(December 18, 1942)

Fawcett, 1942 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1942-11-18
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Brand
A Fawcett Publication [Triangle]
Editing
Rod Reed?

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4.

Capt. Marvel Jr. Meets Captain Nippon (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel Jr. / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mac Raboy
Inks
Mac Raboy
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman] (in both identities)
Reprints

Captain Marvel Jr. Presents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mac Raboy
Inks
Mac Raboy
Colors
?
Letters
?

Capt. Marvel Jr. Meets a Japanese Monster (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Marvel Jr. / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Al Carreño
Inks
Al Carreño
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (cameo); Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Captain Nazi [Albrecht Krieger] (villain); Hirohito (villain); Captain Nippon (villain, introduction); Jamambux (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the table of contents.

Art credits confirmed by P. C. Hamerlinck in Alter Ego #147 (July 2017).

The Return of Mr. Macabre (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Marvel Jr. / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Al Carreño
Inks
Al Carreño
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mr. Macabre (villain)

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the contents page.

Art credits verified by P.C. Hammerlinck, from article titled "Memoirs of a Nobody", which appeared in Alter Ego #119 (August 2013) as exerpts from Binder's book provided by Hammerlinck. The article also states that this story was Binder's first Captain Marvel Jr. story. (Added by Craig Delich 2013-8-3)

The Aerojeep (Table of Contents: 4)

Willie Wynn / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Willie Wynn; Harry (Willie's cousin, named in this story); General McFuttle (named in this story); Mr. Wynn (Willie's father); Ossie Green (also spelled "Osie"); Mr. Green; Mrs. Green

Indexer Notes

Third appearance of Willie Wynn.

The Island of Desperation (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

The Pied Piper of Himmler (Table of Contents: 6)

Captain Marvel Jr. / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Bernard Baily
Inks
Bernard Baily
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; The Pied Piper (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Art credits revised per Ken Quattro from Al Carreno ? to Baily per Alter Ego #109 (May, 2012).

The Black Market (Table of Contents: 7)

Captain Marvel Jr. / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Carreño
Inks
Al Carreño ?; ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Captain Nazi [Albrecht Krieger] (villain); Sherlock Holmes (unnamed); The Butcher (first appearance, villain)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Capt. Marvel Jr. Meets Captain Nippon
    Captain Marvel Jr.
  2. 1. Captain Marvel Jr. Presents
  3. 2. Capt. Marvel Jr. Meets a Japanese Monster
    Captain Marvel Jr.
  4. 3. The Return of Mr. Macabre
    Captain Marvel Jr.
  5. 4. The Aerojeep
    Willie Wynn
  6. 5. The Island of Desperation
  7. 6. The Pied Piper of Himmler
    Captain Marvel Jr.
  8. 7. The Black Market
    Captain Marvel Jr.
This issue was modified by, among others
  • John Censullo
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Kyle "The Dagger" Sullivan
  • Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)