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"The Atomic Fire": Billy Batson listens as a news flash announces that a big forest fire is raging out of control in the West. He quickly flies out as Captain Marvel and arrives to find a group of men attempting to save a mill from going up in flames from the oncoming fire. Captain Marvel spre

Captain Marvel Adventures #122 is an issue of the series Captain Marvel Adventures (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1951.

Synopsis for "The Atomic Fire"

Billy Batson listens as a news flash announces that a big forest fire is raging out of control in the West. He quickly flies out as Captain Marvel and arrives to find a group of men attempting to save a mill from going up in flames from the oncoming fire. Captain Marvel spreads silver iodide powder over the clouds resulting in gushing sheets of rain. All seems well as the men celebrate their victory but they are soon surprised that the fire is still spreading. The mill burns to the ground and the owner John Jackson is beside himself with grief especially now that the fire threatens the remaining trees in the forest. Captain Marvel is still puzzled as to how the fire burns in spite of the rain. A man by the name of professor Kane arrives on the scene and announces that he is an expert in scientific fire fighting. He states that the fire they are fighting is actually an Atomic fire which burns atoms and everything on Earth including water. He also reveals that he has been offering his services to Jackson for over a year but he was too foolish to take him up on the offer. Jackson begs Kane to stop that fire which Kane agrees to do but at a high price. Kane instructs Captain Marvel to spread a canister of foam over the flames but it has no effect on the fire. The men are horrified to learn that there is no way to put out the fire and this could mean the end of the world. Marvel tries to smother the flames by dropping a mountain and a glacier on it but it only adds more fuel and the flames continue to spread. Hope is bleak and Kane confesses that it was he who set the fire in the first place, Captain Marvel reveals that he suspected Kane all along and flies him to jail. He tells Kane that he has figured out a way to stop the flames but was waiting for his admission of guilt. Marvel proceeds to fly back to the fire and cuts out the 100 mile section of land that is burning. He takes the burning circular section and flies it out to space where he hurls it at the sun thus saving the Earth. Captain Marvel then brings in an iron meteor and places it on Jacksons land to fill the void he cut out. This way Jackson will have the means to open an Iron mine and continue his livelihood.

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