(Due to racist content common to the era of publication, we had to post several chapters at Not Safe for Work Comics.)
The Captain Marvel Code-Finder was a mail-in premium that would enable you to understand the cryptic messages (like this one) in stories!
Without it, you'd be as helpless as an Axis spy to figure out what the message was!
Regrettably, I don't have one so I can't tell you what the message says!
...just when you think all hope is lost, something unexpected comes along!
(Note the colorist apparently doesn't read the captions!)
Note: the following two pages were composited from two different-quality sources.
Notes:
Polar bears aren't brown.
Didn't know the use of "SHAZAM!" allows for the syllables "SHA" and "ZAM" to be uttered over five minutes apart and still activate the transformation!
The running gag of Mr Mind being almost caught by Captain Marvel ran through the rest of the serial!
You'll see another example when...
Before TV invaded Amercan homes in the late 1940s, movie serials were used by theatre owners to lure audiences back week after week!
And one of the most succesful ones was...Republic's Adventures of Captain Marvel!
Starring weightlifter-turned-Western star Tom Tyler (who also played The Phantom) as the Big Red Cheese, it was a non-stop thrill ride as Republic's legendary stuntmen performed feats today's wimps need CGI to pull off!
BTW, their SFX crew, the Lydecker Brothers, were no slouches, performing miracles on a shoestring budget!
It's not the first time Fawcett tried a multi-part storyline. Whiz Comics #15 through 18 (1941) presented a plotline running between the Captain Marvel and Spy Smasher strips in the book featuring a brainwashed Spy Smasher trying to stop the war effort and Captain Marvel trying to thwart him...
...which presaged this generation's Superman vs Batman battles of Brawn vs Brain (and high-tech)!
The re-presentation will switch between this blog and fellow RetroBlogNot Safe for Work Comics, depending on if there's racist content in the given chapter.
(Most chapters don't have racist elements!)
