Publishers / Fawcett / Captain Marvel Adventures (1941) / #45
45April 1945
$0.10

Captain Marvel Adventures #45

Fawcett · April 1945 · on sale 1945-03-14

First appearance: HerkimerFirst appearance: ShortyFirst appearance: Sergeant Sandy
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Identification plate

Series
Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series)
Issue
#45
Publication date
April 1945
Key date
1945-04-00
On-sale date
1945-03-14
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Sergeant Sandy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Danny Dee - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. BeckBilly Batson, Captain Marvel
1Kids, Save Waste Paper!public service announcement1pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. BeckBilly Batson, Captain Marvel, Shazam
2Captain Marvel and the Blood Bank Robbers!comic story8pencils: Pete Costanza; inks: Pete CostanzaBilly Batson, Captain Marvel, Sterling Morris
3-comic story0.5pencils: George Marko; inks: George MarkoDanny Dee First
4It's a Knockout!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5Billy Batson, Captain Marvel
6Captain Marvel Gets Motheredcomic story7script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. BeckBilly Batson, Captain Marvel, Sterling Morris, Steamboat Bill
8-comic story1Sergeant Sandy First
9Hoya, the Fugitivetext story2script: Arthur LaneHoya (a Malamute dog); Dick; Ethel (once misspelled Ethyl)
10The Monster Society of Evil Ch. 24: The Undersea Monster Brigadecomic story8script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. BeckBilly Batson, Captain Marvel, Herkimer First, Mr. Mind, Shorty First

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Complete Original Monster Society of Evil
ISBN 978-1983869648		2018On eBay ›
Men of Mystery Comics #1152020On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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