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ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL 3sh OR search current auctions Auction History Result 6h0302 ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL linen 3sh 1941 art of costumed Tom Tyler fighting bad guys, rare! Date Sold 4/14/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 41" x 81" [104 x 206 cm]) (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. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned two examples of this three-sheet (they sold for $4,041 and $3,800), and one of those examples has now been reconsigned to us, so this is still only one of two examples we have ever auctioned! Note that all original 1941 movie posters from this title are extremely rare, but we only know of two examples of this three-sheet (and we also know of one example of the six-sheet), and we have only auctioned six of the 1941 chapter one-sheets (because this three-sheet was created for the entire serial, it has a great full-length image, and it does not have an "inset" with a one-color photographic image from the movie, which detracts from the one-sheets). What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had tears and tiny areas of paper loss on parts of some foldlines and in the borders, with some small paper loss at a few of the crossfolds. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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