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Issue Details

Issue #24
Published June 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 Family of the Future"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Yergo family (first appearance; from 21,945 A. D.)
Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks Pete Costanza?

Half page Lazy Lee story "Aging Ambition"

Genre Gags

Half page Judge Smudge story "Chipped Brain"

Genre Gags
Script Howard Boughner
Pencils Howard Boughner
Inks Howard Boughner

7 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "The Name of Death"

Characters Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Kistara (first appearance; villain; death); character named Woolfolk
Genre superhero
Script Bill Woolfolk?
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa

Half page Boxcar Benny story "Big Difference"

Genre Gags

Half page Judge Smudge story "Gentlemen, Be Seated"

Genre Gags
Script Howard Boughner
Pencils Howard Boughner
Inks Howard Boughner

Half page Lazy Lee story "Muttonhead"

Genre Gags

8 page Mary Marvel story "Mary Marvel Visits Valhalla"

Characters Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; The Hydra (first appearance; villain); Vikings (first appearance); Amazons of Valhalla (first appearance)
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils C. C. Beck?
Inks Pete Costanza?

3 page Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear story "On the Job"

Genre Gags

1 page Marvel Family Puzzle Page activity

2 page text story "Unknown Hero"

Script Rod Reed [as Westbrook Wilson]
Letters typeset

8 page Captain Marvel story "Captain Marvel's Blindness"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Delilah (first appearance; villain); Mr. Mind (villain; cameo; flashback); Mr. Atom (villain; cameo; flashback); Sivana (villain; cameo; flashback)
Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck?
Inks Pete Costanza