CAPTAIN MARVEL ADVENTURES

Publishers: L MILLER
Dates: C. 1944-24 27th Jan 1954
Issues: CLICK HERE to view issues, super-size cover images and values in 9 grades

A minefield of confusing dates and series!

The character began with reprint material from the US comics sometime in 1944 and the first issue was number 54. A few more issues followed numbered #55-58 and they all had 16 pages.

Then came a letterpress edition with no number followed by a larger format gravure edition which may have as yet unrecorded variations.

Then came the first main series in June 1950 beginning with issue #50 and it ran until issue #84 as a monthly publication. The issues variously had 28, 32 or 36 pages.

Then came the second main series numbered Vol 1 No 1 in August 1953 which ran 24 issues until Janury 1954. It was a weekly 28 page comic.

Marvelman then replaced Captain Marvel Adventures with issue #25 owing to a legal dispute between the Captain Marvel's US publisher Fawcett and the National Periodical Publications/DC, the latter accusing the former of plagiarism.

Fawcett settled out of court and the Captain Marvel title ceased publication. And so did the British reprints.

Total value for all issues of this title listed:

Condition

PR
1.0
FR
1.5
GD
2.0
VG
4.0
FN
6.0
VF
8.0
VF/NM
9.0
NM-
9.2
NM
9.4
MINT
10.0
Issues 42 42 42 42 42 42
Total £ 72.00 144.00 233.00 467.00 935.00 1,870

Note: some PR issues may have no value. Selected issues in FN, VF or VF/NM may not exist in some titles.