Captain Marvel Swan
Captain Marvel Adventures 66
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Captain Marvel Adventures 66
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Grade:
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9.2
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Page Quality:
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CREAM TO OFF-WHITE
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Certification #:
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1106466004
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Owner:
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David Swan1
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Tied with One Other Comic for Highest Grade
(Published) October 1946
(Cover) C.C. Beck
11 page Captain Marvel story
"The Atomic War"
(Writer) Otto Binder
(Pencils/Inks) C.C. Beck
Billy Batson is doing a broadcast announcing that the world is at total peace when Mr. Morris breaks in with an announcement that Chicago was just completely destroyed by an Atomic bomb. Capt. Marvel flies to Chicago to find it indeed in total ruin. He rescues a woman and her baby but they die from radiation poisoning nonetheless, As he flies back to WHIZ he runs into a barrage of Atomic bombs headed towards Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh is blown up and Cap can only hold his head in grief. City after city is destroyed until even Billy's own city is obliterated, Cap stands on the wreckage asking who is the culprit and why is America not responding.
A General shows up and tells Cap that no response has been launched because they don't know where the bombs are coming from. Marvel is sent out with a radio to try and locate the source. All over the world, countries are confused as to the source of the bombs and start firing off their own atomic bombs. Eventually, every person on the planet except Capt Marvel is dead.
In the end, it turns out this was all a television program meant to show the horrors of all out atomic war. It's basically an anti-war message suggesting the next world war could be the last. She changes the goat back to Billy with an intention of turning him into a worm but he transforms and flies away before she can react.
8 page Captain Marvel story
"The Cult of the Curse Chapter 6: The Battle of the Century"
(Script) Otto Binder
(Pencils/Inks) C.C. Beck
Capt Marvel is trying to track down Oggar on a desert island when he comes across a decrepit female hermit who is startled by his appearance. It turns out she's Circe the witch and she was cursed with immortality by Oggar when she refused his advances. As she aged without dying she developed a hatred for men and learned to turn them into animals. She turns Marvel into a half horse so he changes back to Billy to reverse the effect. She turns Billy into a goat and kicks him away. Billy is unable to say his magic word but worse, Oggar has spotted him and starts lobbing spears in his direction. Oggar misses on purpose but then pulls out a magic rifle and puts Billy goat down.
Turns out Oggar killed the wrong goat and Billy returns to Circe butting her in the rear. Cap finds Oggar and punches him in the back of the head, then grabs up his notebook before tearing it up. This takes away Oggar's magic tricks but he can still go toe to toe with Marvel on a physical level and the two start duking it out. Cap acts like he's scared and lures Oggar to Circe who proceeds to change Oggar into a boar. He dashes off a cliff, presumably dying on the rocks. With Oggar dead the curse on Circe is lifted and she turns to bones. Thus ends the World's Mightiest Immortal.
9 page Captain Marvel story
"The Return of Aunt Minerva"
(Script) Bill Woolfolk?
Aunt Minerva is in jail writing her 10th love letter of the day to Capt. Marvel. When she gets a return letter from Cap telling her to leave him alone she furiously clunks her guard on the head and escapes. She goes immediately to Billy Batson's office demanding to see Marvel and smacks the lad to the ground. Angry, Billy speaks has magic word but when Cap arrives he plans to change back believing it was a mistake for Billy to call on him. Too late. Minerva, seeing Cap hangs off hiss neck and pummels the cops who arrive. When things get too hot she shoots out a light and makes her escape.
Later, Capt. Marvel makes a fruitless search of the city but when he returns to Billy's office he finds the place filled with flowers. Minerva arrives and proposes to Cap giving him 10 minutes to decide. Cap leaves and returns as Billy telling her Marvel isn't interested (how cowardly). In response, she knocks Billy unconscious and ties him up. She threatens to kill Billy if Capt. Marvel doesn't show up but then makes the mistake of removing his gag in order to hear his response to her mocking. Billy transforms and Cap sprays Minerva with a knockout perfume she had prepared. He then takes her to jail.
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