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ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL LC OR search current auctions Auction History Result 2v315 ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL Chap 3 TC '41 Tom Tyler serial, great montage w/him in uniform! Date Sold 11/25/2008 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Chapter 3 ("Time Bomb") Movie Title Lobby Card (LC TC; measures 11" x 14") (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. Condition: good. There must have been a snipe of some sort over the top left of the card (perhaps it was over the words "Adventures of"). When it was removed, it caused surface paper loss across the background beneath the words "Adventures of", and in the words "BASED ON THE CHARACT" in that same area. It also caused surface paper loss in the background above the "o" of "of" in the title. Some restorer touched up the blue background areas and the damaged letters of the tagline, but did no other restoration to the card. Other than the above and tiny pinholes around the edges of the card, the card was in quite nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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