Volume: 5
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 60
On-sale Date: 1943-10-29
Editing: Will Lieberson (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #30 Edit Cover
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The Modern Robinson Crusoe
(Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
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Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
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Issue Data

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 4.

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(Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Marvel / table of contents / 1 page

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Captain Marvel Battles the $40,000,000 Denver Plot!
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Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 12 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]

Indexer Notes

City story: Denver, Colo.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Sergeant Sandy / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It's pretty hard convincing men...

The Modern Robinson Crusoe!
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Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Otto Binder (script)
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Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Steamboat

Indexer Notes

Plot and art credits per Will Murray in Alter Ego #157 (March 2019).

You'll Know Me by My Smile!
(Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:war

Captain Marvel and the Baron of Barracuda Bay!
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Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 15 pages

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Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Captain Kid / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What a place kick!

Captain Marvel and the Monster Society of Evil Chap. 9 - The Webs of Destruction!
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Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 8 pages

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Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mr. Mind (villain); Dr. Smashi (villain); Herr Phoul (villain, introduction); Jorrk (villain, a crocodile man, introduction); General McWaverley
Synopsis:
Billy is rescued by some Chinese boys and Captain Marvel flies off after Mr. Mind, who is attacking the Australian army with a spider-plane that shoots webs. The villain and his allies capture an Australian general, and force Captain Marvel to choose between saving the general or catching them.
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Indexer Notes

With this issue, the chapter numbers change from Roman numerals to Arabic numerals.
The chapter page count drops from 12 pages to 8 pages.

[quiz]
(Table of Contents: 9)

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Quiz about Captain Marvel stories.

Captain Tootsie and the Great Jewel Robbery
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Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Modern Robinson Crusoe
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  2. [no title indexed]
    Captain Marvel
  3. Captain Marvel Battles the $40,000,000 Denver Plot!
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  4. ["It's pretty hard convincing men..."]
    Sergeant Sandy
  5. The Modern Robinson Crusoe!
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  6. You'll Know Me by My Smile!
  7. Captain Marvel and the Baron of Barracuda Bay!
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  8. ["What a place kick!"]
    Captain Kid
  9. Captain Marvel and the Monster Society of Evil Chap. 9 - The Webs of Destruction!
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  10. [quiz]
  11. Captain Tootsie and the Great Jewel Robbery
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
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