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| This is good solid golden age superhero stuff: the sort of thing that got me into comics in the first place. A great read! |
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| I don't remember this comic book be cause I used to get an allowance of five cents a day that meant I could only spend 10 cents a comic instead 15 cents . I remember CAPT MARVEL ...sam v fox |
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| A great Captain Marvel story to mark the debut of a new comic. The Ghost of the Deep is a good menace for Cap to overcome, with some real suspense when he captures Billy and drags him underwater. Even if his "mystery identity" is pretty obvious. |
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| Captain Marvel is great. He & his family were my heroes back in the day. I used to sit in the grocery store window reading the comics til the owner got a chance to chase me home. There was another store that sold comics with no covers at half-price. those were the days of yesteryear. |
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| Ulp!.....15 cents must have been a kings' ransom back in the WWII era !
I know it cramped my comic book budget when comics went from 12 cents to 15 cents then 20 cents back in the 1970s ! |
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| Thoroughly enjoyed this classic group of stories. We need more patriotism in our reading materials today. Thanks for downloading these fantastic adventures. |
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| I love this comic. Thanks for share! |
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| "Solve America's invasion problem" is such a weird way of saying "prevent America from mounting an invasion". It wasn't until the next scene that I realized he wasn't planning on doing something evil in the misguided belief that he was protecting America from invasion. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | 1941 | Price: 0.15 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler] |
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| Comic Story | Ghost of the Deep (20 pages) |
| Synopsis | A mysterious character, calling himself The Ghost of the Deep, kills to get a formula that will enable him to solve America's invasion problem: by sinking government ships with a mysterious force. Captain Marvel heads to the west coast to see if he can discover the cause and put a stop to it. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Hugo (villain, a scientist, introduction, death); The Ghost of the Deep [Spriggins] (villain, chief newscaster of the Monopoly Broadcasting Company, introduction, death); unnamed members of the Ghost's gang (villains, introduction for all, all die) |
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| Comic Story | The Riddle of the Ages (18 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; The Invisible Man (villain, introduction) |
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| Text Story | Death Doesn't Whisper (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Minute Man Meets Mr. Skeleton (18 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Minute Man; Mr. Skeleton (villain, introduction, death); Franklin D. Roosevelt (guest star) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children |
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| Comic Story | The Coming of America Smasher (18 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Spy; Superhero | Characters: Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Eve Corby; Admiral Corby; America Smasher (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | This is not America Smasher's first appearance, as Spy Smasher is surprised to see him alive. |
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| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | The Death Battalion (15 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]; Pinky Butler; The Death Battalion [Horned Hood; Ghost, Black Clown; Thorn; Laughing Skull; Dr. Death; Brain [Loomis] (introduction)] (villains) |
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