Publishers / Fawcett / Captain Marvel Adventures (1941) / #53
53February 1, 1946
$0.10

Captain Marvel Adventures #53

Fawcett · February 1, 1946 · on sale 1946-01-18

First appearance: Ebenezer Batson
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Identification plate

Series
Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series)
Issue
#53
Publication date
February 1, 1946
Key date
1946-02-01
On-sale date
1946-01-18
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications, Incorporated
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

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

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Captain Marvel Gets Promoted!cover1pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete CostanzaBilly Batson, Captain Marvel
1Contents Pagetable of contents1Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam
2Uncle Marvel's Rival!comic story8script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. BeckBilly Batson, Ebenezer Batson First, Captain Marvel, Uncle Dudley, Uncle Marvel
3-comic story0.5pencils: George Marko; inks: George Marko
4-comic story0.5pencils: Al Liederman; inks: Al Liederman
5-comic story1
6The Incredible Calculatorcomic story8script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete CostanzaBilly Batson, Captain Marvel
7Passes This One By!comic story0.5
8-comic story1pencils: Al Liederman; inks: Al Liederman
9Bloody Hilltext story2script: Ray Tender
10Riding On the Railroad!cartoon1
11Captain Marvel Gets Promotedcomic story7script: Otto Binder; pencils: Pete Costanza; inks: Pete CostanzaBilly Batson, Captain Marvel
12Keen Observation!comic story0.5
13Cats and Dogscomic story0.5script: Art Helfant; pencils: Art Helfant; inks: Art Helfant
14College Dazecartoon1

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Shazam! #151974On eBay ›
Shazam! #171975On eBay ›
Limited Collectors' Edition #C-271974On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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