Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) 41 PR 0.5

Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) 41 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Page missing, interrupts text story. Cover detached at one staple.

Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories by Otto Binder, Art Helfant and Sid Lazarus. Art by Art Helfant, Sid Lazarus and Bud Thompson. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel Jr.'s latest foe is the circus performer gone wrong known as The Acrobat, who has a rare disease called "moonitis." During a full moon, he gains super-strength, and an evil personality to go with it, in a three-part story. Gloria, the Snortville Sneeze's star reporter, creates a beauty cream with strange side effects. Freddy Freeman encounters a man who can seemingly predict the news before it happens. Captain Marvel, Jr. Meets the Acrobat, Ch. 1: Death Under the Full Moon!; Rubbernose Randolph; Boxcar Benny; Giggle Gags; The Peril of the Moon; Captain Marvel Jr. Hunts a Ghost; Snortville Sneeze; Whipper-Snappers; Twenty-Five Bucks Worth; Witless Witmore; The News Prophet. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10. Grade: PR 0.5 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)