Issue Details

Issue	#31
Published	January 1949
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	C. C. Beck
Inks	Pete Costanza

1 page credits "Contents Page"

11 page Marvel Family story "The Great Hunger"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Kurt Schaffenberger (cameo; ?; pg. 3, pnl. 2); Sivana (villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger

Half page Lazy Lee story "Unmoved"

Genre

Gags

Half page Boxcar Benny story "Dig Dig"

Genre

Gags

5 page Mary Marvel story "Mary Marvel Becomes the World's Saddest Girl"

Characters	Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Shazam
Synopsis	Mary briefly loses her powers.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Jack Binder
Inks	Jack Binder

Half page Digby the Dentist story "False Note"

Genre

Gags

1 page Marvel Family Puzzle Page activity

7 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "The Nutty Squirrel"

Characters	Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; The Squirrel (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Bud Thompson?
Inks	Bud Thompson?

Half page Lazy Lee story "Look Out!"

Genre

Gags

4 page Headline Harry story "The Pie's the Limit"

Genre	humor
Script	Howard Boughner
Pencils	Howard Boughner
Inks	Howard Boughner

2 page text story "Water Thief"

Script	Larry Steinfeldt
Letters	typeset

9 page Captain Marvel story "The Flame Fiend"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; The Fire Fiend [Mr. Heeter] (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	Pete Costanza