*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: Although it may be considered to be something of a niche collector speciality these days, back in 1946 Fawcett’s flagship Marvel Family title, Captain Marvel Adventures, had a circulation of around 800,000 copies per issue (and this was down from over a million copies in the early 1940s!). No wonder the 1946 pair of issues in this update proclaimed ‘largest circulation of any comic magazine.’ Although Captain Marvel and his chums were presented as wholesome and safe reading for kids, an aspect engendered by the somewhat cartoony art style of Cap’s most famous artist C C Beck, there’s no doubting that the comic transcended that reputation (look at the atomic war cover of #66 here, for example). The characters live on at DC. A double bill from the Bute Collection this week. 
PICTURED: CAPTAIN MARVEL ADVENTURES
#65 FN+ £100 All Cap stories by Otto Binder and C C Beck. Great cover as Cap tackles an invasion of BEMs. Nice sharp copy with good colour and an unmarked cover. Edge wear and corner blunting at a minimum. Firm, tight central staple as published; lovely near white pages.
#66 VG+ £85 Cap stories by Otto Binder & Bill Woolfolk, art by C C Beck and Kurt Schaffenberger. Classic atomic war cover. Good cover colours and unmarked. Minimal to moderate edge wear and blunting with very small splits upper and lower spine. Firm, tight staples and off-white pages, creamy at edges.