Manic Monday Bonus--The Swift And Lethal Justice of Fawcett City!

The Big Red Cheese has thwarted the con game of Ahmi The Swami, who was scamming rich folk out of money by pretending to let them communicate with dead relatives.

Well, as the saying goes, Hell hath no fury like a swami scorned . So fa few nights later...

Oko-Moko-Loko!!!

And the next morning...

Well, mild spoiler alert, the Swami is actually the one who shot the guy...but thanks to the hypnosis, Marvel doesn't remember any of it!

After a brief escape, Billy decides to turn himself in!

Wait...a "few days" later?!? Good gravy, that's fast.

So, it's curtains for Captain Marvel!!

Oh, yeah, there's that invulnerability thing...

But this is not one of those cheap and inaccurate stories where a failed execution attempt means the convicted goes free...

Life? Gee, I wonder how long Marvel lives in his Marvel form...

Well, the Captain makes one more escape, to seek advice from the Shazam. The wizard, though, is kind of a dick here, and refuses to give him any more than this cryptic clue:

Big help there, wiz.

But Billy does have the Wisdom of Solomon, and Shazam's clue is enough to let Marvel know that the swami must be involved.

That same wisdom of Solomon tells Marv that the best way to get the truth....is to beat the crap out of him!!

And so, today we've learned that a) you can hypnotize Billy/Captain Marvel; b) justice is exceedingly swift in Fawcett City--convicted only a few days after turning yourself in?!?; c) You can't execute Captain Marvel--at least by normal human means; d) Shazam is a dick; and e) Fawcett City judges will accept confession even when they know it was coerced by physical beatings.

From Captain Marvel Adventures #15 (1942)