Snob tries to get away from an old school chum who recognizes him in the street. The Ant Crook; Judge Smudge; Rubbernose Randolph; Kanvasback: Pianola Pal; The Mystery of Jonah Jinx; The Doom of Freddy Freeman; Toothache; Hair Minded Harris; Black and White; Feud With a House; Snodgrass the Snob. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $32.00 View scan 1.5" Spine split from bottom. Water damage.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Al Liederman and Otto Binder. Art by Kurt Schaffenberger, Al Liederman and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. In a time-travel adventure, Captain Marvel Jr. goes to 5000 A.D., to see if a time capsule makes it to the future, and finds a sort of water-world of floating cities. The strange new resident at Mrs. Wagner's boardinghouse has a magical trunk that is filled with strange creatures and a bizarre array of robots, monkeys and other oddities, which then escape. Captain Marvel Jr. investigates when birds start attacking other animals in the city. The Cities at Sea; Kanvasback: King Riddler; The Shark; Drew the Droop; The Magic Trunk; Captain Kid: What Does It Mean?; The Battle of the Birds and Beasts; Heartsick Hart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Howard Boughner, George Marko and Art Helfant. Art by Art Helfant, George Marko, Howard Boughner and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. An expedition to the lands beneath the Antarctic ice cap unearths a living creature the approximate size and shape of Fin Fang Foom - and it's angry. The strange new resident at Mrs. Wagner's boardinghouse is murdered, and Freddy Freeman must figure out which of his fellow boarders is the killer. Fish mutated by nuclear waste become voraciously hungry and capable of eating any substance, so Captain Marvel Jr. and a cadre of fisherman must catch them before they devour the world. The Giant Ice Monster; Judge Smudge; Rubbernose Randolph; Kanvasback: Fore!; Just Another Suicide; The Murder at Mrs. Wagner's; Sivana, Jr.'s Green Fog; Boxcar Benny; The World Eaters; Dopey Danny Dee. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Howard Boughner, and Art Helfant. Art by Bill Ward, Bud Thompson, Art Helfant, Howard Boughner and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel Jr. must figure out how to save Earth from a cosmic dust storm. Freddy learns about the secret room in Mrs. Webster's boardinghouse, and how no one is supposed to enter it. Captain Marvel Jr. investigates a magic carpet company, in a story featuring early art by legendary good-girl artist Bill Ward. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Captures Red the Terror!, by CC Beck and Pete Costanza. The Silicon Monster; Judge Smudge; Rubbernose Randolph; Kanvasback: The Ring Master; Careful Willie; Magic Carpets, Inc.; Mrs. Wagner's Forbidden Room; The World's Mightiest Caveboy; Boxcar Benny. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Howard Boughner, Art Helfant and Otto Binder. Art by Bud Thompson, Art Helfant, Howard Boughner and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Mrs. Wagner brings home an antique lamp that contains an ill-tempered genie, but even Captain Marvel Jr. can't foresee what happens when she plugs the lamp in to an electrical outlet. A nobody named Hiram Boggs tries to gain a reputation as the head of all the city's criminal rackets, just for fun, but that gets the attention of the real godfather. Kanvasback the boxer explains why he was looking for punctuation in his alphabet soup. The Menace of the Medicine Man; Kanvasback: Food Foolishness; The Lamp of Power; The Copy Cat; Judge Smudge; Rubbernose Randolph; Cook the Crook; The Lord of the Underworld; Movie Mogul Moglethorpe. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.