You simpering minxes! You've been getting all the glory for eons! But from now on things will be different! Silence! From now on, I, Winter, will rule Earth all year round! While you three pools languish here forever! 
- — The Spirit of Winter, the bitter Season
Captain Marvel, Jr. #63 is an issue of the series Captain Marvel, Jr. (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1948.
Synopsis for Capt. Marvel, Jr.: "Capt. Marvel, Jr. and the Crook Who Couldn't Be Caught!"
Crooks Foxy Firth and Killer Bane team up to commit bigger crimes. When their car crashes after a robbery, they split up, but after he's alone Firth decides there's no reason he should cut Bane in on the proceeds. However, he's terrified of his stronger, ruthless partner finding him and exacting revenge. Firth decides to hide the loot and then get arrested so he can hide out in the one place a crook would never get to him. After several comical mishaps keep him from being arrested, he decides to shoot Captain Marvel Jr. Even though it does no damage, it convinces the young hero he's a dangerous man who needs to be locked up. Then, much to Firth's frustration, it turns out Killer Bane was already arrested and is in the cell next to him. By trying to escape his double-crossed partner, Firth put them right next to each other. Killer almost immediately rats on Firth, who finds that his money was stashed in a vacant lot.
Appearing in Capt. Marvel, Jr.: "Capt. Marvel, Jr. and the Crook Who Couldn't Be Caught!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- "Foxy" Firth
- "Killer" Bane
- Charley "the Choker"
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Earth-S
- New York City
- Freddy's Newsstand
- Mrs. Wagner's Boarding House
- New York City
Items:
- A $50,000 Bag of Stolen Money
- Fake Money
Vehicles:
- Foxy and Killer's Car (Destroyed)
Synopsis for Capt. Marvel, Jr.: "Capt. Marvel, Jr. and the Mystery of the Missing Trains"
A westbound freight train run by Engineer Hank is confusing a newcomer to the train, finding they're going into an unfamiliar tunnel, something highly unusual for trains. They find there's a dead end ahead and hit the brakes and find that there also doesn't seem to be any exit where they came in. They find they're trapped and knockout gas begins to flood the chamber… At home, Freddy Freeman hears about a third westbound freight train going missing and people are not riding trains anymore due to this. Railroad officials claim they'll look into it themselves by taking a train west that afternoon, so Freddy calls CAPTAIN MARVEL to help them as Captain Marvel, Jr. He flies off to stop them, saying he'll take the train in their place and Sivana, Jr. activates a special dummy spur that turns the train into a constructed tunnel he's invented. Junior drives the train into the tunnel, puts on the brake, finds it's been sealed shut and breaks through a wall to find a large pile of stolen military-grade artillery stolen from freight trains. To look around more easily, he returns to being Freddy Freeman, only for Sivana, Jr. to knock him out by throwing the blunt end of a railroad spike at his head, then leaves him bound to the tracks and gagged. The train officials reveal they just took the second train out, thinking the problem was solved. Freddy slips his gag on a railroad spike near his face and calls CAPTAIN MARVEL to become Captain Marvel, Jr. Below, Sivana, Jr. is trashing the trains themselves into ammunition so he can seize military control as “Prince of the Universe.” Junior flies in and punches him out, dragging him into the gas to then punch him out, break his artillery collection, then drags him back to reform school.
Appearing in Capt. Marvel, Jr.: "Capt. Marvel, Jr. and the Mystery of the Missing Trains"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Hank, An Engineer
- Another Train Worker
Locations:
- Earth-S
- New York City
- Mrs. Wagner's Boarding House
- Sivana, Jr.'s Secret Train-Stealing Tunnel
- New York City
Items:
- Artillery Weapons (Destroyed)
Vehicles:
- Several Trains
Synopsis for Capt. Marvel, Jr.: "Capt. Marvel, Jr. and the Witch of Winter"
A strange cold spell's struck the city in the heart of summer, and Captain Marvel Jr. flies to Shazam's lair to ask the wizard's ghost for guidance. Shazam explains that the week before on Mt. Olympus, Zeus handed out awards to the beautiful goddesses who create the other seasons, but accidentally forgot Winter and insulted her, which she overheard. Filled with divine fury, Winter imprisoned the other seasons and decreed Winter would be the only season thenceforth. Captain Marvel Jr. seizes Winter and flies her around, making her see how miserable everyone is with their livelihoods ruined and lives ticking away because of the merciless cold. Although she pretends to be emotionally unaffected, Winter flies back to the realm of the gods, and shortly afterward the cycle of seasons is restored to normal. She even pretends to be unaffected when Zeus gives her an award of snow flowers too, as Winter creates its own kind of beauty.
Appearing in Capt. Marvel, Jr.: "Capt. Marvel, Jr. and the Witch of Winter"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- The Wizard Shazam
- Johnny Cole
Antagonists:
- The Spirit of Winter
Other Characters:
- The Spirit of Summer
- The Spirit of Spring
- The Spirit of Autumn
- Mrs. Cole
Locations:
- Earth-S
- New York City
- Mrs. Wagner's Boarding House
- Shazam's Secret Subway Station
- New York City
- Mount Olympus
- The Spirit of Winter's Castle
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for Capt. Marvel, Jr.: "Recipe for Madness!"
A rich businessman is convinced the ghosts of the animals he once killed on a hunting trip to Africa are haunting him. It turns out his partner is using a movie projector from the apartment across the street to create these illusions.
Appearing in Capt. Marvel, Jr.: "Recipe for Madness!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Jennings Fuller, Paranoid Millionaire
Antagonists:
- Mr. Beaks
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Earth-S
- New York City
- Freddy's Newsstand
- O'Riley's Gas Station
- Fuller's Apartment
- Beaks' Apartment
- New York City
Items:
- A Movie Projector
Vehicles:
- A Fuel Tanker
Trivia
- Despite the cover, the Spirit of Winter has a brown coat, though it has the same ermine trim.
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