Captain Marvel Jr.: Captain Marvel Jr. Sinks The Japs!
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.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the golden age of American comic books, no hero flew higher or hit harder than Freddy Freeman — the boy who needed only to cry the name of his mentor to transform into the mighty Captain Marvel Jr. Issue No. 1 of this landmark series, dated November 1942, chronicles the young superhero's wartime adventures as he takes on Axis forces in the rousing lead story, Captain Marvel Jr. Sinks the Japs! — a tale that captures the electrifying patriotic fervor that defined an entire generation of wartime publishing. Captain Marvel Jr. stands as a remarkable artifact of 1940s American popular culture, illustrating how the comic book medium was conscripted into the war effort alongside its readers. Born from the enormously successful Captain Marvel universe created by Fawcett Publications, the character — designed by Mac Raboy, whose dynamic, muscular artwork set the visual standard for superhero illustration — represents the zenith of Golden Age draftsmanship. As a first issue, this is a piece of history that documents the raw, unfiltered spirit of an America at war, leaving the modern reader to wonder how a ten-cent pamphlet ever carried the weight of a nation's hopes.
Author: Fawcett Comics
Format: Paperback
Genre: Cartoons & comic strips
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the golden age of American comic books, no hero flew higher or hit harder than Freddy Freeman — the boy who needed only to cry the name of his mentor to transform into the mighty Captain Marvel Jr. Issue No. 1 of this landmark series, dated November 1942, chronicles the young superhero's wartime adventures as he takes on Axis forces in the rousing lead story, Captain Marvel Jr. Sinks the Japs! — a tale that captures the electrifying patriotic fervor that defined an entire generation of wartime publishing. Captain Marvel Jr. stands as a remarkable artifact of 1940s American popular culture, illustrating how the comic book medium was conscripted into the war effort alongside its readers. Born from the enormously successful Captain Marvel universe created by Fawcett Publications, the character — designed by Mac Raboy, whose dynamic, muscular artwork set the visual standard for superhero illustration — represents the zenith of Golden Age draftsmanship. As a first issue, this is a piece of history that documents the raw, unfiltered spirit of an America at war, leaving the modern reader to wonder how a ten-cent pamphlet ever carried the weight of a nation's hopes.