Publishers / Fawcett / Captain Marvel Adventures (1941) / #85
85June 1948
$0.10

Captain Marvel Adventures #85

Fawcett · June 1948 · on sale 1948-03-31

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Identification plate

Series
Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series)
Issue
#85
Publication date
June 1948
Key date
1948-06-00
On-sale date
1948-03-31
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Captain Marvel and the Freedom Traincover1pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. BeckCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson] (also inset)
1In This Issuecredits, title page1
2The Freedom Train Part 1: The Freedom Train Rolls On!comic story7script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete CostanzaCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain); Billy Batson
3Captain Kid Draws Interest!comic story0.5pencils: Al Liederman; inks: Al LiedermanCaptain Kid
4Twice As Bad!comic story0.5script: George Marko; pencils: George Marko; inks: George MarkoDopey Danny Dee
5The Freedom Train Part 2: The Chase Through Historycomic story9script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete CostanzaCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain); Thomas Jefferson; John Hancock; General George Washington; James Madison; Alexander Hamilton
6-comic story0.5Judge Smudge
7Lighter-Headedcomic story0.5Tightwad Tad
8His Goose Is Cooked!comic story0.5script: George Marko; pencils: George Marko; inks: George MarkoDopey Danny Dee
9The Freedom Train Part 3: The Heritage of Americacomic story8script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete CostanzaCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain); Abraham Lincoln
10Freedom Rockettext story2script: Eando BinderLieutenant Jon Jarl of the Space Patrol; John McNabb
11A Scentimental Mood!!comic story4Kid Gloves (crook); Inspector Cheechee Chili
12Fabulous Facts About Oceans and Seascomic story1
14The Freedom Train Part 4: The Freedom Planecomic story7script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete CostanzaCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; The Wizard Shazam; Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain)

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

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