The adventures of captain marvel is a 1941 twelvechapter film serial directed by john english. The enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration. The series spun off from the inordinately successful whiz comics, and featured whizs titular caped hero, captain marvel. The adventures of captain marvel 1941 home facebook.
When captain marvel tries to stop captain nazi from stealing a precious black pearl from an indian princess, he learns that the nazi has been sent by a mysterious criminal genius who has gathered several of caps deadliest enemies into the monster society of evil. The litigious history of dc and marvels rival captain marvel. The adventures of captain marvel nr, 18 min action. Adventures of captain marvel s official release date was march 28, 1941, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges. He also has no relation to the marvel comics captain marvel character. Adventures of captain marvel the files of jerry blake.
Captain marvel stars in an untitled adventure in which the big red cheese battles dr. The adventures of captain marvel serial 1941 chapter06. In 1941, national periodical publications filed a lawsuit against fawcett citing that the character of captain marvel was too similar to their own creation, superman. Adventures of captain marvel is a 1941 twelvechapter film serial directed by john english and william witney for republic pictures, adapted from the popular captain marvel comic book character. The opening titles, in part, look terrible, presumably because reissue titles were cut directly into the. Adventures of captain marvel by marveldude757 on april 02, 2015. Some would say the real captain marvel is the comic book. Captain marvel stars in an untitled adventure in which the. The adventures of captain marvel serial 1941 chapter06 we are reuploading this serial so we can stream it from our site at. Media in category adventures of captain marvel the following 20 files are in this category, out of 20 total.
Click on the picture of adventures of captain marvel for a trailer of the movies. Adventures of captain marvel simple english wikipedia, the. The adventures of captain marvel serial 1941 12 chapters. Batman all media types, batman 1940s serials, superman all media types, superman serials, the adventures of captain marvel, captain marvel dc, captain america all media types, captain america 1944, flash gordon all media types, flash gordon serials, the perils of nyoka, radar men from the moon, spy smasher 1942, the. Original adventures of captain marvel, the 1941 movie. Dec 20, 2006 trailer for the 12 episode republic serial adventures of captain marvel. Captain marvel and the mystery of the expanding island by otto binder and c. Captain marvel adventures vol 1 dc database fandom. All stories written by joe simon, penciled by jack kirby, and inked by dick briefer.
Overview of adventures of captain marvel, 1941, directed by john english, with frank coghlan jr. Adventures of captain marvel is available for free download at the internet archive. I never saw this 1941 television serial until a few days ago as of the time i started writing this. Le serial adventures of captain marvel, produit en 12 chapitres par le studio. The character of captain marvel is also the main hero, now better known as shazam, of a 1970s tv show, and a 2019 movie. Back in the us, billy batson, as captain marvel, wages a battle against an evil, hooded figure, the scorpion, who hopes to accumulate all five lenses, thereby gaining control of the superpowerful weapon. Issued on videocassette in 1985, a new transfer came out four years later on laserdisc, which was also used for an official dvd distributed by artisan in 2003. The adventures of captain marvel 1941 works archive of. The sound is hard, but not unpleasant and music, dialogue, and sound effects are wellbalanced for problemfree intelligibi. We do not charge per download and the goal of the project is to archive these comic books online and make them widely available. If you were looking for another captain marvel, see our guide to captain marvels.
Captain america 1944 the adventures of captain marvel 1941 the mysery squadron 1933. The adventures of captain marvel 1941 rotten tomatoes. The sound is better than one might expect from such a primitive source. Adventures of captain marvel is an american serial directed by william witney and john english, released in 1941. Adventures of captain marvel chapter 1 curse of the. Captain marvel adventures was one of several ongoings during the golden age starring fawcetts captain marvel, who was more popular than superman in the late 40s and early 50s. Captain marvel billy batson with his newfound powers, must stop the scorpion from. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Adventures of captain marvel from 1941 is a fine example of republics best work, one of the 17 consecutive serials from the classic directing team of william witney and john english. It stars tom tyler as captain marvel and frank coughlan, jr. Captain marvel battles sivanas voodoo curse by otto binder and pete costanza. The adventures of captain marvel is a 12episode republic serial based on the comic book character of the same name. Top comments adventures of captain marvel does not have any comments yet. Captain marvel, in what many aficionados consider the best serial ever made, the adventures of captain marvel 1941.
Captain marvel adventures was published from 1941 until 1953 by fawcett publications. Adventures of captain marvel is a 1941 american 12chapter blackandwhite movie serial from republic pictures, produced by hiram s. Adventures of captain marvel 1941 serial dc database fandom. Original movie poster for adventures of captain marvel, the 1941 15140 original republic pictures one sheet poster 27x41. To protect a magic talisman from being used for evil, a teenage boy named billy batson is given the power to become an adult superhero, captain marvel, with a single magic word. Adventures of captain marvel is presented in twochannel mono, encoded in dtshd master audio. The series title as given in the indicia for this issue is 64 pages of new captain marvel adventures. Adventures of captain marvel on imdb adventures of captain marvel is available for free download at the internet archive. Adventures of captain marvel is a 1941 american 12chapter blackandwhite movie serial. Stan lee becomes editorinchief at timely comics adventures of captain marvel, a twelvechapter film serial adapted from the popular captain marvel comic book character for republic pictures, debuts. Adventures of captain marvel 1941 this excellent twelve chapter republic serial stars tom tyler, frank coghlan jr.
The adventures of captain marvel is a 1941 twelvechapter film serial directed by john english and william witney for republic pictures and. This is the version of fawcett comics captain marvel that appeared in the 1941 republic tv serial. The serial was rereleased on april 15, 1953, under the title return of captain marvel, between the first runs of jungle drums of africa and canadian mounties vs. Today, the adventures of captain marvel is considered one of the best film serials ever made along with the three flash gordon epics.
Joss whedons the avengers gathers a galaxy of marvel comics superstars, but i wish more people could see the first comic book superhero to make the leap to the big screen. The serial was adapted from the popular captain marvel comic book character then appearing in fawcett comics publications such as whiz comics and captain marvel adventures. Adventures of captain marvel is easily the most famous of all republics chapterplays, and has been hailed as the studios alltime best serial more often than any of the studios other outings. It was directed by william witney and john english. The adventures of captain marvel is a 1941 twelvechapter film serial directed by john english and william witney for republic pictures and produced by hiram s.
Shop for captain marvel adventures 1941 comics on, your friendly online comic book store. Adventures of captain marvel wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Evolution of shazam captain marvel in movies cartoons tv 1941. The adventures of captain marvel 1941 classic cinema online. Adventures of captain marvel is a 12chapter movie serial released in 1941 by rko radio pictures. For decades, both marvel comics and dc had two characters with the same name. Captain marvel, american comic strip superhero created by writer stan lee and.
Offered by kirby mcdaniel movieart of austin, texas. Newly mastered in 4k, adventures of captain marvel doesnt look quite as pristine as the previously released daredevils of the red circle, perhaps owing to captain marvel s greater popularity and overprinting of the original negative. Avanture kapetana marvela je americki film u nastavcima snimljen u reziji williama whitneya i johna englisha i premijerno prikazan 1941. Carol danvers is just one of many heroes to hold the captain marvel mantle for.
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