Publishers / Fawcett / Captain Marvel Adventures (1941) / #22
22March 26, 1943
$0.10

Captain Marvel Adventures #22

Fawcett · March 26, 1943 · on sale 1943-02-26

First appearance: Mr. MindFirst appearance: IbacFirst appearance: Stanley Printwhistle
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Identification plate

Series
Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series)
Issue
#22
Publication date
March 26, 1943
Key date
1943-03-26
On-sale date
1943-02-26
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mr. Mind - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Ibac - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Stanley Printwhistle - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Nippo - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Captain Kid - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Mr. Banjo - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Dr. Filpots - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Crocodile-Man - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Little Albert - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Captain Marvel Battles Shipyard Sabotage!cover1pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete CostanzaBilly Batson, Captain Marvel
1Contents Pagetable of contents1Billy Batson, Captain Kid First, Captain Marvel, Shazam, Dr. Sivana
2Capt. Marvel Battles Shipyard Sabotagecomic story15pencils: Pete Costanza; inks: Pete CostanzaBilly Batson, Captain Marvel, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini
3Capt. Marvel and the Voodoo Show Boatcomic story12script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. BeckBilly Batson, Captain Marvel, Dr. Sivana, Steamboat Bill
4The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 1: The Pearl of Perilcomic story12script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck; letters: C. C. BeckBilly Batson, Captain Marvel, Captain Nazi, Crocodile-Man First, Dr. Filpots First, Ibac First, Albrecht Krieger, Mr. Banjo First, Mr. Mind First, Nippo First, Stanley Printwhistle First, Dr. Sivana
5Ski Championcomic story6script: Al Liederman; pencils: Al Liederman; inks: Al LiedermanCaptain Kid First
6Fog and Furytext story2script: Nathaniel NitkinLieutenant Commander Scott; Commander Packard; the Bos'n; the talker
7-comic story1Little Albert First
8Capt. Marvel and the Revolt of the Comics!comic story10script: Otto Binder; pencils: Pete Costanza; inks: Pete CostanzaBilly Batson, Captain Marvel
9-public service announcement0.8pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typesetBilly Batson, Captain Marvel
10-promo (ad from the publisher)0.2letters: typesetBrian Butler, Minute-Man, Mr. Scarlet, Jack Weston
1128 Mr. Scarletpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typesetBrian Butler, Mr. Scarlet
1222 Minute Manpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typesetMinute-Man, Jack Weston
13News of the Contest!in-house column0.5letters: typeset

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Shazam from the Forties to the Seventies #[nn]
ISBN 0517531275		1977On eBay ›
The Best of Captain Marvel #[nn]1975On eBay ›
The Complete Original Monster Society of Evil
ISBN 978-1983869648		2018On eBay ›
The Buyer's Guide for Comics Fandom #711974On eBay ›
Yesterday's Comics #11973On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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