You Decide

I'm a big fan of Captain Marvel and the Captain Marvel Adventures but I've only read a fraction of them because few have been reprinted. They're in the public domain and there are legal cd's with all the issues scanned but I never went out and purchased one. Yesterday I found a website called ComicBookPlus that offers public domain comics for viewing and I decided to actually read the comics I own and add expanded descriptions to my issues. I was reading through a story called "Mr. Tawny Loses Faith In Mankind" in issue 96 where Mr. Tawny's likeness is used to sell products including a breakfast cereal where he declares, 'It's Great'. At first I assumed this was a parody of Tony the Tiger except that Tony the Tiger was first created in 1951 and this comic was published in 1949. Coincidence or more? You decide.

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