Obscure 1949 Bell Features laughable Christian Bible Unusual Adventures # 52 have an adaptation of Brewster ’s Millions and a master criminologist named Dr. Doom .
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The infamous Marvel villain Dr. Doom was far from the first comic book character to expend that name . Dell’sThe Comics # 5ranInternational Spy featuring Doctor Doomin 1937.Victor Foxintroduced his Dr. Doom inScience Comics # 1(1940 ) . Werecently discussedCanadian laughable book publisher Al Rucker Productions ' 1946 release of theWeekender v2 # 1 , whichfeaturedGus Ricca ’s iconic Dr. Doom cover . That particular Dr. Doomfirst appeared in Chesler’sYankee Comics # 1(1941 ) . In 1945 , Curtis introduced a master criminologist name Dr. Doom in Young King Cole # 2 , and that variation ended up in Bell Features’Unusual Adventures # 52 in 1949 . There ’s aVG / FN condition copyof this interesting and obscure comic up for auction sale in the 2025 March 13Canadian Golden Age Comics ShowcaseAuction # 40290 at Heritage Auctions .
In addition to that particular Dr. Doom tale fromCriminals on the Run v4 # 6 , strange Adventures # 52 also reprint a Young King Cole story from that same issue that adaptsBrewster ’s Millions . Originally a 1902 novel write byGeorge Barr McCutcheon , this celebrated account was adapted into a period of play in 1906 , and 15 films and weigh from 1914 to 2024 . The most famous of these was the 1995 version starringRichard Pryor . There has even been television set adaptations of the account ranging an Adventures of Superman episode Olsen ’s Millions in 1955 to an exalt Punky Brewster version , Punky ’s Millionsin 1986 . The now - familiar plot of ground set someone up to have a large heritage on the term that $ 1 million ( and much more , in some versions ) can be spent in a short period of time .
The cover ofUnusual Adventures # 52re - use the cover ofCriminals on the Run V5#1 . The combining of Dr. Doom andBrewster ’s Millionsplus the relative rarity of Canadian releases from this era as compared to their U.S. counterparts makes this unnoticeable Bell Features comic a fascinating lesson of Canadian comic Christian Bible publishing of that era , and there’sa VG / FN copyup for auction at the 2025 March 13Canadian Golden Age Comics ShowcaseAuction # 40290 .
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