Shazam! Adventures of Captain Marvel R-1950s, 2 Lobby Cards mounted, Tom Tyler

Description

Adventures of Captain Marvel
, the original Fawcett character, framed lobby cards. Some restoration to one card. Back in the Golden Age of comics, The Fawcett Captain Marvel reportedly became more popular even than Superman---hence a big D.C. law suit against Fawcett.
Expect that the original Captain Marvel will get some more attention soon, as there are new movie versions of Captain Marvel coming soon:
Shazam!
is scheduled to be released by
New Line Cinema
and
Warner Bros. Pictures
in 2D,
RealD 3D
and
IMAX 3D
on April 5, 2019.
S
hazam!
is an upcoming American
superhero film
based on the
DC Comics
character
of the same name
. It is intended to be the seventh installment in the
DC Extended Universe
(DCEU). The film is directed by
David F. Sandberg
from a screenplay by Henry Gayden, and a story by Gayden and
Darren Lemke
. The film stars
Asher Angel
as Billy Batson, a teenage boy who can transform via the magic word "Shazam" into an adult superhero (
Zachary Levi
), with
Mark Strong
,
Jack Dylan Grazer
, and
Djimon Hounsou
as supporting characters. It will be the first film version of the character since the 1941 serial
Adventures of Captain Marvel
(the character's original name) and will be the first full-length feature film centered around the character.
Marvel Studios
is scheduled to release a live-action film featuring Carol Danvers, titled
Captain Marvel
and starring
Brie Larson
, on March 8, 2019. Larson is also scheduled to reprise the role in the
fourth Avengers film
. -Wikipedia
CAPTAIN MARVEL LOBBY CARDS, TWO MEXICAN Lobby Cards MOUNTED in slightly different displays (cards:12.5 x 16.25").
REPUBLIC SERIAL, R-1950s. Some professional restoration to one card.  Framed in quality glass; weight: approximately six pounds.  These are scarce original lobby cards.
Adventures of Captain Marvel
was a 1941 American 12-chapter
black-and-white
Republic Pictures
film serial
, produced by Hiram S. Brown, Jr., directed by
John English
and
William Witney
, that stars
Tom Tyler
in the title role of Captain Marvel and
Frank Coghlan, Jr.
as his alter ego, Billy Batson. This serial was adapted from the popular
Captain Marvel
comic book character then appearing in
Fawcett Comics
publications
Whiz Comics
and
Captain Marvel Adventures
.
Tyler portrayed the first film adaptation of a comic book superhero.
Adventures of Captain Marvel
was the 21st of 66 film serials produced by Republic and their first
comic book
character adaptation (not counting
comic strips
). The serial featured the Fawcett Comics
superhero
, placed within an original screen story. Captain Marvel fights a masked criminal mastermind called the Scorpion, who is determined to gain control of an ancient weapon. It is made in the form of a large metallic scorpion with adjustable legs, tail, and removable lenses that must be properly aligned in order to activate its powerful ray.  --Wikipedia