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"Captain Marvel and the Runaway Steamshovel": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

Captain Marvel Adventures #84 is an issue of the series Captain Marvel Adventures (Volume 1) with a cover date of May, 1948.

Synopsis for "Captain Marvel and the Runaway Steamshovel"


Appearing in "Captain Marvel and the Runaway Steamshovel"

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  • Gypsy Joe (Apparent Death)

Other Characters:

  • construction workers

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Vehicles:

  • steam shovel with a hex on it


Synopsis for "Billy Batson's Phobias"

Sivana poses as a doctor who inflicts Billy Batson with a Phobia Ray so he'll be afraid of the thunder and lightning of transforming into Captain Marvel.

Appearing in "Billy Batson's Phobias"

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Items:

  • Sivana's Phobia Ray

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Synopsis for "Captain Marvel and the Surrealist Imp"

"Somewhere in the ultra-dimensional world where masterworks are created", an imp is assigned to deliver the image for a painting into the dreams of an artist. However, the imp is disgusted with the uncreative art ideas he's required to give to modern artists, his tastes running toward surrealist paintings instead. Artist Hans Krendler paints the imp on his canvas, who then comes to life. Billy Batson's walking by Krendler's studio and sees him panicking about his painting coming to life, prompting the boy reporter to transform to Captain Marvel. Thinking Krendler's mad ravings might just be true, the hero investigates, but the imp dazes Marvel by putting him in a trance where everything looks surreal.

The imp comes upon a bridge and uses his magic to turn it into a surreal landscape, but causes a horrific traffic jam in the process. Captain Marvel comes along and helps to clear things up, prompting the imp to give him a hideous surreal costume in revenge. However this time the hero catches up to the imp and bops him on the head before he can hit Marvel with another surreal trance. The blow to the head cures the imp of his fixation on surreal art, and he returns everything to normal before heading back to the extra-dimensional realm he calls home

Appearing in "Captain Marvel and the Surrealist Imp"

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Antagonists:

  • Surrealist Imp

Other Characters:

  • unnamed Creator of Masterpieces
  • Hans Krendler, painter

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Synopsis for "Captain Kid and the Lost Job"


Appearing in "Captain Kid and the Lost Job"

Featured Characters:

  • Captain Kid

Antagonists:

  • Grocer

Other Characters:

  • Kid's Replacement

Locations:

  • grocery store

Synopsis for "Captain Marvel and the Feud with the River"

Ben Flint kills the Riverman, an old fellow who makes his living selling junk he fishes out of a river. This causes the river, a sentient entity, to flood its banks in rage, and Captain Marvel investigates when he suspects Flint of the old man's murder. Deciding to dig up the Riverman's body from his basement before Captain Marvel can find it, Flint's surprised when this causes his basement to flood and drowns him.

Appearing in "Captain Marvel and the Feud with the River"

Featured Characters:

Antagonists:

  • Ben Flint (Dies)

Other Characters:

  • Old Riverman (Dies)

Locations:

  • Earth-S
    • The River
      • Old Riverman's Shack
      • Ben Flint's Place

Notes

  • Published monthly by Fawcett Publications, Inc.
  • Runaway Steamshovel:
    • page 5, panel 5: Gypsy Joe actually has a handlebar mustache, and he actually twirls it.
    • page 8, panels 2 & 5: Billy gets head-bopped unconscious, with a blackjack, recovers, then gets head-whacked unconscious again, with a flying rock.
    • page 9: Captain Marvel thinks Gypsy Joe is dead, beneath the wreckage of the runaway steamshovel, and maybe he sees a body, but we readers do not. Marvel also is unable to ascertain whether Gypsy Joe's "hex" was real or not, and says so.

Trivia

  • Also featured in this issue of Captain Marvel Adventures were:
    • Billy the Kid and Oscar: "Rock-a-bye Baby" by Bill Brady
    • Willie the Worm: "...Gets Artistic"
    • Fuzzy Bear: "Something To Cry About"
    • John Jarl: "Invisible Man of Mars" (text story) by Eando Binder
    • Dopey Danny Dee: "Hang-er it all!" by Lit-Win
    • Tightwad Tad: "Not So Cracked!"
    • Sherlock Monk: "One in a Thousand"


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