Monday, March 28, 2011
Captain Marvel Jr #41 (Acrobat, chapter 2)
This story is not your typical Captain Marvel Jr. tale. First, three-part stories are very unusual within the CMJ corpus. The next three-part story happened 59 issues later in CMJ #100. Second, most of this story takes place at night because the moon gives the Acrobat his powers. Most of the World's Mightiest Boy's stories take place in the day time where a bright color palette is used. Third, this story is unusually violent. In most later CMJ stories the villains may steal valuables or commit other crimes but in this story the Acrobat murders his trapeze partner, kills a truck driver, his girl friend, his gangster accomplice Spike, another young women(chapter 3) and attempts to murder Freddy and the circus manager. Even though he is a multiple murderer he gets off at the end because of his "moonitis" dementia. On the last page that readers note an ad promising that the Acrobat will return making him almost a hero rather that the mad killer that he is.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Welcome to the Captain Marvel Jr. blog
[ Index for Blue Boy Blog as of Dec. 2, 2013]
Capt. Marvel Jr. #14 (August 27, 2012- Sept. 10, 2012)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #22 (August 29, 2011- Sept. 11. 2011
Capt. Marvel Jr. #31 (July 22, 2013-August 12, 2013)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #33 (June 11, 2011- June 27, 2011)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #34/35 (August 19, 2013- Sept. 7, 2013)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #36 (Sept. 23, 2013- Oct. 7, 2013)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #37 (Oct. 14, 2013-Nov. 5, 2013)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #38 (Nov. 11, 2013-Dec. 2, 2013)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #39 (May 16, 2011- June 4, 2011)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #41 (March 21, 2011- April 11, 2011)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #44 (June 4, 2012- June 18, 2012)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #52 (April 18, 2011- May 9, 2011)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #71 (July 30, 2012- August 20, 2012)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #72 (Sept. 26, 2011- October 17, 2011)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #75 (October 24, 2011- November 14, 2011)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #76 (July 4, 2011- July 25, 2011)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #78 (November 21, 2011- December 5, 2011)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #79 (August 1, 2011- August 22, 2011)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #83 (January 2, 2012- January 24, 2012)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #84 (January 30, 2012- February 20, 2012)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #85 (February 27, 2012- March 19, 2012)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #86 (April 16, 2012- April 30, 2012)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #89 (May 7, 2012- May 28, 2012)
Master Comics #45 (Sept. 7, 2011- Sept. 10, 2011)
Master Comics #61 (December 12, 2011- December 15, 2011)
Master Comics #74 (Sept. 17, 2012- Oct. 15, 2012)
Master Comics #78 (May 13, 2013- June 10, 2013)
Master Comics #79 (June 17, 2013- July 15, 2013)
Master Comics #89 (March 26, 2012- March 31, 2012)
Master Comics #100 (October 22, 2012- November 19, 2012)
Master Comics #107 (November 26, 2012- December 17, 2012)
Master Comics #111 (June 25, 2012- July 3, 2012)
Master Comics #115 (July 9, 2012- July 23, 2012)
Master Comics #126 (January 7, 2013- January 28, 2013)
[ Note (April 22, 2013): For the complete listing (by year) of Captain Marvel Jr. stories please see Blog entries for February 4, 2013 to April 22, 2013]
Welcome to the web site that celebrates the Golden Age of Captain Marvel Jr. Captain Marvel Jr was published by Fawcett Comics from 1941 to 1953. He was created to take advantage of the popularity of the enormously successful Captain Marvel. Captain Marvel Jr was quite successful in his own right with around 600 stories published in his own title as will as in Master Comics, The Marvel Family, All Hero Comics, America's Greatest Comics and others.
Currently DC Comics publishes Captain Marvel Jr sporadically however the Fawcett era stories are public domain. Many of these stories are published for free viewing and downloading at the Digital Comics Museum. We recommend their site.
The stories that we will publish on this site are ones currently unavailable at Digital Comic Museum or elsewhere on line as far as we are aware. We hope you enjoy these well crafted stories from the Golden Age of Comics.
We start off with Captain Marvel Jr. #41 (August 1946). This issue features the introduction of one of CMJ's major villains, the Acrobat. We will publish this three-part tale over the next few weeks. Enjoy.
Capt. Marvel Jr. #14 (August 27, 2012- Sept. 10, 2012)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #22 (August 29, 2011- Sept. 11. 2011
Capt. Marvel Jr. #31 (July 22, 2013-August 12, 2013)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #33 (June 11, 2011- June 27, 2011)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #34/35 (August 19, 2013- Sept. 7, 2013)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #36 (Sept. 23, 2013- Oct. 7, 2013)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #37 (Oct. 14, 2013-Nov. 5, 2013)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #38 (Nov. 11, 2013-Dec. 2, 2013)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #39 (May 16, 2011- June 4, 2011)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #41 (March 21, 2011- April 11, 2011)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #44 (June 4, 2012- June 18, 2012)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #52 (April 18, 2011- May 9, 2011)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #71 (July 30, 2012- August 20, 2012)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #72 (Sept. 26, 2011- October 17, 2011)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #75 (October 24, 2011- November 14, 2011)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #76 (July 4, 2011- July 25, 2011)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #78 (November 21, 2011- December 5, 2011)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #79 (August 1, 2011- August 22, 2011)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #83 (January 2, 2012- January 24, 2012)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #84 (January 30, 2012- February 20, 2012)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #85 (February 27, 2012- March 19, 2012)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #86 (April 16, 2012- April 30, 2012)
Capt. Marvel Jr. #89 (May 7, 2012- May 28, 2012)
Master Comics #45 (Sept. 7, 2011- Sept. 10, 2011)
Master Comics #61 (December 12, 2011- December 15, 2011)
Master Comics #74 (Sept. 17, 2012- Oct. 15, 2012)
Master Comics #78 (May 13, 2013- June 10, 2013)
Master Comics #79 (June 17, 2013- July 15, 2013)
Master Comics #89 (March 26, 2012- March 31, 2012)
Master Comics #100 (October 22, 2012- November 19, 2012)
Master Comics #107 (November 26, 2012- December 17, 2012)
Master Comics #111 (June 25, 2012- July 3, 2012)
Master Comics #115 (July 9, 2012- July 23, 2012)
Master Comics #126 (January 7, 2013- January 28, 2013)
[ Note (April 22, 2013): For the complete listing (by year) of Captain Marvel Jr. stories please see Blog entries for February 4, 2013 to April 22, 2013]
Welcome to the web site that celebrates the Golden Age of Captain Marvel Jr. Captain Marvel Jr was published by Fawcett Comics from 1941 to 1953. He was created to take advantage of the popularity of the enormously successful Captain Marvel. Captain Marvel Jr was quite successful in his own right with around 600 stories published in his own title as will as in Master Comics, The Marvel Family, All Hero Comics, America's Greatest Comics and others.
Currently DC Comics publishes Captain Marvel Jr sporadically however the Fawcett era stories are public domain. Many of these stories are published for free viewing and downloading at the Digital Comics Museum. We recommend their site.
The stories that we will publish on this site are ones currently unavailable at Digital Comic Museum or elsewhere on line as far as we are aware. We hope you enjoy these well crafted stories from the Golden Age of Comics.
We start off with Captain Marvel Jr. #41 (August 1946). This issue features the introduction of one of CMJ's major villains, the Acrobat. We will publish this three-part tale over the next few weeks. Enjoy.
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