Captain Marvel Adventures

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Captain Marvel Adventures
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Issue #18 depicting the original Marvel Family: Captain Marvel (left), Mary Marvel (center) and Captain Marvel Jr. (right)
Publication information
Publisher Fawcett Comics
ScheduleMonthly
Every third Friday
Biweekly
FormatAnthology
GenreSuperhero
Publication dateMarch 1941 – November 1953
No. of issues150
Main character(s) Captain Marvel
Creative team
Written by Otto Binder, William Woolfolk, Ed Herron, Joe Simon
Artist(s) C. C. Beck, Pete Costanza, Jack Kirby
Editor(s) Ed Herron, Wendell Crowley

Captain Marvel Adventures is a long running comic book anthology series that was published by Fawcett Comics, starring Captain Marvel during the Golden Age of Comic Books. [1]

Contents

Publication history

The series was the first solo series starring the superhero after he was the star of the anthology title Whiz Comics . It was first released in 1941. The premiere issue was written and drawn by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. [2] The series was a huge success at the time. It sold 14 million copies in 1944, [3] and was at one point being published bi-weekly with a circulation of 1.3 million copies an issue. Several issues of Captain Marvel Adventures included a blurb on their covers proclaiming the series the "Largest Circulation of Any Comic Magazine". [4] The series would be cancelled with issue #150 in November 1953. [5] [6]

Outside of Captain Marvel stories, there were other featured character stories within the anthology every now and then, like Captain Kid. [7]

Otto Binder and C.C. Beck introduced supervillains like Ibac in issue #8, Mister Mind and the Monster Society of Evil in issue #26 [8] and Mister Atom in issue #78, which would remain recurring antagonists for the superhero. [9] The series' most significant debut was introducing Mary Marvel in issue #18, along with the formation of the Marvel Family. [10] [11] [12] Also introduced was Mr. Tawky Tawny in issue #79. [9]

Legacy

The success of the comic series lead DC Comics to file a lawsuit on Fawcett Comics regarding the character being too similar to Superman, which Fawcett would forfeit, and DC would win. [4]

Collected editions

See also

References

  1. ↑ Benton, Mike (1992). Superhero Comics of the Golden Age: The Illustrated History. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company. p. 156. ISBN   0-87833-808-X . Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ "GCD :: Issue :: Captain Marvel Adventures #[1]". www.comics.org. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  3. ↑ Lavinie, Michael L. (Summer 1998). "Comic Books and Graphic Novels for Libraries: What to Buy" (PDF). Serials Review. Vol. 2, no. 24. p. 34. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2005. In 1944, the best-selling comic book title (Captain Marvel Adventures) sold more than fourteen million copies for the year.
  4. 1 2 "Comic Book Success Stories". The Museum of Comic Book Advertising. Retrieved June 17, 2005. By the middle of the decade, Captain Marvel had received a self-titled comic book, Captain Marvel's Adventures [sic], which had a circulation that reached 1.3 million copies per month. Captain Marvel's circulation numbers exceeded National's Superman title and the rivalry between the companies led National to sue Fawcett for plagiarism.
  5. ↑ "Grand Comics Database" . Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Mike's Amazing World of Comics". www.mikesamazingworld.com. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Mike's Amazing World of Comics". www.mikesamazingworld.com. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  8. 1 2 "UPDATE: DC Cancels Plans to Reprint Iconic & Controversial CAPTAIN MARVEL/SHAZAM Story". Newsarama. Archived from the original on June 19, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  9. 1 2 Hamerlinck, Paul (2001). Fawcett Companion: The Best of FCA. TwoMorrows Publishing. ISBN   9781893905108.
  10. ↑ "Mary Marvel". www.dcuniverse.com. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Mary Marvel". www.toonopedia.com. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  12. ↑ Diaz, Eric. "The Comic Book History Of The SHAZAM! Family". Nerdist. Retrieved November 10, 2019.


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