64 Pages Of New Captain Marvel Adventures
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: special ed repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Long before the age of cinematic superheroes, a young orphan named Billy Batson needed only to shout one magic word — SHAZAM! — to transform into the World's Mightiest Mortal, Captain Marvel, and 64 Pages of New Captain Marvel Adventures collects some of the earliest and most exhilarating tales of this beloved champion. Published by Fawcett Publications at the dawn of the Golden Age of Comics, this landmark anthology presents Captain Marvel soaring into action against a rogues' gallery of villains, mad scientists, and supernatural threats, all rendered in the bold, dynamic artwork that made the character a sensation and, at his peak, the best-selling superhero comic in America. The stories within this collection capture the irresistible charm that set Captain Marvel apart from his contemporaries — a boy's wide-eyed wonder inhabiting a man of godlike power, told with a wit and warmth that made him genuinely beloved by millions of readers. The artwork, steeped in the energetic two-fisted style of the early 1940s, illustrates a world where heroism is uncomplicated and triumph is earned with a thunderclap. A priceless artefact of American popular culture history, this volume stands as a testament to the creative ingenuity of comics' founding era — and a reminder of why Captain Marvel's legend has proven utterly indestructible.
Author: -
Format: Paperback
Published: 1974, Fawcett Publications
Genre: Cartoons & comic strips
Edition: special ed repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Long before the age of cinematic superheroes, a young orphan named Billy Batson needed only to shout one magic word — SHAZAM! — to transform into the World's Mightiest Mortal, Captain Marvel, and 64 Pages of New Captain Marvel Adventures collects some of the earliest and most exhilarating tales of this beloved champion. Published by Fawcett Publications at the dawn of the Golden Age of Comics, this landmark anthology presents Captain Marvel soaring into action against a rogues' gallery of villains, mad scientists, and supernatural threats, all rendered in the bold, dynamic artwork that made the character a sensation and, at his peak, the best-selling superhero comic in America. The stories within this collection capture the irresistible charm that set Captain Marvel apart from his contemporaries — a boy's wide-eyed wonder inhabiting a man of godlike power, told with a wit and warmth that made him genuinely beloved by millions of readers. The artwork, steeped in the energetic two-fisted style of the early 1940s, illustrates a world where heroism is uncomplicated and triumph is earned with a thunderclap. A priceless artefact of American popular culture history, this volume stands as a testament to the creative ingenuity of comics' founding era — and a reminder of why Captain Marvel's legend has proven utterly indestructible.