Supposedly featuring the best stories from the over sixty-five year history of the greatest super-hero ever conceived, this collection of thirteen Captain Marvel tales offers a decent survey of the Big Red Cheese. Too many contemporary reprints detract from the simple elegance of the original Golden Age Fawcett tales though it does include 1953's delightful "The Marvel Family Battles the Primate Plot" and the first Captain Marvel story I remember reading, 1974's "The Evil Return of the Monster Society." ( )