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CGC certified: VG+ (4.5). Off-white to white pages. Cover: C.C. Beck. Stories and art: Otto Binder, C.C. Beck, others. GPAnalysis: Only two reported sales in any grade, the most recent being a 9.4 that sold for $610 in 2017, the other being a 7.5 that sold for $143 in 2013. Big Red Cheese versus Vikings. Captain Marvel's adventures were often flat-out silly, geared squarely towards little kids. Young readers responded enthusiastically, driving sales ever-higher until Captain Marvel outsold Superman. DC, miffed at someone out-supering Superman, filed a lawsuit against Fawcett claiming that the Captain was a copycat. "Captain Marvel was gifted with the light touch... [The style of art was] familiar to any child who ever sent for a how-to-draw-heads course. The magic for readers in Captain Marvel was that not only did it appear easy to become him, it looked easy to draw him. Deceptively so. Captain Marvel was better drawn, really, than Superman.... His future seemed assured. What a shock, then, the day Superman took him to court." — Jules Feiffer The Great Comic Book Heroes. Dial Press: 1966, pp. 24-25. A limited edition of 150 softcover and 15 hardcover catalogues is available. 400 lots, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcover $30, deluxe hardcover with dust jacket and limitation plate $200. Ten of the 15 hardcovers are pre-ordered and the rest will go quickly, so reserve yours now. To order, contact [email protected] . Consignments welcome for PBA's December 2021 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Send inquiries to [email protected] .