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Issue: 64 Pages of New Captain Marvel Adventures #[1]
Publication Date: March 1941
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Issues: #[1] of 3 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/17/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 9 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bill Parker ?
Disclose Notes: The title of the issue is "64 Pages of New Captain Marvel Adventures," per the issue itself and the U. S. Copyright Office filing. It is unnumbered.

The on-sale date is the Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S. (7 3/4" x 10 10/16")
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint inerior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Adult Image
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Cover, Front
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): C. C. Beck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagFlashback #10 published January 1974
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Jack Kirby #[2] published January 1997
as Captain Marvel #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #2 published September 1999
as Captain Marvel Adventures #[1] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Captain Marvel vs. Z

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Manly Wade Wellman
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Briefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain); Z (villain, introduction, a robot, death); Spike (villain)
Synopsis: Thwarted time and time again by his avowed enemy, Captain Marvel, Sivana decides to create a rival that is more than human to combat his hated foe... a foe he calls "Z", because he is the ultimate in toughness.
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In Issue: FlagFlashback #10 published January 1974
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Jack Kirby #[2] published January 1997
as Z! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #2 published September 1999
as Captain Marvel Vs. Z [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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Out West

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Manly Wade Wellman ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Briefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Miss Daisy; Gino (villain, broncho rider); Bid Boy Larbozo [aka Mr. Laraaby] (villain, boss of the ranch)
Synopsis: Billy is on vacation at Rimrock and gets involved, as Captain Marvel, in a broncho riding contest. But Billy spots the owner of the Crossbone Ranch and feels he knows him, and begins an investigation that leads him directly to the owner as the leader of a large rustling operation while he poses as a victim himself of the band of rustlers.
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In Issue: FlagFlashback #10 published January 1974
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Jack Kirby #[2] published January 1997
as Out West [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #2 published September 1999
as Out West [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Marvel Pencil-Puzzle-Page
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Synopsis: Captain Marvel offers three different activities for readers to work on and enjoy: a connect the dot activity, activity that challenges readers to see how many words (of three letters or more) they can make out of the word "English", and a "Play Square" Planet activity in which readers are to connect a dot to the nearest dot, numbering lines that do not close a square (there are 19 in all).
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In Issue: FlagFlashback #10 published January 1974
In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #2 published September 1999
as Captain Marvel's Pencil Puzzle Page [Activity on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Billy Batson's Page of Games
Character(s): Billy Batson
Synopsis: Billy offers four different activities for readers to complete, including a Planet Play Square exercise of connecting nearest dots and numbering lines, a maze, and two more.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This activity is incorrectly located in the Archive edition. There it follows the story of Captain Marvel on Saturn when it should follow Captain Marvel's Pencil-Puzzle-Page.
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The Monsters of Saturn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Manly Wade Wellman ?; Joe Simon ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Briefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Hargo (scientist); the Dragon Men (villains, giant lizards, all die); un-named ruler of the Dragon Men (villain, death); Ghoppo (villain, spy among the slaves, death)
First Line: Captain Marvel has been recognized as the mightiest living creature on this world, and on at least one other. It was like this--
Synopsis: Billy receives a message from Saturn over his radio device from captives that are being enslaved by monsters on the planet, asking for assistance. Captain Marvel travels by rocket ship to Saturn to take on the vicious slave drivers, allowing himself to be captured by his foes in order to get the full story about the enemy before he deals with them and prevent an invasion of the Earth.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagFlashback #10 published January 1974
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Jack Kirby #[2] published January 1997
as Captain Marvel on Saturn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #2 published September 1999
as The Monsters of Saturn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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Battles the Vampire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Manly Wade Wellman ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Briefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Doctor Deever (death); Bram Thirla (villain, introduction, a vampire, death); group of un-named vampires (villain, introduction for all, all die)
Synopsis: Billy is given an assignment to interview a Doctor Deever, who has created a process to restore the dead to life. The doctor takes Billy to a cemetery and succeeds in raising a vampire back to life, losing his own in the process. Captain Marvel must figure out a way to defeat his unholy foe before more people become its' victims, and, as Billy, checks out a book to aid him in his cause: "The Vampire Legend" by H. P. Lovecraft.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagFlashback #10 published January 1974
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Jack Kirby #[2] published January 1997
as Captain Marvel Battles the Vampire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #2 published September 1999
as The Vampire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
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Captain Marvel's in the Movies!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated promotional advertisement on the inside back cover, with figure of Captain Marvel, for the Captain Marvel serial from Republic Pictures. A coupon is included for readers to send to the Editor of Whiz Comics on which they can list the name of the theatre and its address so that the editor can notify the proper people to feature the serial at that theatre.
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Capt. Marvel

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Jack Kirby
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagFlashback #10 published January 1974
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On back cover of comic.

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