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  • Item #60440088
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    Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 10 CBCS 3.0 Restored

    Slight amateur restoration

    Paper: Off white to white

    Amateur Restoration Includes: Small Amount of Color Touch on Cover.

    Label #19-420484D-001

    Starts Apr 6

    Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Al Liederman and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza, Al Liederman and unknown. Shazam! Billy Batson speaks the word of power and it's Captain Marvel to the rescue! Captain Marvel stars in: "At the Circus" with story by Otto Binder and inks by C.C. Beck; "The Radio Racketeers"; "The Warrior of Wai"; and "The Strange Orders from Washington" with art by Pete Costanza. Also in this issue: Captain Kid in "The Swamp Smugglers" by Al Liederman; 2-page text story "Coffins Are for Corpses"; and Famous Blitzkriegs of the Past 1-pager "Xerxes"! 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 4 #5 VG 4.0

    Tape on interior pages.

    Starts Apr 6

    May 1942. Cover by Malcolm Smith. Stories: "Daughter of the Snake God" by J.Y. Cabot and W.P. McGivern, "Secret of the Golden Jaguar" by Robert Moore Williams, "Holy City of Mars" by Ralph Milne and Al P. Nelson, "Mr. Pym Makes a Deal" by John Broome, "Gather 'Round The Flowing Bowler" by Robert Bloch, "Mademoiselle Butterfly" by Don Wilcox, "The Magic Flute" by David V. Reed, "The Phantom Armada" by Stanton A. Coblentz, "Brother Michel" by Nelson S. Bond, "Mrs. Corter Makes Up Her Mind" by August W. Derleth, and "Return of Joan of Arc" by David Wright O'Brien. Illustrations by Ned Hadley, Magarian, Joe Sewell, Robert Fuqua, Jay Jackson, Pemble, L. Raymond Jones, and Rod Ruth. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 244 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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    Speed Comics (1939-1947 Brookwood/Harvey) 18 0.3

    INCOMPLETE. First three wraps missing, affects Captain Freedom and Speed Taylor stories.

    Starts Apr 6

    Cover art by Joe Simon (as Jon Henri). Shock Gibson story, art by Arthur Cazeneuve. Biff Bannon story, script and art by Art Helfant. Ted Parrish story. Crash, Cork, and the Baron story, art by Art Gates. Speed Taylor story. The Black Dragon (Table of Contents), Captain Freedom story, art by Arthur Cazeneuve. Pat Parker story. Black Cat story, art by Al Gabriele. Daffy Drafty story, art by Art Helfant. 68 pages, four color. Cover price $0.10.