Monday, September 17, 2012

Master Comics #74 (November 1946, "The Fountain of Age")

This story presents a couple of re-occurring themes with Sivana Jr stories. One is his promises (which are never kept) of reform. The other is his ability as a master chemist to concoct solutions that cause chaos and havoc as distractions for his criminal endeavors. We see this in his first Captain Marvel Jr appearance in Captain Marvel Jr #36 ("CMJ Battles Sivana Jr") where he produces "Jitterbug" pills that cause teenagers to engage in non-stop dancing. This time it is an aging potion that disables his adversaries by making them too old to resist. He gets a dose of his own medicine in the end administered by the Blue Boy. Art is by Bud Thompson.
















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2 comments:

  1. darkmarkSeptember 21, 2012 at 9:07 PM

    Thanks. This issue, however, is now available on the Digital Comics Museum.

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  2. DonensignSeptember 21, 2012 at 9:53 PM

    That's fine, since I've already started it I will finish uploading the rest of the issue with my comments.

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