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* CliffhangerCopout: After Captain Marvel spends a large portion of one serial trying to stop a giant shell fired from space striking Russia, this happens-http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=1538&page=50.
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* CliffhangerCopout: After Captain Marvel spends a large portion of one serial trying to stop a giant shell fired from space striking Russia, this happens-http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=1538&page=50.it turns out it was a dud and only damages the building it actually lands on.
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* OurHydrasAreDifferent: The Society has a literal Hydra created by Mister Mind, which, when it loses a head, grows it back with the head of another animal.
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* OurHydrasAreDifferent: The Society has a literal Hydra created by Mister Mind, which, when it loses a head, grows it back with the head of another animal. Created by complete accident, at that!
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Near the beginning of the story members of the Axis Powers are depicted belonging to Mr. Mind's "evil legions". As World War II ground to its conclusion, more and more the Monster Society's ranks were shown consisting of aliens and gangsters instead.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Near the beginning of the story storyline, members of the Axis Powers are depicted belonging to Mr. Mind's "evil legions". As World War II ground to its conclusion, more and more the Monster Society's ranks were shown consisting of aliens and gangsters instead.
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* LegionOfDoom: As noted, it was one of the first (although not ''the'' first) comic book storylines to feature preexisting villains banding together to deal with a common enemy (even though the previously-run villains are all used up by the end of the fourth chapter).
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* LegionOfDoom: As noted, it was one of the first (although first, but not ''the'' first) first, comic book storylines to feature preexisting villains banding together to deal with a common enemy (even though the previously-run villains are all used up by the end of the fourth chapter).
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Near the beginning of the story members of the Axis Powers are depicted belonging to Mr. Mind's "evil legions". As the war World War II ground to its conclusion, more and more the Monster Society's ranks were shown consisting of aliens and gangsters instead.
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* StoryBreakerPower: The magical scrying pearls, which disappear without explanation between chapters.
* ThoseWackyNazis: And how, given how superhero comics doubled as wartime propaganda, the depiction of Nazis and Hitler himself is quite... [[AdolfHitlarious whimsical]]. Likewise...
* ThoseWackyNazis: And how, given how superhero comics doubled as wartime propaganda, the depiction of Nazis and Hitler himself is quite... [[AdolfHitlarious whimsical]]. Likewise...
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* StoryBreakerPower: The magical scrying pearls, which let their user see anything, anywhere, even into other galaxies. After Captain Marvel gets them back from the villains, they disappear without explanation between chapters.
* ThoseWackyNazis: And how, given how superhero comics doubled as wartime propaganda, the depiction of Nazis and Hitler himself is quite... [[AdolfHitlarious whimsical]]. Likewise...
* ThoseWackyNazis: And how, given how superhero comics doubled as wartime propaganda, the depiction of Nazis and Hitler himself is quite... [[AdolfHitlarious whimsical]].
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* LegionOfDoom: As noted, it was the first comic book storyline to feature preexisting villains banding together to deal with a common enemy (even though the previously-run villains are all used up by the end of the fourth chapter).
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* LegionOfDoom: As noted, it was one of the first (although not ''the'' first) comic book storyline storylines to feature preexisting villains banding together to deal with a common enemy (even though the previously-run villains are all used up by the end of the fourth chapter).
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* LastOfHisKind: Jeepers, the bat-man, whose people all died in some unspecified disaster.
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* ThriftyScot: When Mr. Mind organizes a secret Nazi invasion of Scotland, Captain Marvel has to convince the locals that they won't have to spend any money helping him fight off the Germans before they'll do anything.
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* BeastMan: Most of the Society's members were Crocodile-Men from outer space.
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* BatOutOfHell: Jeepers, although when first introduced he looked more like a humanoid mouse. Subsequent incarnations became more bat-like.
* BeastMan: Most of the Society's members were Crocodile-Men from outer space. There's also Jeepers and Goat-Man.
* BeastMan: Most of the Society's members were Crocodile-Men from outer space. There's also Jeepers and Goat-Man.
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* LadyInRed: Nyole, one of the few females of the group, is an aztec priestess who dresses in red.
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: The Crocodile-Men. The Crocodile-Man introduced in ''Shazam (2019)'' has three heads, and is far more monstrous than previous versions.
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* TokenRobot: Mr. Atom is the only robot in a team of monsters and humans.
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* AmoralAttorney: This is subverted in the last chapter of the The Monster Society Of Evil as Mister Mind is being tried, his lawyer, who he knows to be a slick Amoral Attorney, hears of Mister Mind's crimes and tells Mister Mind he hopes he gets the electric chair, showing EvenEvilHasStandards.
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* AmoralAttorney: This is subverted in the last chapter of the The Monster Society Of Evil as Mister Mind is being tried, his lawyer, who he knows to be a slick Amoral Attorney, hears of Mister Mind's crimes and tells Mister Mind he hopes he gets the electric chair, showing EvenEvilHasStandards.
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* YellowPeril: The comic's depiction of enemy Japanese forces showed them all as big-toothed subhuman freaks.
* YellowPeril: The comic's depiction of enemy Japanese forces showed them all as big-toothed subhuman freaks.
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* HydraProblem: The Monster Society Of Evil has a literal Hydra created by Mister Mind, which when it loses a head grows it back with the head of another animal. Captain Marvel causes its heads to fight over meat, killing itself.
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* HydraProblem: The Whenever the Monster Society Of Evil has a literal Society's Hydra created by Mister Mind, which when it loses a head head, it grows it back with the head that of another animal. Captain Marvel causes its heads to fight over meat, killing itself.
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* ThoseWackyNazis: And how, given how superhero comics doubled as wartime propaganda, the depiction of Nazis and Hitler himself is quite...[[AdolfHitlarious whimsical]].
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* ThoseWackyNazis: And how, given how superhero comics doubled as wartime propaganda, the depiction of Nazis and Hitler himself is quite... [[AdolfHitlarious whimsical]].
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* BeastMan: Most of the Society's members were Crocodile-Men from outer space.
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* PettingZooPeople: Most of the Society's members were Crocodile-Men from outer space.
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* HarmlessVillain: Mister Mind, who for all his brains is only a talking caterpillar. Illustrated in the last chapter when his last minions quit on him. He manages to knock out Billy, but then doesn't have anyone on hand to finish the job for him.
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* HarmlessVillain: Mister Mind, who for all his brains is only a talking caterpillar. Illustrated in the last chapter when his last minions quit on him. He manages to knock out Billy, but then doesn't have anyone on hand to finish the job for him.
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* TheStarscream: Subverted, with Herkimer the Crocodile-Man. He only takes over Leadership of the Society after Mister Mind gets LaserGuidedAmnesia and becomes good. Once he regains his memory Herkimer gives back control.
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* TheStarscream: Subverted, with Herkimer the Crocodile-Man. He only takes over Leadership of the Society after Mister Mind gets LaserGuidedAmnesia and [[HeelFaceTurn becomes good. good]]. Once he [[FaceHeelTurn regains his memory memory]] Herkimer gives back control.
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The longest serial of the GoldenAge of Comics, running from ''[[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] Adventures'' #22 to #46 and depicting Captain Marvel's ongoing battle with the villainous Mister Mind and his army of criminals and monsters, including the bulk of Marvel's RoguesGallery. Features one of the earliest examples of a LegionOfDoom, though was possibly meant as a metaphor for Nazis (Nazi Germany were shown as supporters for the group as well).
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The longest serial of the GoldenAge of Comics, running from ''[[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] Adventures'' #22 to #46 and depicting Captain Marvel's ongoing battle with the villainous Mister Mind and his army of criminals and monsters, including the bulk of Marvel's RoguesGallery. Features one of the earliest examples of a LegionOfDoom, though was possibly meant as a metaphor for Nazis (Nazi Germany were shown as supporters for the villain group as well).
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* NotSoFakePropWeapon: Inverted in the chapters about the Society taking over a movie shoot. For some reason none of the {{Mooks}} brought their own weapons (for all the good they would've done) and instead armed themselves from the set itself. Thinking that a Hollywood studio would have real medieval bludgeoning weapons for some reason, there are several villains who are very disappointed before also getting a sock on the jaw from Marvel.
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The longest serial of the GoldenAge of Comics, running from ''[[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] Adventures'' #22 to #46.#46 and depicting Captain Marvel's ongoing battle with the villainous Mister Mind and his army of criminals and monsters, including the bulk of Marvel's RoguesGallery. Features one of the earliest examples of a LegionOfDoom, though was possibly meant as a metaphor for Nazis (Nazi Germany were shown as supporters for the group as well).
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* AlwaysNight: One of Mr. Mind's more ambitious plans was to stop the rotation of the Earth so it would always be night in American and always day in Germany.
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* LegionOfDoom: As noted, it was the first comic book storyline to feature preexisting villains banding together to deal with a common enemy (although to be honest the previously-run villains are used by the end of the fourth chapter).
* PettingZooPeople: Most of the Society's members were Crocodile-Men from outer space.
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The longest serial of the GoldenAge of Comics, running from ''[[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] Adventures'' #22 to #46. Features one of the earliest examples of a LegionOfDoom, though was possibly meant as a metaphor for Nazis.
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* HydraProblem: The Monster Society Of Evil has a literal Hydra created by Mister Mind, which when it loses a head grows it back with the head of another animal. Captain Marvel causes its heads to fight over meat, killing it.itself.
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Jeff Smith, of ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'' fame, did an updated retelling of this arc, ''Shazam: The Monster Society of Evil'' in 2007.
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* HydraProblem: The MonsterSocietyOfEvil Monster Society Of Evil has a literal Hydra created by Mister Mind, which when it loses a head grows it back with the head of another animal. Captain Marvel causes its heads to fight over meat, killing it.
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* EarthShatteringKaboom: Nearly happens a couple of times, Mister Mind tries firing giant shells at America and Russia from a ten-mile Big Bertha, then in another chapter he tries to blow the Earth in half using explosives set up by tiny Americans living underground in case the war went badly for America.
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* EarthShatteringKaboom: Nearly Possibly the oldest comic book example, where it nearly happens a couple of times, times. Mister Mind tries firing giant shells at America and Russia from a ten-mile Big Bertha, then in another chapter he tries to blow the Earth in half using explosives set up by tiny Americans living underground in case the war went badly for America.
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* BigBad: Mister Mind may be bad but he is really a three-inch worm.
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* BigBad: Mister Mind may be bad but he is really a three-inch worm.Mind.
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* TheStarscream: Subverted, with Herkimer the Crocodile-Man. He only takes over Leadership of the Society after Mister Mind gets LaserGuidedAmnesia and becomes good. Once he regains his memory Herkimer gives back control.
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* BigBad: Subverted, as Mister Mind is really a three-inch worm.
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* AmoralAttorney: This is subverted in the last chapter of the The Monster Society Of Evil as Mister Mind is being tried, his lawyer, who he knows to be a slick Amoral Attorney, hears of Mister Mind's crimes and tells Mister Mind he hopes he gets the electric chair, showing EvenEvilHasStandards.
* BigBad: Subverted, as Mister Mind is really a three-inch worm.
* BoundAndGagged: Happens frequently to Billy Batson, often at the end of serials, preventing him from saying his magic word.
* CliffhangerCopout: After Captain Marvel spends a large portion of one serial trying to stop a giant shell fired from space striking Russia, this happens-http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=1538&page=50.
* EarthShatteringKaboom: Nearly happens a couple of times, Mister Mind tries firing giant shells at America and Russia from a ten-mile Big Bertha, then in another chapter he tries to blow the Earth in half using explosives set up by tiny Americans living underground in case the war went badly for America.
* HydraProblem: The MonsterSocietyOfEvil has a literal Hydra created by Mister Mind, which when it loses a head grows it back with the head of another animal. Captain Marvel causes its heads to fight over meat, killing it.
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* AmoralAttorney: This is subverted in the last chapter of the The Monster Society Of Evil as Mister Mind is being tried, his lawyer, who he knows to be a slick Amoral Attorney, hears of Mister Mind's crimes and tells Mister Mind he hopes he gets the electric chair, showing EvenEvilHasStandards.
* BigBad: Subverted, as Mister Mind is really a three-inch worm.
* BoundAndGagged: Happens frequently to Billy Batson, often at the end of serials, preventing him from saying his magic word.
* CliffhangerCopout: After Captain Marvel spends a large portion of one serial trying to stop a giant shell fired from space striking Russia, this happens-http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=1538&page=50.
* EarthShatteringKaboom: Nearly happens a couple of times, Mister Mind tries firing giant shells at America and Russia from a ten-mile Big Bertha, then in another chapter he tries to blow the Earth in half using explosives set up by tiny Americans living underground in case the war went badly for America.
* HydraProblem: The MonsterSocietyOfEvil has a literal Hydra created by Mister Mind, which when it loses a head grows it back with the head of another animal. Captain Marvel causes its heads to fight over meat, killing it.
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