Captain Marvel Adventures, #16

Published: October 16, 1942

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Captain Marvel Adventures #16

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Issue Contents:
1.000 pages superhero
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Art was previously credited to C. C. Beck.

Capt. Marvel Presents
Story 1 1.000 pages
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The Alaskan Adventure
Story 2 14.000 pages superhero

"American heroes are making history everywhere in the world.."

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Art credits per P. C. Hamerlinck in Alter Ego #147 (July 2017). Possible Keats credit due to him being confirmed as being on staff for the Beck-Costanza Studio at this time doing backgrounds and figures.

The Trumpet of Doom
Story 3 12.000 pages superhero

"It was only a trumpet..."

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A digitized picture from the Ezra Jack Keats Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi shows Keats working in a studio with Mark Swayze, C.C. Beck, and Dave Berg drawing Captain Marvel stories. The splash page and second page of this story can be seen on Keats drawing table being referenced for what looks like a paste-up drawing (see: https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_c862af24-fad0-4f42-afac-9f7de975249a/?fbclid=IwAR34MArvJzhQsQkmmbVsa7ndMYr48D09xYUDnKf6DsP2SKQTTvPHRN6wz2M, retrieved 19 March 2021).

A Dead Jap Is a Good Jap!
Story 4 2.000 pages war

"Tony Fear's job was killig bugs from the air!"

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Always Rings the Bell!

Featuring Whiz Comics

Story 5 1.000 pages superhero
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Promo for Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series).

The World's Mightiest Mistake
Story 6 8.000 pages superhero

"Gaze into my eyes"

Storyline

A hypnotist does his magic on Steamboat and fills him with a burning desire to become an ebony Captain Marvel!

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Art credits by Craig Delich, per Brian Cremins in Alter Ego #144 (January 2017). Possible Keats credit due to him being confirmed as being on staff for the Beck-Costanza Studio at this time doing backgrounds and figures.

Paste the Axis Contest
Story 7 2.000 pages
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Story 8 6.000 pages humor; superhero

"They don't come any bigger than Rattlesnake Ike..."

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In Mexico
Story 9 16.000 pages superhero

"Folks, this is Ben Growler..."

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Art credits per Marc Swayze.