Publishers / Fawcett / Captain Marvel Adventures (1941) / #141
141February 1953
$0.10

Captain Marvel Adventures #141

Fawcett · February 1953

First appearance: King Kull
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Identification plate

Series
Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series)
Issue
#141
Publication date
February 1953
Key date
1953-02-10
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of King Kull - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Man without a Worldcover1pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt SchaffenbergerBilly Batson, Captain Marvel
1World of Vampirestext story2script: Eando BinderJon Jarl
2Captain Marvel Battles the Prehistoric Zombiescomic story8script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete CostanzaBilly Batson, Captain Marvel, King Kull First
3A New Talecomic story0.7script: George Marko; pencils: George Marko; inks: George Marko
4The Man without a Worldcomic story5script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. BeckBilly Batson, Captain Marvel, Dr. Sivana
5Tightwad Tad Goes to a Partycomic story0.7
6The Hideous Head Huntercomic story6script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete CostanzaBilly Batson, Captain Marvel
7The Big Nightcomic story4pencils: Al Liederman; inks: Al LiedermanCaptain Kid
8The Island Wreckercomic story7script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete CostanzaBilly Batson, Captain Marvel

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Series context

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Sources

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