Publishers / Fawcett / Captain Marvel Adventures (1941) / #18
18December 11, 1942
$0.10

Captain Marvel Adventures #18

Fawcett · December 11, 1942 · on sale 1942-11-13

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Identification plate

Series
Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series)
Issue
#18
Publication date
December 11, 1942
Key date
1942-12-11
On-sale date
1942-11-13
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr. Proudly Present Mary Marvelcover1pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck; colors: C. C. BeckCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
1Contents Pagetable of contents1letters: typeset
2Captain Marvel Introduces Mary Marvelcomic story12.33script: Otto Binder; pencils: Marc Swayze; inks: Marc SwayzeCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson, aka Mary Bromfield] (Billy Batson's twin sister, introduction, origin); Billy Batson; Sterling Morris; Percy Pill; Sarah Primm (Billy and Mary's nurse, death); Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; The Wizard Shazam
3Giggle Gagscartoon1
4Captain Marvel Fights a Nightmarecomic story13pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave BergCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Steamboat; Sterling Morris; Billy Batson; Professor Archimedes Bram
5Killer in the Northtext story2script: Carl FormesJohn Macfane; Red Andrews (crook)
6The What-Not Adventurecomic story10script: Alfred Bester, Marc Swayze; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. BeckCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Billy Batson; Sterling Morris; Mrs. Thorntree; Brutus Duval (crook)
7Adventures In Stampscomic story1inks: Joe Simon
8Tanks A Lotcomic story6script: Al Liederman; pencils: Al Liederman; inks: Al Liederman; letters: Al LiedermanCaptain Kid
9-comic story1
10The 3 Wishes of Tim Tuckercomic story12script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. BeckCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; The Wizard Shazam; Billy Batson; Steamboat; Tim Tucker; Professor Murder (villain, introduction)
11-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset
126 Captain Marvel Jr.promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: ? (various); inks: ? various)
1311 Bulletgirlpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: ? (various); inks: ? various)Bulletgirl, Susan Kent

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