Captain Marvel Adventures #146 is an issue of the series Captain Marvel Adventures (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1953.
Synopsis for Captain Marvel: "The Mirage Menace"
Billy and Sterling Morris are driving through the desert and stop to gas up, only to find out the entire gas station is an illusion created by a machine used by the suspicious man running the station. He conjures an illusion of a blizzard, then of a man being chased by a giant lizard to give Captain Marvel the slip. He goes on to bilk people with imaginary gold, tollbooths and houses conjured by his machine. Eventually, Captain Marvel gets the last laugh on him by creating a giant lens to project the image of a town from miles away. When the Mirage Maker stops to carry out another of his schemes, he's disoriented enough by no-one reacting to him that he doesn't realize his attempts to hide from Marvel won't work because the buildings aren't really there.
Appearing in Captain Marvel: "The Mirage Menace"
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Synopsis for Capt. Kid: "The Lasting Impression"
Captain Kid spots that a new girl in town is nearby, reading, so he decides to impress her by climbing a tree. He swings from one branch in a simian manner and then does a headstand on the branch, but loses his balance and falls on his chest. She introduces herself as Grace as invites him to a party at her house at 2pm. The next day, Captain Kid shows up and finds it’s not a party, but a gathering of the Psychology Club, who have decided to study him as a “perfect moron” with how he was acting yesterday. Captain Kid runs off, saying she’s crazy and nobody’s perfect!
Appearing in Capt. Kid: "The Lasting Impression"
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- Captain Kid
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- Grace
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- The Psychology Club
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- Earth-S
- Podunk City
- Grace's House
- Podunk City
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Synopsis for Captain Marvel: "Captain Marvel and The World's Mightiest Circus"
Captain Marvel saves an ailing circus caravan from an avalanche. Because of how behind schedule they are, he flies their tent in, sets it up within minutes by himself, but then has to entertain the crowds by himself while the actual performers are still on their way. Meanwhile, he has to fend off sabotage attempts by a former acrobat who fell off the trapeze and became evil from his head injury. The "Great" Gambor is soon arrested and Billy gets a lifetime pass to the World's Greatest Circus.
Appearing in Captain Marvel: "Captain Marvel and The World's Mightiest Circus"
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- Mr. John Circle
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- The "Great" Gambor
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- Lions
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- Earth-S
- New York City
- The World's Greatest Circus
- New York City
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- Juggling Boulders
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- A Team of Circus Trucks
Synopsis for Captain Marvel: "Captain Marvel Fights the Unholy Spider"
Deranged Dr. Brewler tests the formula that's the result of his labors, and turns from a man into a spider. He uses this ability to sneak into the home of the dean who was about to fire him, and gives him a fatal injection. This greatly puzzles Captain Marvel after the dean dies despite being rushed to the hospital, because the poison was not spider-venom. The hero goes to Professor Edgewise's house to deliver the bad news, only to catch a spider trying to give him an injection with a tiny hypodermic. Marvel flies after it but when he pounces on the antagonistic arachnid, finds Dr. Brewler in his hands instead, and leaves the man alone in confusion. Brewler finds his changes coming without drinking any of his potion, however, and when Marvel reads about his disappearance, the hero decides to wait in his lab for Brewler to come by and try to concoct an antidote. Brelwer dives through a window to escape, turning into a spider again in the process. He meets his end when a female spider sees him and devours him.
Appearing in Captain Marvel: "Captain Marvel Fights the Unholy Spider"
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- The Spider Man (Dr. Rufe Brewler) (Single appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Dean Cornish (Dies)
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- Earth-S
- New York City
- A College Laboratory
- New York City
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- Brewler's Spider Potion
- A Spider-Sized Strychnine Syringe
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Synopsis for Captain Marvel: "Captain Marvel Battles Sivana and the First People"
Dr. Sivana's in his secret hideout, trying to come up with a new scheme for world domination, when a flying saucer lands in his backyard. Its passengers are an exploratory expedition from a super-advanced race that lived on Earth 4 million years ago, and agree to help Sivana take over the world as he claims to be its rightful ruler and a proponent of peace. When Captain Marvel shows up to arrest Sivana, one of them blasts him with a gun that turns the hero as insubstantial as a ghost. That seen to, the First People show Sivana a machine that broadcasts telepathic messages, which he sets to make everyone in the world bow down to him. Marvel changes back to Billy, who's still solid, and breaks the machine. Sivana tries to shoot him, but the First People spot Sivana about to shoot a boy, and realize he lied to them. They restore the Captain to normal and then depart Earth once again.
Appearing in Captain Marvel: "Captain Marvel Battles Sivana and the First People"
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- The First People
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- Transparency-inflicting gun
- Telepathic broadcast machine
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- The First People's Flying Saucer
See Also
- Cover gallery for the Captain Marvel Adventures series
- Images from Captain Marvel Adventures Vol 1 146
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