<i>Captain Marvel Adventures</i>, No. 34
date: label: date made
content: 1941
name: label: maker
content: Fawcett Publications, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: <i>Captain Marvel Adventures</i> issue number 34 was published by Fawcett Comics in April 1944 and sold for ten cents. The cover art by CC Beck features Captain Marvel flying with Uncle Leo the clown balancing on his head.
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content: This issue contains Captain Marvel stories: "Capt. Marvel visits Oklahoma City," Captain Marvel; Sportsman," "The Jealous Magician," and "The Monster Society of Evil Ch. 13: The Floating Terror". Also included in this issue are strips “Spooks,” “Captain Kid in More Trouble,” “Sergeant Sandy Bawls ‘Em Out,” and the short story “Friday the 13th.”
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content: Captain Marvel first appeared in <i>Whiz Comics</i> No. 2 in February 1940, and his ensuing popularity resulted in his own title, <i>Captain Marvel Adventures</i>, in March 1941.
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content: By uttering the magic word “SHAZAM!” intrepid kid radio reporter Billy Batson would transform into Captain Marvel, bestowed with Solomon’s wisdom, Hercules’ strength, Atlas’s stamina, Zeus’s power, Achilles’ courage, and Mercury’s speed (an anagram of SHAZAM). In 1953, Fawcett ceased publishing <i>Captain Marvel</i> after losing a 12-year legal battle with National Comics, who claimed Captain Marvel was an infringement on their Superman character.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: United States: Oklahoma, Oklahoma City
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Comic Books
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Olivia V. Crisson and Phillip M.S. Crisson in honor of Peter Bozzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0086.029
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0086.029
label: accession number
content: 2013.0086
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/4 in x 10 1/4 in; 18.415 cm x 26.035 cm