Captain Marvel Adventures - Monster Society of Evil
Chapter 20: Mr. Mind's Book
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Captain Marvel Adventures 41 Universal
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Grade:
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9.2
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Page Quality:
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CREAM TO OFF-WHITE
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Pedigree:
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Crowley Copy/File Copy
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Certification #:
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0074380008
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Owner:
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David Swan1
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Currently Tied as the Highest Graded Copy of this Issue. This is one of two Crowley copies graded 92. I like that Cap visits Dayton which is in my home state of Ohio. Although, I don't believe I've ever actually been to Dayton.
(Published) November 1944
(Cover) Pete Constanza?
14 page Captain Marvel story
"Captain Marvel Battles the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man"
Appearances: Beautia, Whitey Murphy
Script: Otto Binder
Pencils/Inks: Pete Constanza?
Billy Batson opens a letter than old Shazam gave him four year prior summoning him to fight a greater evil than he has ever fought before. He passes the creepy statutes of the Seven Deadly Sins in the tunnel of Shazam but it turns out that the human embodiment of the seven sins is the new threat. Apparently they manifest on Earth every four years.
The story jumps to a scene of the group of seven which include Dr. Sivana as they gloat over the amount of evil they have caused in the last four years but they make the decision that Capt. Marvel must be stopped because he's prevented more than half their evil acts. The first of the seven deadly sins stops by Billy's office and tries to convince Steamboat not to work so hard. Steamboat falls asleep and the man plants a bomb but when Billy comes in he spots the bomb and Capt. Marvel destroys it. It becomes obvious the man was laziness.
Later, Whitey Murphy shows up from the war. Whitey, Billy and Cissie take a walk but Hatred, Envy and Selfishness are watching them. Envy comes over and puts the thought in Whitey's head that Cissie cares more about Capt. Marvel than him. Hate then riles Billy up while Selfishness gets Cissie to desire a fight in her honor. Hate hands Whitey a rock which he tries to brain Billy with prompting Billy to transform. Cap beats up the three villains but they manage to escape when Cissie is nearly run over by a horse.
Billy goes back to WHIZ but finds Mr. Morris taking all the money from his station thanks to the influence of greed. Morris actually pulls a gun on Marvel allowing greed to jump out the window. The six catch greed and it's now up to Sivana as Pride and Injustice to take down the Big Red Cheese. At that moment Marvel shows up and Sivana ducks into a dark doorway followed by Marvel who delivers a punishing punch in the dark. When the light comes on it's Sivana's daughter Beautia crumpled up on the ground. Cap allows Sivana and Injustice to take him to prison for the crime of murder. He's barely in jail a moment when Beautia wanders by alerting him to Sivana's deception. Capt. Marvel leaves prison and shows up at a celebration of the seven even as Sivana is giving a victory speech. Cap cleans house and all the deadly sins are taken to prison.
8 page Captain Marvel story
"The Adventure of the Two Heroes in Dayton, Ohio"
Pencils/Inks: C.C. Beck?
City story: Dayton, OH
Mr. Morris sends Billy to Dayton to cover a war bond drive while several Japanese plan to sabotage the event. They plan to kill several soldiers who are guests of honor at the rally. The first attempt on their lives is doomed to failure with Capt. Marvel protecting them. The next attempt is to drop a huge block on the solders heads but again Capt. Marvel makes the save. Two more attempts are made on the soldiers lives but on the final attempt the soldiers themselves take care of the would be assassins. In final desperation one of the killers accidentally lights himself ablaze in an attempt to blow up a munitions plant but Capt. Marvel prevents any damage and later the soldiers make a speech promoting war bonds.
9 page Captain Marvel story
"Captain Marvel Runs For President"
Script: Otto Binder
Pencils/Inks: C.C. Beck?
8 page Captain Marvel story
"The Monster Society of Evil Ch. 20:Mr. Mind's Book"
Appearances: Mr. Mind, Sylvester
Script: Otto Binder
Pencils/Inks: C.C. Beck
Reprinted: Monster Society of Evil, The (Hawk Books, 1989 series) #1
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