Captain Marvel Swan
Captain Marvel Adventures 136
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Captain Marvel Adventures 136
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Grade:
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9.0
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Page Quality:
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CREAM TO OFF-WHITE
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Pedigree:
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Crowley Copy
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Certification #:
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0074339001
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Owner:
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David Swan1
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Currently the Third Highest Graded Copy of this Issue. There is a 9.6 and 9.2 Crowley copy. This issue actually has three Crowley's.
(Published) September 1952
(Cover) by C.C. Beck
8 page Captain Marvel story
"Captain Marvel Battles Hallucination"
(Appearances) Sivana, Dexter Knox
(Script) Otto Binder
(Pencils/Inks) C.C. Beck
Turns out that Sivana and Billy Batson have nightmares each night about the other. Capt. Marvel consults Dexter Knox to see if he has a way to track down the evil scientist when to his surprise Sivana strolls through the door. Sivana aims a gun at Knox who seems entirely unaware of the scientists presence. Cap pushes Dexter out of the way of the blast and Sivana escapes. As Marvel pursues Knox considers the possibility that it was all in Capt. Marvel's imagination. Next, Sivana goes after Pa Potter who also fails to see Sivana even as Cap lifts him out of danger. Both Pa and Dexter discuss the idea that Cap may be hallucinating.
Cap flies back to WHIZ and finds Sivana aiming his gun at Mr. Morris. Marvel blocks the blast but just before Mr. Morris never saw Sivana. At this point even Cap starts to consider that he may be cracking up. Elsewhere Sivana is chuckling over his new invisibility belt that only allows Capt. Marvel to see him. Sivana baits Cap into punching him and then turns his belt all the way up so he is entirely invisible. Cap grabs the invisible fiend but a crowd begins to believe he's gone bonkers. An actual attempt is made to lock Marvel up prompting him to transform back to Billy. With a tear in his eye he decides he can never change to Capt. Marvel again. He even announces on his radio program that Marvel is finished.
Sivana literally dances with joy but now he decides to pull the same stunt on Billy. Billy becomes convinced that he too is nuts so Dexter Knox takes him to a 'crazy house' to Sivana's delight. However, Dexter takes Billy out the back door telling him he knows he's not crazy. Somehow Dexter figured out Sivana's entire scheme. The story abruptly wraps up as Sivana appears on a TV thinking Marvel is gone and Cap tracks him back to his base on punches him out. Dexter explains at the end that having both Cap and Billy have the same hallucinations tipped him off. Seems kinda sketchy.
2 page Jon Jarl text story
"The Space Pyramid"
(Script) Otto Binder [as Eando Binder]
4 page Captain Kid story
"The Practical Jokers"
(Pencils and Inks) Al Liederman?
6 page Captain Marvel story
"Television Trickery"
(Script) Otto Binder
(Pencils/Inks) C.C. Beck
Timmy Tinkle, the robot, dreams of operating a camera at WHIZ. Billy suggests that Timmy could help him with a marionette show he'd like to do and they ask Mr. Morris for permission. Mr. Morris rejects Tinker but accepts Billy.
That night, Billy begins his new puppet show and everything is going well when suddenly a tear gas bomb explodes. Billy transforms to Capt. Marvel and spots Tommy Tinkle taking over camera work after the camera man runs off. The gas is ventilated out and the show continues but after it ends Cap accuses Tinker of lobbing the bomb to get the cameraman position. Tinker uses his exceptional strength to pull himself away from Cap's grip and hides. We can see Tinker's thought and he's innocent.
The true culprit is Anton Garsh who's taking revenge on Mr. Morris for dropping his show. He tosses tear gas at another show and Timmy Tinkle arrives to assist. Cap thinks he's the one behind the gas attack but decides to put on his own act to keep the show going. Tinker acts as cameraman and the gas clears up. When the show is over Tinker turns himself over to Cap but Marvel already saw Garsh and punches him out. Apparently Cap always knew Tinker was innocent and was simply trying to smoke out Garsh. In the end Tinker gets the cameraman position her desperately wanted.
7 page Captain Marvel story
"The Witch of Haven Street"
(Script) Otto Binder
(Pencils/Inks) C.C. Beck
(Reprinted) Adventure Comics #498
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