Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) 81
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Issue #81
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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Howard Boughner, Art Helfant and Otto Binder. Art by Howard Boughner, Bud Thompson, Art Helfant and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. An emissary from the Land of Imagination visits Captain Marvel Jr., but huckster Lemuel Krekputt gets wind of it and smells a fortune. In a time-travel adventure, Captain Marvel Jr. pursues a crook to the near-future year of 1960, a time in which people travel by rockets instead of airplanes. A boy lost in the jungle after a plane crash is found and raised by a pride of lions, becoming the jungle hero Kirzo. Plus a vintage ad in comics form for malted milk featuring movie cowboy Rocky Lane. The Battle of Imaginations; Judge Smudge; Rubbernose Randolph; Moment for Action: The Swindle of Time; The Boy King of Beasts; Speedy; Kanvasback: Car-Ageous; The Mysterious Mr. Mirage. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
