Captain Marvel Jr. character as resembling Tiny Tim as Freddy Freeman, and Peter Pan as Captain Marvel Jr.). Junior, Captain Marvel, and Mary Marvel began appearing together in "The Marvel Family" comic book beginning in 1945. That title and Junior's own ran until 1953, when Fawcett Publications discontinued all the Marvel Family comic books as the result of a lawsuit brought by National Comics (later DC Comics). After Fawcett Comics folded, Captain Marvel Jr. remained unpublished, alongside the rest of the Marvel Family, for years. In 1972, DC Comics purchased the rights to the Marvel Family characters and revived them in a new
Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley to the game's difficulty, adding that there were also a few moments where the game's momentum slowed. GamesRadar's Matthew Keast rated the game a 4/10, criticizing its sense of humor and repetitive gameplay. The reviewer said that it "just feels like a first-time attempt at a twin-stick shooter, however the devs didn’t look at what makes these games function smoothly or provide an interesting and fair challenge." Kotaku's Luke Plunkett said "Comic Jumper" was "what happens when a developer sets out to make a funny game, then forgets all about the game part." Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley