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Captain Marvel Jr. 115 Cover by Bud Thompson
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Captain Marvel Jr. 115 Cover by Bud Thompson
BC: SHAZAM #21
And finally we arrive at the nadir of the SHAZAM run that I was experiencing all at once thanks to it having been loaned to me by my grade school buddy Donald Sims. Sales on the series had clearly been poor, and yet the character was starring in a successful Saturday morning live action series. Consequently, DC didn’t want to cancel the book. So they did the next best thing: they reduced its…
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CAPTAIN MARVEL JR. #35 (January, 1946). Cover by Bud Thompson.
Despite what it says on the cover, the indicia on the first page of the book indicates that this is issue #34, dated January, 1946. There was never an issue #34, at least cover wise; the previous issue was #33, and the following issue was #36.
Sivana Jr. also does not appear in the interior of the book; he makes his debut in issue #36.
Apparently there was a mix-up either in Fawcett's editorial offices or at the printer which lead to the cover mix-up.
The Door
by Bud Thompson
(This Magazine is Haunted, August 1953)
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Vintage Comic - Captain Marvel Jr. #119
Pencils: Bud Thompson Inks: Bud Thompson Fawcett (June1953)
CAPTAIN MARVEL ADVENTURES #52, CAPTAIN MARVEL JR. #36 JANUARY - MARCH 1946 BY OTTO BINDER, PETE COSTANZA AND BUD THOMPSON
SYNOPSIS
Sivana comes back from Venus with his son, Sivana Jr. (not to confuse with Magnificus). Billy figures out that both Sivanas are too much to handle, so he asks Freddy to take care of Junior. Captain Marvel puts Sivana Sr. in jail.
Captain Marvel Jr., meanwhile, tries to figure out Sivana Jr.’s plans when he gives some “dancing pills” to a lot of teens, to later ask their parents for money in exchange of an antidote.
Captain Marvel Jr. eventually puts an end to his menace as he sends him to reform school.
REVIEW
It makes sense to create a different Sivana for Captain Marvel Jr... well, it made sense in the Golden Age at least.
But it is strange that the character wasn’t mentioned before (that I know of). Beautia seems to know him, but he wasn’t present in her “origin story”.
Something really confused me on the Jr story: CM3 talks about Freddy in the third person, like they are two different personas. But other times he seems to be the same person. So what is going on with this? Are they different people or not? I will assume that they are the same persona.
I give the stories a score of 8.
The dream recorder / Captain Marvel Jr. #49 Fawcett Publications, 1947 Bud Thompson cover art / [***]
