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Issue Details

Issue #30
Published December 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 Kurt Schaffenberger?
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger?

1 page credits "Contents page"

9 page Marvel Family story "The World's Greatest Magician"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Ali Kazam (first appearance; villain); Presto (first appearance)
Genre superhero
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger

Half page Boxcar Benny story "Looks Ahead"

Genre Gags

Half page Lazy Lee story "Serious"

Genre Gags

6 page Mary Marvel story "The Bewitched Book"

Characters Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Georgia Sivana (villain)
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Jack Binder?
Inks Jack Binder?

1 page filler "I'm the You In the U.S.A."

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (illo)
Script Mel Gold
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Notes lyrics to song

Half page Lazy Lee story "Necessity"

Genre Gags

Half page Boxcar Benny story "A Drip"

Genre Gags

7 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "Captain Marvel, Jr. Proves the Best Things In Life Are Free"

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

4 page Headline Harry story "Hockey Hijinks"

Genre humor
Script Howard Boughner
Pencils Howard Boughner
Inks Howard Boughner

1 page Marvel Family Puzzle Page activity

2 page text story "South American Imagination"

Script Larry Steinfeldt
Letters typeset

8 page Captain Marvel story "The Curse of the Golden Touch"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils C. C. Beck?
Inks Pete Costanza