C. C. Beck's Description of Captain Marvel

C. C. Beck was the cartoon artist that brought Captain Marvel to life in Whiz comics and all of Cap's golden age comics.  Captain Marvel went out of print abruptly in 1953.  Below is a drawing Beck made on February 6, 1970 of Captain Marvel, as well as a brief description of him, his stories, etc..  

I don't remember where I found this picture, and I don't know the circumstances around why Beck drew it or who it was for.  Could it be that Beck wanted to capture Captain Marvel once again and make sure that his fans didn't forget about him?

Probably unbeknownst to Beck was the fact that in 1973 DC comics would bring Captain Marvel back in print and Beck himself would be drawing Cap once again!

Shazam's Villains - Part 2

 I've written before about villains that were defeated by the wizard Shazam (see my article here).  I'm going to add to this list of villains in this article!  

In Captain Marvel Adventures #137 (August 1, 1952) we are told of seven deadly villains defeated by Shazam!

These villains were:

• Pride
• Envy
• Greed
• Hatred 
• Selfishness
• Laziness
• Injustice

These seven villains were evil gods that Shazam had defeated centuries ago.  He defeated them and turned them to stone!  These seven deadly enemies of man were capable of destroying mankind had Shazam not defeated them!

The Mad Mummy, Black Adam, and the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man are all villains defeated by the wizard Shazam long before he created Captain Marvel!