The Best Covers You've Never Seen--Mac Raboy Could Draw A Little Bit!!

Just a small sampling of Mac Raboy's many, many Captain Marvel Jr. covers:

Manic Monday Triple Overtime--War Is Heck

Because some mornings...

...you just need to see Mac Raboy drawing Captain Marvel Jr. smashing up a sneak attack on Alaska.

You're welcome.

From Master Comics #25 (1942)

Uhhhh...The Dog Ate My Homework?

Sometime in the Golden Age, they just kinda plum ran of of energy, and story, and the ability to even pretend to care...

So...ummm, that's a wrap?

Wow, sorry abut the previous 9 pages, I guess. We even brought Walter White for a guest appearance!

Welp, story's over now. No sense lingering. Adios!

From Captain Marvel Jr #54 (1947)

Manic Monday Bonus--Great Moments In (Terrible) Resume Padding!

Captain Marvel has stopped the vile Captain Nazi from blowing up a dam...

Total dick move, bro.

Yeah, that's Freddy Freeman, and it's the origin of Captain Marvel Jr. The Big Red Cheese rescues Freddy, takes him to the wizard Shazam, and shares his power with Freddy. Voila.

Meanwhile, on his "secret trans-Atlantic phone," Albrecht Krieger has the temerity to brag about this "victory" to his boss:

"I killed an old man and crippled a little boy."

Are you sure you want to boast about that. Captain? Especially as you completely failed in your real mission?

Fortunately, Hitler doesn't challenge that lameness of Krieger's report:

Bulletman?? Killing old men and crippling boys took stamina and blind luck--there's no way this guy is taking of Bulletman!

From Whiz Comics #25 (1941)

Spoiler Saturday--Scooby-Doo Team-Up #16

The best comic book out this week, by far?

This one:

Yup.

And now I'm going to spoil the living hell out of it. Because I know not you're believing me on how beautiful it is, and I need to convince you to buy it when you head into your Local Comics Shoppe today for FCBD.

So after the 3 Scooby Doo pictures, spoilage commences. Come back later if you don't want to be spoiled....

OK, spoilers commence!

#1 cool thing about this story? While the cover maintains the ridiculous "SHAZAM Family" facade, in the interior Solly Fisch gives zero fraks about ridiculous corporate diktats:

Yup, they're called by their traditional names, and referred to as "The Marvel Family" throughout. Take that, nu52 idiots!!

#2 cool thing about this story?

Tawky Tawny and Uncle Marvel, completely unironically. Because old school, fools!!

#3 cool thing about this comic book (and honestly, the coolest)?

Yeah, they went there.

#4 cool thing about this book?

Mar-Velma tricks IBAC into turning back into a mortal...

...while Freddy totally pulls an "updog" on SABBAC:

Gotta love dumb villains.

#5 cool thing about this book: Old Man Shazam reveals how Shaggy and Velma transformed:

Look, I haven't bought any issues of Scooby Doo Team-Up before this. But this issue is making me reconsider that stance.

And given that it's been 4+ years since Geoff Johns ruined reinvented the Marvel Family as a concept, yet ZERO creators at DC seem in the least bit interested in doing anything whatsoever with the new concept, this is the best dose of Shazam that we're going to get for awhile.

So go buy it, and enjoy!

Important Notice For Collectors Of Action Figures!!

If you're one of those people who spends a lot of time collecting action figures and figurines and statuettes and the like, you might want to be careful.

Because when you haunt the local Target and Toys 'R' Us to be the first to dig through the new shipment, you might not be getting what you think you're getting!

Look what happened in Fawcett City, where a small shop was suddenly doing boffo business is such a trade:

For the record, that's The Black Wizard, Madame Bella Donna, and Hector...not a trio you would think would be in a legitimate business!!

And you'd be right, because...

AIEEEEEEE!!!!

Yup, the bad guys are kidnapping "orphan children beggars" and "human derelicts" and turning them into pricey statues!!

But the Black Wizard has decided it's time to up their game...no more common figurines, only ultra-rare collectors items. As they break into a house in the swankier part of town...

$25,000?!?! Talk about your mint rarities!!

And the beauty part is, he'll pay!!

Wow, he's really got the collector fever!!

Well, Mary Marvel and Cap Jr. get involved, but through extreme carelessness...

Yes, yes they will.

Fortunately, Captain Marvel Sr comes to help out:

And so order is restored to the world...

...and the bottom falls out of the statue collecting business in Fawcett City!

Remember...all of those action figures and figurine you have...they might be real people transformed by magic dust! Open the package, and let them breath!!

From Marvel Family #51 (1950)