Issue Details

Issue	#23
Published	May 1948
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Wendell Crowley

Cover Details

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Pete Costanza?
Inks	Pete Costanza?

1 page credits "Contents page"

9 page Marvel Family story "The Sivana Family Newspaper"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Sivana Family [Sivana; Sivana, Jr.; Georgia]
Synopsis	Georgia murders a man.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	Pete Costanza?

2 page Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear story "?"

Genre

Gags

1 page Marvel Family Puzzle Page activity

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]

7 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "The Cornerstone Case"

Characters	Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Joe Certa
Inks	Joe Certa

Half page Judge Smudge story "Only Thing Wrong"

Genre	Gags
Script	Howard Boughner
Pencils	Howard Boughner
Inks	Howard Boughner

7 page Mary Marvel story "Flying High"

Characters	Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Prof. Richard (first appearance); Horace Richard (first appearance; Prof. Richard's son)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jack Binder?
Inks	Jack Binder?

1 page Willie the Worm story "Gets In the Swim of Things"

Genre

Gags

6 page Captain Kid story "Ski High"

Script	Al Liederman
Pencils	Al Liederman
Inks	Al Liederman

2 page text story "The Smart Burglar"

Script	R. R. Symes
Letters	typeset

8 page Captain Marvel story "The Hammer of Thor"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; A. H. Thor (first appearance; villain; possibly a descendant of Thor); Thor's hammer (first appearance; melted down by Captain Marvel!)
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Pete Costanza
Inks	Pete Costanza