(January 1945)

Fawcett, 1941 Series
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Volume
7
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
eleven times yearly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Brand
A Fawcett Magazine
Editing
J. B. Magill

Season's Greetings (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
C. C. Beck
Inks
C. C. Beck
Colors
?
Letters
typeset; ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprints
Keywords
Christmas; wreaths

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Captain Marvel in St. Paul, Minnesota (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
C. C. Beck ?
Inks
C. C. Beck ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [also appears as Billy Batson]; Slick Fokus; George Hammond; Leadpipe Malone; Vic Tschida; Mayor Johnny McDonough; Jenny Carlson; Brooks Henderson
Synopsis
George Hammond has invented a camera that can take pictures from the future, and dishonest photographer Slick Fokus plans a bank robbery for a time when he learns from Hammond's camera that Captain Marvel and most of the city will be on the other side of town.

Indexer Notes

City story: St. Paul, MN
Mayor McDonough; Tschida, Carlson, and Henderson were all real-life citizens of St. Paul.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Kid / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Liederman
Inks
Al Liederman
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I have to see th' dentist right away - there's no time to lose!!
Genre
humor
Characters
Dr. Les Paine; Captain Kid
Synopsis
Captain Kid barges into a dentist's office and demands to have a tooth pulled - not from his mouth, but from his friend's.

Thirty Fathom Courage (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ross H. Davis
Letters
typeset

Race with Death! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Adventures of "R.C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Captain Marvel In the World of If (Table of Contents: 6)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 11.33 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [also appears as Billy Batson]; Adolf Hitler (villain); Hermann Goering (villain); Josef Goebbels (villain); Professor I. Q. Putter
Synopsis
Professor Putter has invented a machine that can predict different possibilities, but his assistant turns out to be a Nazi spy who wants to know what would happen if Captain Marvel joined Hitler. Even worse, that future seems to be coming true!
Reprints
Keywords
Berlin; Nazis; World War II

In Union There Is Strength! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Captain Marvel / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

He's Up at the Crack of His Back! (Table of Contents: 8)

Dopey Danny Dee / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
George Marko
Pencils
George Marko
Inks
George Marko
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Dopey Danny Dee / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
George Marko
Pencils
George Marko
Inks
George Marko
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gee, Danny, you look worried!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Volto from Mars; Grape Nuts Flakes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 21: The Unholy Hydra! (Table of Contents: 11)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
C. C. Beck
Inks
C. C. Beck
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [also appears as Billy Batson]; Mr. Mind (villain); the Hydra (first appearance; villain; death); Dr. Neon
Synopsis
Mr. Mind creates a new monster that grows a new head whenever one is cut off. Captain Marvel manages to turn the heads against each other, then captures Mr. Mind, but a masked stranger enters and knocks Billy out.
Reprints

Paper Packs a Punch! (Table of Contents: 12)

Captain Marvel / public service announcement / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
C. C. Beck ?
Inks
C. C. Beck ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]

Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. (Table of Contents: 13)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Gordon Fawcett
Letters
typeset

Captain Marvel and the Plot Against Christmas (Table of Contents: 14)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Pete Costanza ?
Inks
Pete Costanza ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [also appears as Billy Batson]; Gouge Smith; Happy Smith; Jolly Smith; Sterling Morris (cameo)
Synopsis
Billy meets brothers Happy and Jolly Smith, who want to give toys from their factory to the children at the Creedmore Orphanage, but their miserly older brother Gouge refuses to consider it. It's up to Captain Marvel to persuade Gouge to change his mind so that the orphans can have a merry Christmas.
Keywords
Christmas; orphans; toys; WHIZ
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Season's Greetings
    Captain Marvel
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Captain Marvel in St. Paul, Minnesota
    Captain Marvel
  4. 3. ["I have to see th' dentist right away - there's no time to lose!!"]
    Captain Kid
  5. 4. Thirty Fathom Courage
  6. 5. Race with Death!
    Adventures of "R.C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
  7. 6. Captain Marvel In the World of If
    Captain Marvel
  8. 7. In Union There Is Strength!
    Captain Marvel
  9. 8. He's Up at the Crack of His Back!
    Dopey Danny Dee
  10. 9. ["Gee, Danny, you look worried!"]
    Dopey Danny Dee
  11. 10. ["Look! That tree right across the road!"]
    Volto from Mars; Grape Nuts Flakes
  12. 11. The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 21: The Unholy Hydra!
    Captain Marvel
  13. 12. Paper Packs a Punch!
    Captain Marvel
  14. 13. Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc.
  15. 14. Captain Marvel and the Plot Against Christmas
    Captain Marvel
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Jim Van Dore