MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL "Chapter XV: the Vicious Volcano!"

We Have Already Seen...

...note the format and structure changes:

1) A new "eight panel to a page" layout (making this read more like movie storyboards than a standard comic page where panel size varies)!

This new format will be continued until the end of the serial.

2) Lack of a cliffhanger from the previous chapter (as if the previous chapter were the final one for that serial, and this was the first chapter in a sequel serial)!

Note that while DC's Superman and Batman both had two serials, their Fawcett equivalents Captain Marvel and Spy Smasher had only one serial each!

3) And, on the first page, panels presenting the synopsis and cast, much in the style of the opening credits of the 1940s Republic serials...including Adventures of Captain Marvel!

Now you can go on with the story...

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Remember how I told you the Captain Marvel Code-Finder was a mail-in premium that would enable you to understand the cryptic messages (like this one) in stories?

And that, without it, you'd be as helpless as an Axis spy to figure out what the message was!
And that I didn't have one of the HTF and expensive Code Finders?
Well, guess what?
We don't need it!

On the back of the Captain Marvel Club Membership Card (shown here) is the code!

...the excitement continues here
Monday!

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

When Last We Left Our Hero...

...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!

...the excitement continues here
Friday!

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

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(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!

...the excitement continues here

THURSDAY!

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

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...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

NOT SAFE FOR WORK COMICS!

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

When Last We Left Our Hero...

...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...

FRIDAY

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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