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ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL 1sh OR search current auctions Auction History Result s006 ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL linen Chap 2 one-sheet movie poster '41 Date Sold 7/3/2007Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Chapter #2 ("The Guillotine") One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) Adventures of Captain Marvel, the 1941 John English & William Witney comic book superhero fantasy serial ("A Republic Serial in 12 Chapters"; "Based on the character in WHIZ COMICS Magazine" by C.C. Beck; about the boy who becomes a superhero when he says "Shazam" and he fights a mysterious masked villain called "The Scorpion") starring Tom Tyler (in the title role as Captain Marvel), Frank Coghlan Jr. (as Billy Batson, Captain Marvel's youthful alter ego), Louise Currie, William 'Billy' Benedict, Robert Strange, Kenne Duncan, Stanley Price, and John Davidson. Note that no one is credited as playing the lead masked villain, "The Scorpion" but IMDb notes that Gerarld Mohr voiced The Scorpion (uncredited). Note that Republic Pictures had tried to make a deal with DC Comics to make serials of Superman and Batman in 1940, but they could not agree on a deal, and in fact a lawsuit resulted. So instead they made a deal with Whiz Comics and made this serial in 1941, and the serial "Spy Smasher" in 1942 (and DC Comics signed with Columbia Pictures in 1943, and made their Batman and Superman serials there!). So this was the very first of the many "live action" movies based on the costumed super heroes, and, likely because it was released at the start of America's involvement in World War II, and there were paper drives over the next few years, original 1941 movie paper on this title is EXTREMELY rare! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: very good. The poster had creases and tears in the vertical foldline between the top crossfold and the bottom crossfold, and in the right half of the top foldline, as well as tiny paper loss at the crossfolds. Someone long ago put tape on the back of those parts of those foldlines. The other foldlines had only very minor wear, and there were pinholes, creases, tears, and tiny paper loss around the edges of the poster. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was quite nicely backed! The tape was carefully removed from the back, and then restoration was performed solely on the affected areas, and in the blank borders. The poster looks fantastic, and there is only the slightest evidence of the restoration to the parts of the foldlines that had the tape on the back. It does not in any way have a "restored" look to it, and there is little paint anywhere on the image, except in the exact areas described above. I would think any collector would be quite happy to have this great poster on their wall! Learn More about condition grades 
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