The Curse of Skeleton Munroe

Category: honours – Captain Marvel

  • NOTES – NOVEMBER 2025

    Honours – Captain Marvel: 

    Not only does Billy Batson win the award for Outstanding Radio Work of the Year, but he has his ver own fan club! (Whiz Comics 015, 1941) 

    Honours – Smasher Spy:

    Spy Smasher, turned evil and sometimes but mostly not known as Smasher Spy, is doing such a good job of sabotaging America that he is offered a medal and a position from the euphemistically-named War Lord by two Nazi stereotypes. If there’s one thing that Smasher Spy is, however, it’s an equal-opportunity hater, and he rejects a fascist government just as vociferously as a democratic one. (Whiz Comics 018, 1941)

    Super-Heroes Attending Costume Parties as Themselves: 

    Not only does Captain Marvel attend this party as himself but Billy Batson also came in just his street clothes and a mask. The height of arrogance for a young celebrity, and a radio-based one at that! 

    Please also note the horrible off-brand Mickey Mouse costume worn by Billy’s assistant Whitey Murphy. (Whiz Comics 023, 1941)

  • HONOURS – CAPTAIN MARVEL

    Lots of college hijinks for our lad: 

    Less than one year into Captain Marvel’s career, the local college has an elite football squad named Captain Marvel’s Men who dress in replicas of his uniform. As part of an investigation into illegal sports betting, Marvel infiltrates the team and ends up winning a game single-handed. Plus, this all takes place at Marvel College, which has to be a coincidence.

    Billy Batson also uses the Wisdom of Solomon get into Marvel College at what… fifteen? And then after that he gets jumped into the Skull Club fraternity, which is certainly a wholesome place for comics’ most innocent boy to hang out.  (Whiz Comics 011, 1940)

  • HONOURS – CAPTAIN MARVEL

    (Captain Marvel Adventures 002, 1941)

    Captain Marvel gets a statue!