Thursday, August 23, 2018

MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL "Chapter XIV: Mr Mind's Blitz!"

...isn't it amazing the ways villains use to keep Billy Batson from saying "SHAZAM!"?
This is now becoming a little irritating!
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!
Now, a line here or there isn't too bad, but when the whole last panel is in code, that's a pisser!
Note: this is one of the few chapters that doesn't end in a life-or-death cliffhanger!
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Posted by Britt Reid at 8/23/2018 07:00:00 AM
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Wednesday, August 22, 2018

MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL "Chapter XIII: the Floating Terror"

(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!

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Posted by Britt Reid at 8/22/2018 07:00:00 AM
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Friday, August 10, 2018

MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL "Chapter V: Marvel Meets Mr Mind!"

...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...
...the excitement continues Monday, back at
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Posted by Britt Reid at 8/10/2018 07:00:00 AM
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Thursday, August 9, 2018

MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL "Chapter IV: Glaciers Over America"

...why do I even bother?
The comic does the work for me!
Unless global warming kicks in quickly, this could be a really short serial!
The excitement continues right here on...
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!
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Posted by Britt Reid at 8/09/2018 07:00:00 AM
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Monday, August 6, 2018

MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL "Chapter I: the Pearl of Peril"

Writer Otto Binder and artists CC Beck & Pete Costanza created the first long-form serial for comic books...
...spanning 25 chapters in Fawcett's Captain Marvel Adventures 22-46) over two years (1943-1945)!
So, what are you waiting for?
An obvious question...why is Princess Rajabuti, a victim in this story, listed as one of the villains?
(Look at the list on the double-page spread...)
To Be Continued...
(for reasons that'll become obvious when you read it!)

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Posted by Britt Reid at 8/06/2018 07:00:00 AM
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