I found these two places where pages appear to have been neatly removed. Looking here, the pages are continuous, but it's only storyline. So it looks like either I'm missing the ad pages, or if the comicbookplus.com scans are complete, this issue has no ads, which seems unlikely.
So are pages missing from this comic? Am I correct to assume that they are missing ad pages?
Thanks!
Alright so here we go, below you will find images from Captain marvel Adventures 30, 31, 32, 34. They all have what the original poster describes. They are all wartime comics (from 1943-44) and only have one staple. And, there are very few adds within the comic, most are concentrated at the beginning and end. I guess books sold well enough back in the day that there was no need for extra revenue through ads. I have two copies of 30, so just in case there was any doubt to this being normal, you