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daydreamerdrew · 1 year ago

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Comics read this past week:

Marvel Comics:

the Captain America stories in Tales of Suspense (1959) #68-79

These stories were published across May 1965 to April 1966, according to the Marvel Wiki. All were written by Stan Lee. The story in issue #68 was penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by Frank Giacoia. The layouts of the stories in issues #69-75 and #77 were drawn by Jack Kirby. The layouts of the story in issue #69 were finished by Dick Ayers. The layouts of the stories in issues #70 and #73-74 were finished by George Tuska. The layouts of the stories in issue #71-72 were pencil finished by George Tuska, but the story in issue #71 was inked by Joe Sinnot, and the story in issue #72 was inked by Wally Wood, George Tuska, and possibly Carl Hubbell. The layouts of the story in issue #75 were pencil finished by Dick Ayers, but were inked by John Tartaglione. The story of issue #76 was drawn by John Romita. The layouts of the story in issue #77 were pencil finished by John Romita, but were inked by Frank Giacoia. And the stories of issues #78-79 were penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by Frank Giacoia. All of the stories were 10 pages.

The story in issue #68 finished up the preceding storyline and then was largely a stand-alone story about one of the Red Skull’s special agents interrupting a prisoner transport that Bucky and Steve were assigned to, prompting Steve to change into his Captain America identity, though he tells Bucky to go get help rather than fight alongside him. The stories in issues #69-71 made up a new storyline in which Steve’s unit is sent into combat, which Bucky as the regiment’s teenage mascot wasn’t allowed to go, not even even in costume, but then their base is attacked and Bucky is captured, causing Steve to desert to go rescue him. Issue #72 marked the book’s transition to telling new Captain America stories set in the then-modern day, and also provided the framing that the previous WWII stories were stories that Captain America was telling to the other Avengers. The stories in issue #72-74 was a storyline, which was wrapped up at the beginning of the story in issue #75, about Steve fighting the Red Skull’s Sleepers, which were robots set to wake up and take over the world a convenient 20 years after the Nazi’s defeat, just in time for Steve to be there to stop them.

The story in issue #75 was the first appearance of Sharon Carter. The story begins with Steve being dissatisfied with his place in the world. He reminisces about an unnamed love interest, thinking, “Our lives touched for only a short time- but I’ve never forgotten her! I can still remember our final date- when she whispered to me, thru trembling lips… I’ll wait till you return, Steve! No matter how long- no matter what happens- I’ll wait for you, my darling…! But that was an eternity ago- in the dead past- the forgotten past- the past which will live with me forever!” As he walks through the street, he thinks, “But, there must be more to life than endless combat! Others have found a home- a family- why can’t I? Or, is Steve Rogers destined to walk alone forever- until the final battle- until he walks no more!” Then he passes a young woman and thinks, “That girl! When she walked by, I thought I was in the past again- looking at- her!” And then, “Does she really resemble her so much- or, is my memory just playing tricks-?” Getting a closer look, he thinks, “Her face- her eyes- it can’t be! She would be much older now! And yet- the resemblance is uncanny!”

When Steve confronts Sharon, asking if they’ve met before, she says, “No, I don’t believe we have… Although, when first I saw you, I too felt as though- as though we’ve known each other-!” To this Steve thinks, “She senses it, too! But why? How? It just isn’t possible-! I’ve got to stop thinking this way- clutching at straws whenever I see a girl who looks like- her!” In the story in issue #76, believing that Sharon is in danger, Steve thinks, “Only once before in my life have I beheld a face like that- the same hair- the same form- the same smile!! I’ve got to learn more about her! It’s like the past being reborn again! As though the years have suddenly fallen away and- but no! What can I be thinking of?!! I dare not dream- I dare not hope-! She was lost to me- forever- those long years ago! No matter how much I may hope- or dream- nothing can ever change that!” When he learns that Sharon is alive, but dying, he thinks, “Is this my destiny? To have been given a second chance at life- only to lose everything I ever held dear? First, it was Bucky, the greatest sidekick a man ever had! Then, those many years ago, I can still remember her- promising to wait- no matter how long it might be-! Now- when I thought I had found her reborn- I’ve lost her again! And perhaps this time- it will be- forever!”

The story in issue #77 revealed Steve’s history with Peggy Carter. Notably, at no point in these stories was Peggy or Sharon’s names ever revealed. In the flashback story their respective missions take them to separate places, then Steve becomes desperate when he learns that Peggy has been taken prisoner. When Steve storms the place she was held at, he’s told that she wasn’t ever found after an explosion. Steve doesn’t jump to the conclusion that she’s dead, instead wanting to find her because he thinks she might still need his help. But he’s unable to search for her because of all the other freed soldiers wanting to celebrate with him. He assumes that she’ll seek him out if she’s still in the area, but instead Peggy is just outside the crowd, confused, because the explosion gave her amnesia and she doesn’t remember why everyone else is celebrating. But Peggy presumably did eventually remember Steve because, back in the story in issue #75, after Steve confronted Sharon on if they’d met before, Sharon thought, “I almost made a fool of myself! Sis had told me so often of the boy she knew in World War Two- But, he’d be much older by now! It couldn’t have been him! What would he have thought if I asked him- ‘Is your name Steve Rogers!’” In the story in issue #77, in the the present day, Steve thinks, “After all these years… I still don’t know… if she’s dead or alive! I still don’t ever know what became of her…!”

In the story in issue #78 Steve finally reunites with Nick Fury, who gives him a S.H.I.E.L.D. badge. In the story in issue #79 Steve has to fight the Red Skull, who, it turns out, was coincidentally also in suspended animation for 20 years.

Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandoes (1963) #7-10

These issues were published across March 1964 to July 1964, according to the Marvel Wiki. All were written by Stan Lee. Issue #7 was penciled by Jack Kirby and issues #8-19 were penciled by Dick Ayers. All were inked by George Roussos.

Sgt. Fury #7 reveals to us our first bits of Nick Fury’s backstory. A man that Nick grew up with says, “You might say that Fury was from the other side of the tracks! And he didn’t work any more than he had to! Even when he did have a job, it never lasted too long! He was always getting into some scrape or other! I had a few run-ins with him myself! Nothing serious, but we never liked each other!” As this is said we see Nick playing pool with a group of guys, Nick getting into a fight at a factory, and Nick getting into an argument at a dance. Another character witness for Nick is chaplain Lewis Hargrove, who Nick calls “padre.” He says, “He was a wild boy when I first met him, always in trouble! Then I learned he had no family! He was an orphan! But he became a close friend of another boy in my parish… I watched those two lads grow up together; saw them become worthwhile young men! They learned the meaning of decency; fair play! Yes, they were rough- but they were clean! They were honest! Fury’s young friend had been a problem boy, headed for trouble! It was Nick Fury’s influence that saved him, that turned him into a fine young man!” As this is said we see Nick singing in a church choir and Nick participating in an organized boxing match. It is also revealed that that friend was the Chaplain’s brother and that he was killed at Pearl Harbor, which is what motivated Nick to become a Commando. I thought of that reveal again when, in Sgt. Fury #10, Gabe comments on the beauty of their view of the ocean from a plane, while on their way to a mission, and Nick dismisses him with, “You’ve seen one ocean, you’ve seen ‘em all!!”

In Sgt. Fury #8 a new Commando joins the group, a replacement for Junior Juniper, who died in Sgt. Fury #4. His name is Percy Pinkerton and his gimmick is that he’s a British gentleman that’s always carrying an umbrella, but he gets along surprisingly well with the group because he’s brave enough to be a Howling Commando and because he’s confident enough in himself to handle the inevitable teasing he gets from other soldiers on his own. Though he gets into some conflict with Nick in Sgt. Fury #9 because Nick’s posh girlfriend Pamela Hawley likes Percy’s gentlemanly ways better than Nick’s rough-and-tumble ways.

New Avengers (2005) #47-64 and Annual #3 and Free Comic Book Day: Avengers (2009) #1 and New Avengers: The Reunion (2009) #1 and Dark Reign: The List - Avengers (2009) #1 and New Avengers Final (2010) #1

These issues were published across December 2008 to May 2010, according to the Marvel Wiki. Everything, except for New Avengers: The Reunion #1, was written by Brian Michael Bendis. Issue #47 was partially penciled by Billy Tan and inked by Matt Banning, and partially drawn by Michael Gaydos. Issues #48-49 and #53-54 were penciled by Billy Tan and inked by Matt Banning. Issue #50 was penciled by Billy Tan and inked by Matt Banning, along with guest artists: Bryan Hitch, David Aja, Michael Gaydos, David López, Alex Maleev, penciler Steve McNiven and inker Dexter Vines, penciler Leinil Francis Yu and inker Mark Morales, Steve Epting, and Greg Horn. Issues #51-52 were partially penciled by Billy Tan and inked by Matt Banning, and partially penciled by Chris Bachalo and inked by Tim Townsend. Issues #55-60 were penciled by Stuart Immonen and inked by Wade von Grawbadger. Issues #61-62 were partially penciled by Stuart Immonen and inked by Wade von Grawbadger, and partially drawn by David Acuña. Issues #63-64 were drawn by Mike McKone. The Annual was drawn by Mike Mayhew. The Free Comic Book Day issue was penciled by Jim Cheung and inked by Mark Morales. The New Avengers: The Reunion issue was written by Jim McCann, penciled by David López, and inked by Alvaro López. The Dark Reign: The List - Avengers issue was penciled by Marko Djurdjevic and inked by Mark Morales. And New Avengers Final #1 was penciled by Bryan Hitch with Stuart Immonen and inked by Butch Guice with Andrew Currie and Karl Story, along with guest artists: penciler David Finch and inker Danny Miki, penciler Steve McNiven and inker Mark Morales, penciler Oliver Coipel and inker John Dell, penciler Mike Deodata and inker Joe Pimental, penciler Billy Tan and inker Matt Banning, penciler Leinil Francis Yu and inker Mark Morales, and penciler Oliver Coipel and inker Mark Morales.

I finally read through Bucky’s time on the Avengers when he was Captain America. I had previously read New Avengers (2005) #5-6 and Annual #1 for Yelena Belova, which were all also written by Brian Michael Bendis, and not thought much of the writing, so I expected to only skim through these issues for Bucky, but I actually enjoyed them and was really engaged with them, even the parts completely unrelated to Bucky.

I also liked what I saw of Whitney Frost’s relationship with fellow villain Parker Robbins, the Hood, and of her dynamic with her father. Where I’m in Iron Man (1968) right now, she’s quit being a villain and is openly dating Iron Man, though I was already aware that that wasn’t going to last and that she was inevitably going to become a villain again. She hasn’t yet interacted with her father in the present in the book, just referred to him negatively when explaining her backstory. In issue #53 of this book we see that Daimon Hellstrom, the Son of Satan, is on bad terms with Patsy Walker, the Hellcat, who is referred to as his ex-wife. Where I’m at in The Defenders (1972) it has been revealed that Patsy and Diamon are half-siblings and that he is in love with her, and then it was suggested that the reveal that they were related could have been a lie, and from this it looks like that that is the direction the book is going to go. As an aside, it was strange to me to see Valkyrie casually date a man in Secret Avengers (2010) when her characterization in what I’ve read of The Defenders (1972) so far doesn’t make that seem like something she would be interested in at all.

Avengers (2010) #1-6 and New Avengers (2010) #1

These issues were published across May 2010 to October 2010, according to the Marvel Wiki. All were written by Brian Michael Bendis. All of the Avengers issues were penciled by John Romita Jr.. And all were inked by Klaus Janson, except that Tom Palmer assisted with the inking of issues #5-6. And the New Avengers issue was penciled by Stuart Immonen and inked by Wade von Grawbadger.

I also enjoyed Brian Michael Bendis’ writing here and the plot of the arc in Avengers (2010) with the future children of the Avengers in an apocalyptic world and their conflict with the unstable Kang the Conqueror. These issues didn’t get too deep into Bucky’s character or anything, but I was struck by how casual his relationship with Tony was while it seems that Tony and Steve are still on rocky terms because of their Civil War conflict.

Captain America and Falcon (2011) #1

This issue was published in March 2011, according to the Marvel Wiki. It was written by Rob Williams and drawn by Rebekah Isaacs.

I apparently don’t know very much about Falcon because I was very surprised by the portrayal of his background in this issue. So far with this character I have enjoyed his dynamic with Bucky when he was Captain America and I’m intrigued by his ability to communicate with birds. But I am looking forward to learning more about his original relationship with Steve to create a better understanding of him to work with when thinking about his modern day portrayal and relationships.

Timely Publications:

the Jimmy Jupiter story in Marvel Mystery Comics (1939) #42

This story was published in April 1943, according to the issue cover date. The story is signed as by Eddie Robbins, according to his Who’s Who page he only penciled the Jimmy Jupiter stories. This story was 6 pages.

This was a charming story that brought back Mr. Whump Jump, the non-fire breathing dragon, and Roughie Rabbit, the abrasive talking bunny. The two of them visit Jimmy in the real world just as he’s going to bed and they all go on a little adventure to stop thieves from stealing Jimmy’s family’s car tires (this was in the time of tire rationing), but in the morning when Jimmy tells his parents about it, they take that the tires are still there as that the crime never happened and Jimmy only dreamed it.

DC Comics:

Dr. Fate (1988) #1-2

These issues were published across October 1988 to November 1988, according to the Grand Comics Database. Both were written by J. M. DeMatteis, penciled by Shawn McManus, and inked by Mark McKenna.

I really wanted to like this series since the book that it’s following up, Dr. Fate (1987), was so well-executed, and the premise behind the main characters seems like something that should appeal to me, but the most compelling part of these two issues, for me, was just the part of recap of the preceding miniseries where Eric says, of being a child that was magically transformed into an adult, “I felt like I’d come home.” A book about a couple that fuses together to form a superhero, which is made up of a 10-year-old child that’s recently been magically transformed into an adult and his stepmother that was in love with him prior to his transformation and now feels that since he’s in an adult body it’s ok for them to be together, should be compelling. But, so far, it’s not. In Dr. Fate (1987) #4 we saw Linda try to kiss Eric and him reject that, saying that he’s not ready for that. In Dr. Fate (1988) #1 he thinks, of Linda, “I love her so much. Trust her more than anybody in the world. But the way she acts sometimes… It confuses me. Scares me. She thinks that, just because I’m in an adult body now, that we can be-” Besides the fact that this is a bit congruous to me of how Eric was portrayed in Dr. Fate (1987), where he seemed to ultimately accept himself as an adult and not think of himself as a child anymore, with his brief discomfort with Linda the only crack in that image, the way Linda acts towards Eric is not actually written in an interesting way. Similarly, the conflict on Linda’s end is that she’s somehow not convinced of Dr. Fate being a Lord of Order and all the magical stuff that that entails, which is inherently not interesting because it ultimately amounts to her just briefly thinking that she’s not really sure that what she’s personally experiencing is real, but it also comes across strangely because of how striking it was to me in Dr. Fate (1987) how readily she accepted the situation, which was fortuitous for her because it justified a relationship she wanted. There’s also the sentiment that Eric once seemed like an old soul in a young body, but now that he’s physically an adult he seems like a “helpless little child,” which could be interesting, particularly with him being out-of-depth with philosophical ideas raised by their magical conflicts, but instead the ways in which Eric is written that are meant to be taken as him acting like a kid aren’t convincing to me.

There’s also apparently conflict between Eric and Linda when they are fused together. In Dr. Fate (1988) #1 we initially see Dr. Fate speaking in such a way where he uses phrases like “whence they came,” which we are told comes from Eric and that Linda doesn’t like that. And then in Dr. Fate (1988) #2 we see Dr. Fate become entranced and nearly trapped in a beautiful part of the sub-astral plane and learn after the fact, from Eric, that that was the result of Linda “controlling Fate’s personality” and that, “Your consciousness was pushing mine out of the way!” I think that this would work better if we could get some sense in the Dr. Fate scenes themselves of these conflicts, either from some confusion in internal monologue or if we had a stronger sense of the differences between the characters and could recognize ourselves what comes from who, not learn about it afterwards when the characters talk about it.

This is not even getting into that the approach to Nabu’s characterization is the most boring possible approach. Dr. Fate (1987) emphasized how much Nabu had stolen from the previous Dr. Fate, Kent Nelson. The book ends with the passage of the mantle to Eric and Linda and then Kent finally being allowed to die, only for it to be revealed that Nabu has taken over Kent’s corpse and will be mentoring the new Dr. Fate and wants to be called Kent now. This repeats how Nabu was actually the identity of the previous vessel, but it’s supposed to be a little different now because he’s since rejected the doctrine of the Lords of Order. Nabu is supposed to be learning about being human for the first time, but he frankly comes across as the most human character in this book. There’s no dark undertone to his mentoring, he’s just kind of casual about it. And the complicated emotions that should be caused by Nabu taking over Kent’s body and name just aren’t there because all it amounts to is petty correcting whenever he’s called Nabu.

Supergirl (1996) #10-12

These issues were published across April 1997 to June 1997, according to the Grand Comics Database. All were written by Peter David. Issue #10 was penciled by Leonard Kirk and inked by Chuck Drost. Issues #11-12 were penciled by Greg Land and inked by Prentis Rollins.

Where we’d left off in issue #9, our main character had gone through the experience of believing that Linda Danvers’ parents had been killed and in her anger wanted to kill the person responsible, and she took from that that she wasn’t truly Mae, the previous Supergirl before the merging, who is just referred to in this book as Supergirl, but Linda Danvers, thinking, “To hell with Supergirl. Supergirl died with the Danverses. I’m Linda Danvers. Linda, who died in flames, reborn in flames. I know evil. I was evil. And I know the only thing that evil understands. Punishment… Punishment and death.” During the fight, Supergirl got injured in a way her psi-defenses should have stopped, prompting the response, “Did I… allow it… as if I need the final pain to drive me forward… to do what my soul screams to do…” Then Linda Danvers appeared, pushing back again Mae’s newfound negative view of the world, which is like how Linda used to see things, saying, “I was wrong… I… I’ve seen the world through your eyes… seen so much… seen what you aspire to… what humanity aspires to…” In the end Mae hesitated, with Linda’s presence saying, “Supergirl… don’t,” and Buzz asked, “Is this what you want, angel? When all’s said and done? It’s my way, sure… and it was Linda’s way… except maybe it’s not, anymore… which makes you the swing vote… as in whether to swing that fist or not. Do you make Linda’s way yours…or your way hers? Here and now, angel, you’ll finally, truly become one. The only question is: One what?”

In these issues Supergirl fights a villain that can kill you if she knows your name, which is a problem because that Supergirl’s name is Supergirl is pretty obvious. Yet, the villain’s attack in issue #12 doesn’t kill her. This reminds her of Buzz’s question and makes her exclaim, “I’m… I’m real… I’m definitely, no-two-ways real! A real girl! […] I’m me! The other person is me! I didn’t completely believe it or understand it… but now I do! We’re alive and real! As real as you!” Then she thinks that the attack “would have killed me… if I’d only been Supergirl. But I’m just as much Linda as Supergirl now, not simply one wearing the shell of the other. It’s not like Clark effecting a change by swapping suits. I really am Linda now.”

Superman (2023) #9

This issue was published in December 2023. It was written by Joshua Williamson and drawn by Bruno Redondo.

I’m reading this book for Lena Luthor and the someday-upcoming Brainiac storyline I assume connects to her. The only development with that is that she’s gotten a job at Supercorp (previously known as Lexcorp) and is using the opportunity to ask as-of-yet-unrevealed questions to the AI based on her father that’s there, which Lex made, inspired by the AI of Clark’s Kryptonian father, to mess with Clark. Although Clark getting sent to the past and becoming a cowboy is charming.

Fawcett Comics:

the Captain Marvel stories in Whiz Comics (1940) #83-84 and Captain Marvel Adventures (1941) #70-71 and The Marvel Family (1945) #9-10

In this batch of 12 Captain Marvel stories I went from March 1947 to April 1947, according to the issue cover dates. These stories ranged from 7 to 13 pages, with the exception of the story in The Marvel Family #10, which took up the entire issue.

The story “Captain Marvel and the Unlikely Villain” (writer unknown; drawn by Pete Constanza) in Captain Marvel Adventures #70 reminded me of the story “Captain Marvel in Trouble with Mr. Double” (written by Otto Binder; possibly drawn by Pete Constanza) in Captain Marvel Adventures #37. In the later story Billy sees a pair of conjoined twins in public and exclaims, “Holy moley! Who are you? Is the freak show in town?” Ike says, “Freak show? Don’t say those hated words to us! We used to be billed as Mr. Double- Mike and Ike Double- and stared at like monkeys!” Mike says, “We hated it! We ought to slap that sassy brat’s mouth!” Captain Marvel comes to Billy’s defense, then thinks, “What’s he up to? If he left the freak show, how is he making a living? It’s not easy for a freak to get a job. I almost feel sorry for him… And yet he may make trouble!” The twins aren’t able to get hired for any non-freak show jobs, then hear Billy say on his radio show, “First of all, the sensational twin-headed man, Mr. Double, has quit his freak show! I hate to be unkind, but I think he belongs back there.” This, of course, infuriates Mike and Ike, but in the end Captain Marvel gets them a job at a help desk at Union Station, where they can help multiple customers at once.

In the former story we are introduced in the beginning to John Doe, depicted as a handsome blonde white man: “Certainly you’ve never seen a man whose honesty and good will spoke out so clearly from his appearances… Here is a man who would never harm anyone. A fellow you would be proud to call your friend. Yes, indeed John Doe is a man who inspires trust and confidence wherever he goes…” We then see John Doe attempt to rob a bank. When Captain Marvel catches him, he says, “You crook! I’ll… Holy Moley! You don’t look like a thief!” John Doe is then able to say that the only other man in a bank- who has black hair, thick eyebrows, and less pleasant features- was the actual bank robber. Ultimately the police decide it was the dark-haired man, and Captain Marvel says, “This was an easy case! I never saw anyone who looked more guilty than that fellow!” Billy is later visited by the imprisoned innocent man’s pretty sister, who tells Billy that her brother is innocent. Billy goes to investigate John Doe, but the second he sees the man he backtracks and ends the conversation, thinking as he walks away, “John Doe is an honest fellow if I ever saw one! I never should have listened to that girl! Her brother must be guilty!” In the end the truth is revealed, and in Billy’s closing radio broadcast, he says, “So you see, folks, everyone doesn’t have to look like Dr. Sivana to be a villain! It’s true that you can’t judge a man by his appearance- only by his deeds can you find out his true character!”

The story “Captain Marvel Traps a Sleepwalker” (written by Bill Woolfolk; penciled by C.C. Beck; inked by Pete Constanza) in Captain Marvel Adventures #71 was very cute. In the beginning Billy finishes typing up a radio script near midnight, then transforms into Captain Marvel so that he can take it to Station Whiz. Cap complains, saying, “Sometimes I think Billy takes advantage of me! I don’t mind doing important work… but he calls me to run all his errands too!” Captain Marvel then works throughout the night, having “caught 7 bank robbers, solved 3 murders, and broke up a country-wide counterfeiting ring” before going to sleep for a bit before Billy had to go to work, with his last thought being that he hopes Billy knows that the radio script is in his office safe and not his desk. But when Billy goes to work in the morning, his script is not in his safe, and in the end it’s revealed that Captain Marvel was so worried about Billy’s scripts he sleepwalked to the office and moved the script into Billy’s desk. This is in despite of the fact that he had been complaining about Billy having him do this errand in the first place.

The story “Captain Marvel and the End of the World” (written by Otto Binder; penciled by C.C. Beck; inked by Pete Constanza) in Captain Marvel Adventures #71 was very strange. In it Billy is supposed to interview a man, believed to be a crackpot, who has predicted the end of the world due to atomic power, a man who decides that Billy is too young to die and kidnaps him to take him off-world in his spaceship so that they can both survive. But the ship then crashes back to the Earth. Captain Marvel and the man then go on an adventure to try to save the world, but they don’t succeed and the whole planet is destroyed, with Captain Marvel being the sole survivor due to his powers. Captain Marvel is devastated and says, “Holy moley! The Earth I knew is gone… wiped out! All of my friends! All of America! All of Europe and Asia! There’s not a soul left alive from Earth… except me! This is the most horrible moment of my life!” Then Captain Marvel notices the Earth a ways away in space. He flies back home and realizes that they had crash-landed on another, similar planet. In his closing broadcast Billy say, “Astronomers report that a heavenly body mysteriously blew up today, out in space! They give no reason. But we’re all glad it was a world out in space that exploded and not our own earth as Joachim Jybber predicted!” I was surprised by the casual tone. This story reminded me of another story, “Captain Marvel and the Atomic War” (written by Otto Binder; penciled by C. C. Beck; inked by Pete Constanza) in Captain Marvel Adventures #66, that also had the premise of Captain Marvel being the sole survivor of the atomic destruction of Earth, though that story was revealed in the end to be a fictional story that Billy was telling for the propaganda purpose of teaching people the lesson that “we’d all better learn to live and get along- one nation with all other nations and one person with all other persons- so that the terrible atomic war will never occur!”

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