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Adventures of Captain Marvel is a 1941 twelve-chapter film serial directed by John English and William Witney for Republic Pictures, adapted from the popular Captain Marvel comic book character then appearing in Fawcett Comics publications such as Whiz Comics and Captain Marvel Adventures. It starred Tom Tyler in the title role of Captain Marvel and Frank Coghlan, Jr. as his alter ego, Billy Batson.

This serial was the twenty-first of the sixty-six serials produced by Republic and their first comic book adaptation, not counting comic strips. The serial featured an adaptation of the Fawcett Comics superhero, placed within an original story. He fights a masked criminal mastermind called The Scorpion who is determined to gain control of a powerful weapon disguised as a scorpion figurine

Directed by William Witney
John English
Produced by Hiram S. Brown, Jr.
Screenplay by Ronald Davidson
Norman S. Hall
Arch B. Heath
Joseph Poland
Sol Shor
Based on Characters
by Bill Parker
C. C. Beck
Starring Tom Tyler
Frank Coghlan, Jr.
William Benedict
Louise Currie
Robert Strange
Harry Worth
Bryant Washburn
John Davidson
Music by Cy Feuer
Cinematography William Nobles
Distributed by Republic Pictures
Release dates March 28, 1941 (1941-03-28)

Running time 12 chapters / 216 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $135,553 (negative cost: $119,343)
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