Issue Details

Issue	#39
Published	September 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	C. C. Beck?

10 page Marvel Family story "The Marvel Family Smashes the Legend of Atlantis"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; The Zoo King (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis	The Marvel Family proves Atlantis was a myth, and is really Australia--which is surprising, since Cap, Jr. visited Atlantis in issue #10.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger

1 page Rubbernose Randolph story

Genre	Gags
Script	Art Helfant
Pencils	Art Helfant
Inks	Art Helfant

7 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "The Curse of the Tomb"

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

1 page Judge Smudge story "The Payoff"

Genre	Gags
Script	Howard Boughner
Pencils	Howard Boughner
Inks	Howard Boughner

Half page Boxcar Benny story

Genre

Gags

7 page Mary Marvel story "The Woman of a Thousand Faces"

Characters	Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Woman of a Thousand Faces (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder

Half page Culture Corner story "How To Crack Open A Soft-Boiled Egg"

Script	Basil Wolverton
Pencils	Basil Wolverton
Inks	Basil Wolverton

1 page Lazy Lee story "Biggest Loafer In Town"

Genre

Gags

2 page text story "Race With Death"

Letters

typeset

1 page Marvel Family Puzzle Page activity

4 page Headline Harry story "Air Minded"

Genre	humor
Script	Howard Boughner
Pencils	Howard Boughner
Inks	Howard Boughner

8 page Captain Marvel story "The Mightiest Meteor Shower"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sivana (villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	Pete Costanza

1 page Boxcar Benny story "Value of Friendship"

Genre

Gags