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Cover: Bud Thompson

Captain Marvel Jr. #117

Feb 1953 · Fawcett · 0.10 USD
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In "Means Curtains!", Captain Marvel Jr. answers a strange radio call from a gas station owner who claims to have contacted an alien spaceship from Elluria. When Freddy and the hero investigate, they uncover a tiny, advanced craft piloted by surprisingly intelligent insect beings—leaving the fate of Earth hanging in the balance. Written by Bill Woolfolk and illustrated by Bud Thompson, this 1953 Fawcett classic features the dynamic art of Thompson on both interior and cover, with the cover by Thompson capturing the eerie wonder of the alien encounter.

Contains 7 stories
Means Curtains!
1 pp · Humor
The Werewolf of London
8 pp · Superhero
Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]Baron Drakis (villain)
Oak Kay!
0.67 pp · Humor
Nature's Navigators
4 pp · Non-Fiction, Math & Science
The Lost Space Ship
6 pp · Superhero
Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]Red O'Riley (gas station owner)

When a gas station owner named Freddy claims to have heard a distress call from an alien ship on his ham radio, Captain Marvel Jr. investigates—only to uncover a tiny spacecraft piloted by surprisingly intelligent insect beings from the distant planet Elluria.

The Clothes Horse
4 pp · Humor, Sports
The Funniest Looking Boy In the World
7 pp · Superhero
Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $23
CGC 9.4 · 2 in census $846
CGC 9.2 none in existence
CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $360
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $263*
CGC 8.0 none in existence
CGC 7.5 none in existence
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CGC 7.0 none in existence
CGC 6.5 none in existence
CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $55*
CGC 5.5 · 2 in census $46*
CGC 5.0 · 2 in census $44*
CGC 4.5 none in existence
CGC 4.0 · 1 in census $33*
CGC 3.5 · 1 in census $29*
CGC 3.0 none in existence
CGC 2.5 · 1 in census $21*
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Full credits

artist, inker Bud Thompson
cover pencils, inks Bud Thompson

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Reprinted in Captain Marvel Jr. #4

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