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Issue Details

Issue #32
Published February 1949
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Wendell Crowley

Cover Details - "The Marvel Family Goes Into Business"

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 foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Contents Page"

Characters Shazam; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel; Captain Marvel, Jr.

8 page Marvel Family story "The Marvel Family Goes Into Business"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger

Half page The Captain Marvel Club promo (ad from the publisher) "Prescription for Excitement.."

Half page Boxcar Benny filler "Face Value"

Genre Gags

Half page Lazy Lee filler "Seasonal Worker"

Genre Gags

4 page Headline Harry story "Below Sea Level"

Genre humor
Script Howard Boughner
Pencils Howard Boughner
Inks Howard Boughner

7 page Mary Marvel story "The Trap"

Characters Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Freckles Dudley
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Jack Binder
Inks Jack Binder

1 page activity "The Marvel Family Puzzle Page, No. 12"

Characters Mary Marvel; Captain Marvel, Jr.; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]

7 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "The Clown of Crime"

Characters Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Springfoot the Clown (first appearance)
Genre superhero
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger

Half page Tightwad Tad filler "After-Dinner Speaker"

Genre Gags

Half page Adventures of Nip & Tuck; Smith Brothers Cough Drops advertisement "Trade & Mark Save the Day"

Notes Ad in sequential art form.

4 page Freshman Freddy story "The Magic Maker"

Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Little
Pencils Frank Bolle
Inks Frank Bolle

2 page text story "Death Stalks the Hunters"

Script Rod Reed [as Clement Good]
Pencils ? (illustration)
Inks ? (illustration)
Letters typeset

8 page Captain Marvel story "The Three Dooms"

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

Half page filler "Comix Cards"

Characters Hopalong Cassidy; Tom Mix; Gabby Hayes; Monte Hale; Topper; Tony; Pardner; Corker