Captain Marvel Adventures (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1945.
Synopsis for "Captain Marvel and the Twisted Powers"
Zeus throws defective lightning bolts that leave Captain Marvel a weakling but Billy a super-strong powerhouse.
Appearing in "Captain Marvel and the Twisted Powers"
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Locations:
- Earth-S
- Mount Olympus
- Restful Pine Valley (A vacation resort) (Single appearance)
- WHIZ Radio (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Zeus' magical thunderbolts
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Synopsis for "Villain's Valhalla!!"
Appearing in "Villain's Valhalla!!"
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Antagonists:
- Chuck the Crusher (Elderly criminal) (Single appearance)
- Dead Eye Dirk (Elderly criminal) (Single appearance)
- Killer Kurt (Elderly criminal) (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Chuck the Crusher II (Incarcerated grandson) (Single appearance)
- Dead Eye Dirk II (Incarcerated grandson) (Single appearance)
- Killer Kurt II (Incarcerated grandson) (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Earth-S
- New York City
- Villain's Valhalla (Retirement home for elderly criminals) (Single appearance)
- WHIZ Radio (Mentioned only)
- New York City
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Synopsis for "Captain Marvel and Sivana's Crime Newspaper"
Appearing in "Captain Marvel and Sivana's Crime Newspaper"
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Antagonists:
- Doctor Sivana
- Monk Murch ("Mayor" of the city's underworld) (Single appearance)
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Locations:
- Earth-S
- New York City
- Underworld Bugle (A newspaper for criminals run by Dr. Sivana) (Single appearance)
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Notes
- "Captain Marvel and the Twisted Powers" was reprinted in Adventure Comics #493.
- Also included in this issue:
- A half-page Dopey Danny Dee comic story titled "Grocery Clerk!" written, penciled and inked by George Marko.
- A half-page Sergeant Sandy comic story titled "You've Got to Get Up Early - At Least by Noon - to Put Anything Over on Him!" by an unidentified creative team
- A half-page untitled Tumbleweed, Jr. comic story by an unidentified creative team
- A half-page untitled Captain Kid comic story by an unidentified creative team
- A two-page National War Fund text story titled "School Teacher Captures German Town" by an unidentified writer
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Marvel Family Recommended Reading
- Whiz Comics (Volume 1)
- Captain Marvel Adventures (Volume 1)
- Captain Marvel, Jr. (Volume 1)
- Mary Marvel (Volume 1)
- Master Comics (Volume 1)
- Wow Comics (Volume 1)
- The Marvel Family (Volume 1)
- Hoppy the Marvel Bunny (Volume 1)
- Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Shazam!: The New Beginning (Volume 1)
- The Power of Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Superman/Shazam!: First Thunder (Volume 1)
- Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil (Volume 1)
- The Trials of Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Shazam! (Volume 2)
- Shazam! (Volume 3)
- Shazam! (Volume 4)
- The New Champion of Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Shazam! (Volume 5)