Issue: #1
Published: November 18, 1942, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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.
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| Cover (1 page) |
Captain Marvel Jr. Sinks the Japs! |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
The Origin of Captain Marvel Jr. Retold |
| Synopsis: |
While they are fishing, Freddy's grandfather rescues the nefarious Captain Nazi, who promptly kills the grandfather and severely injures Freddy Freeman. Captain Marvel rescues the young boy and takes him to see Shazam, who gives some of the Mighty Mortal's powers to the boy, who then becomes Captain Marvel Junior! |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Freddy's Unnamed Grandfather (death, Flashback) |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
The Case of the Cripple Kidnappers |
| Synopsis: |
Captain Marvel Jr. gets involved in a fake accident racket, in which young cripples were drugged, then used in certain fake accidents that would net the gang millions in blackmail payments. |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Mayor Horton Slim (villain) Ma (villain) Al (villain) |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Kissing Portrait |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Comic Story (12 pages) |
The Cracked Safecracker |
| Synopsis: |
Captain Marvel Jr. saves an older couple from being run over, and discovers that they are to be forced into living in a poorhouse unless their son can be found to help them out. But when he sees a picture of the son, Captain Marvel Jr. recognizes him as a noted safecracker. Still, he brings about a reunion and Bull decides to reform. |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Bull Bimmens (ex-villain) Bull's Unnamed Mother Bull's Unnamed Father Lefty (villain) |
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