The Best of Captain Marvel #[nn]

In a bizarre twist of scale, Captain Marvel journeys to the Magno World—a realm a million quintillion hexillion and a half times larger than Earth—where everything is reversed: names, nations, even history. There, he encounters Professor Sufoog and Professor Goofus, who are locked in a war with the opposing side, Ynamreg, led by the cunning Reltih. As Captain Marvel tries to help, he stumbles into a situation that changes everything—without ever knowing how the balance of power will shift.

When Sivana harnesses Voodoo Annie’s powers to turn Billy into a zombie and enslave Captain Marvel on a cursed bayou chain gang, the only hope lies with Steamboat—only to discover that the mysterious Voodoo Annie is his long-lost grandma, Showboat Mammy. Together, they must break the spell before Sivana’s twisted plan to rule the universe comes to life.

In a gripping wartime tale from *The Best of Captain Marvel*, Captain Marvel faces a moral test when he rallies Mr. H.V. Volksfreund—a defiant German-born American radio host broadcasting anti-Nazi messages—to resist Nazi threats against his family in Europe. When Volksfreund is captured and forced to broadcast propaganda from a zeppelin high above the Earth, Captain Marvel must soar into the skies to rescue him and restore his courage.

In a mind-bending twist, Captain Marvel finds himself trapped in an alternate reality where he’s been manipulated into aiding Adolf Hitler and declaring, "Phooey on America!"—a chilling reversal of his heroic ideals. The story unfolds as a surreal journey through a "World of If" machine’s alternate paths, testing the limits of loyalty and identity. With Billy Batson, Professor I.Q. Putter, and even a Nazi spy named Carl caught in the experiment’s wake, the line between truth and illusion blurs—until the machine itself shatters under the weight of showing Captain Marvel as a traitor, even for a moment.

In a brief, quirky tale from The Best of Captain Marvel, Billy Batson and his friend Cissie share a quiet moment on the street—until a sudden, friendly abduction pulls Cissie away. Her disappearance is a ruse to draw Billy’s attention, leading him to carry a mysterious box to the F.B.I. But when a menacing figure known only as “the tall man with the wart on his nose” ambushes them, Captain Marvel arrives in dramatic fashion. With a swift strike and a splash of water pressure, he sends the villain sprawling—literally—into an underground pipe. The story ends on a high note, leaving the mystery of the box and the fate of the culprit unresolved.