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Capt Marvel Adv (Pre DC Golden Age) pt II

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Capt. Marvel Adv. (Pre-DC Golden Age) pt 2 of 3 (026-75) Aug 1943-Aug 1947

It's Captain Marvel - Golden Age Edition. Having read no current versions of him I can't compare them but it's likely there have been significant changes, given the pattern with every character I do know about.

Whiz Comics are where Captain Marvel made his debut. Shortly he was also in this title, Captain Marvel Adventures. This was Fawcett, not DC in these days. Later Fawcett went out of business and DC bought up the rights to Captain Marvel and other properties. But they waited too long to pubish him again and by the tyme they did Marvel Comics had trade marked Captain Marvel and DC could not publish a comic with that title. Thus was born the name Shazam, which was simply what BIlly Batson said to be Captain marvel back in these days.

The early ones of this part are from fiche copies, not paper. This means the colors are washed out and the next is generally somewhat to very fuzzy. The fiche issues are copies of an older and inferior attempt to preserve these - the microfiche copying process.. Paper scans are needed and would be a big improvement for this and other titles. These issues seem pretty good as far as the actual dialogue goes but other text such as advertising and text stories is often illegible. Some are also badly in need of cropping. They were left with broad white borders. There’s a good project for someone. Crop them and repost them Some find fiche scans merely difficult to read and some term them unreadable. I agree they are more difficult to read, but again most of these are pretty good as fiche go. I can read them and enjoy doing so. I am glad to have these. You must make your own judgement


Now to the COVERS!

Captain Marvel and the Molemen. This cover reminds me of when my kids were little and would gang up on me. :smile: There was a later movie made called "Superman and the Molemen" The captain Marvel ones are much more mole-like, and funnier. Later the Dallas Molemen grew up and were renamed the Cowboys so they could have cheerleaders. Most men like cheerleaders better than digging tunnels or wrestling with Dad.

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Captain Marvel and the Crocodile Men. They might be alligators. It's hard to tell. Doesn't that guy on the bottom have a small tongue for that mouth? Do crocs have tongues? Steve Irwin we need you! Sigh..
Don't miss that thrilling story "Captain Marvel Visits Chicago" Thats' the best title they could come up with?

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Well, umm - gee what do yo say about this but what was the artist smoking? :fun:
More importantly - the Captain got promoted? He's not a real Captain, how can he be promoted? What's next General Sanders Fried Chicken? Admiral Kangaroo? (Younger folks (under 40?) or those outside of the US may never have heard of the late great Captain Kangaroo, host of a TV show for young children. )

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So now It's Sir Marvel? or would that be Sir Captain Marvel? (Someone in the UK can help perhaps?) or if he really got promoted Sir Major Marvel?
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Looks to me like he's lost the battle.
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Clearly they had run out of story ideas. Or Billy was growing up and noticing pretty blondes were more fun to wrestle than mole men!
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