Publishers / Fawcett / Captain Video (1951) / #5
5October 1951
$0.10

Captain Video #5

Fawcett · October 1951 · on sale 1951-07-27

First appearance: Captain VideoFirst appearance: Dr. Pauli
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Identification plate

Series
Captain Video (Fawcett, 1951 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
October 1951
Key date
1951-10-00
On-sale date
1951-07-27
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Dr. Pauli - 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 Videocover1pencils: ? (Photo); inks: ? (Photo); colors: ? (Photo)Captain Video (photo of Al Hodge); Video Ranger (photo of Don Hastings)
1Adventure for the Atomic Age! Fawcett Comics!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset
2The Dark Side of the Mooncomic story14pencils: George Evans; inks: Martin ThallCaptain Video; Video Ranger
3Lost and Foundcomic story0.67Airfield Al; unnamed pilot; Hutch (mentioned)
4Attention Video Rangerspromo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typesetCaptain Video
5Sudden Deathcomic story4Rod Cameron
6The Treasure of Asteroid Ktext story2script: Rod ReedHane Shanrock; Merke Kells; Abner Corum; Rook Carron
7Hello There, Video Rangers!public service announcement1pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); letters: typesetCaptain Video (photograph of Al Hodge)
8Gabfested!comic story0.67Pilot Pete; woman
9Coming Comic Attractionspreview (from the publisher)0.33pencils: ? (2 panels); inks: ? (2 panels)Lash Larue; train engineer; train fireman
10The Missles [sic] of Doomcomic story10script: Paul S. Newman; pencils: George Evans; inks: Martin ThallCaptain Video First, Dr. Pauli First
11A Big, New Book for Model Builderspromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: ? (illustration); ? (photograph); inks: ? (illustration); ? (photograph); letters: typeset
12Captain Video, the Electronic Wizardphoto story1pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); letters: typesetCaptain Video (photograph of Al Hodge)

Where to read it

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Series context

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Sources

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