(May 1948)

Fawcett, 1941 Series
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Volume
14
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1948-02-27
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Brand
A Fawcett Publication
Editing
Wendell Crowley

Issue Notes

Additional story sequences added 12/26/2006, by Daniel Smith.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 2, Part 2, No. 1, Periodicals, January-June 1948.

Captain Marvel Fights the Surrealist Imp! (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
C. C. Beck
Inks
C. C. Beck
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Holy moley!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; The Surrealist Imp
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #84
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Cover gallery

[Table of Contents] (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

The Runaway Steamshovel (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Work is ready to begin on our new transmitter, Billy!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Gypsy Joe; Sterling Morris

Rock-a-bye Baby (Table of Contents: 3)

Billy the Kid and Oscar / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Brady ?
Inks
Bill Brady ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Git in thar, you low-down sneak, before I take another smack out of you!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; western-frontier
Characters
Billy; Oscar

Billy Batson's Phobias (Table of Contents: 4)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
C. C. Beck
Inks
C. C. Beck
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Heh! Heh!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Thaddeus Bodog Sivana [Dr. Phobe] (villain); Sterling Morris
Reprints
Keywords
phobia ray

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich, verified by P. C. Hamerlinck in Alter Ego #126 (July 2014).

Willie the Worm Gets Artistic (Table of Contents: 5)

Willie the Worm / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Early one morning...
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mrs. Van Snoot; Willie; Sammy
Synopsis
Slapstick satire of fine art snobbery.

Indexer Notes

Mrs. Van Snoot is rendered in cubist style.

The Surrealist Imp (Table of Contents: 6)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk
Pencils
C. C. Beck
Inks
C. C. Beck
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Holy moley! What's happened to station WHIZ?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; the Surrealist Imp; Hans Krendler
Reprints
Keywords
Shazam

Indexer Notes

Woolfolk credit from Martin O'Hearn's blog at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/

Art credits by C. C. Beck in an article by Beck in Alter Ego #135 (September, 2015).

Something to Cry About (Table of Contents: 7)

Fuzzy Bear / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
When are you going to stop sitting around here, Fuzzy, and get yourself a job?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Fuzzy; Benny

Invisible Man of Mars (Table of Contents: 8)

Jon Jarl / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder [as Eando Binder]
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Invisible man crimes sweep Marsopolis
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Jan Jarl; Prof. Thode; Garson
Reprints
Keywords
Marsopolis; Martian Twinklers

Captain Kid and the Lost Job (Table of Contents: 9)

Captain Kid / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Liederman
Inks
Al Liederman
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've had many lazy fellows working for me, Captain Kid, but you're the worst!
Genre
humor
Characters
Captain Kid
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Captain Marvel club coded message at bottom of last Captain Kid story page.

Hang-er it all! (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
Lit-Win ?
Pencils
Lit-Win ?
Inks
Lit-Win ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gosh! Look at that old worn-out suit Dopey is wearing!
Genre
humor
Characters
Dopey Danny Dee
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script and art credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

Not So Cracked! (Table of Contents: 11)

Tightwad Tad / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Good morning!
Genre
humor
Characters
Tightwad Tad
Reprints

The Feud with the River (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
Bill Woolfolk
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I am the river.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Ben Flint

Indexer Notes

Woolfolk credit from Martin O'Hearn's blog at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/

One in a Thousand (Table of Contents: 13)

Sherlock Monk / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Poor dad has been shot!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Sherlock Monk
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Captain Marvel Fights the Surrealist Imp!
    Captain Marvel
  2. 1. [Table of Contents]
  3. 2. The Runaway Steamshovel
    Captain Marvel
  4. 3. Rock-a-bye Baby
    Billy the Kid and Oscar
  5. 4. Billy Batson's Phobias
    Captain Marvel
  6. 5. Willie the Worm Gets Artistic
    Willie the Worm
  7. 6. The Surrealist Imp
    Captain Marvel
  8. 7. Something to Cry About
    Fuzzy Bear
  9. 8. Invisible Man of Mars
    Jon Jarl
  10. 9. Captain Kid and the Lost Job
    Captain Kid
  11. 10. Hang-er it all!
    Dopey Danny Dee
  12. 11. Not So Cracked!
    Tightwad Tad
  13. 12. The Feud with the River
    Captain Marvel
  14. 13. One in a Thousand
    Sherlock Monk
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Philippe Dietrich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Kyle "The Dagger" Sullivan
  • Jim Van Dore
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