Issue Details

Issue	#51
Published	September 1950
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

13 page Marvel Family story "The Mystery of the Living Statuettes"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Madame Bella Donna (first appearance; villain); Black Wizard (first appearance; villain); Hector the Dwarf (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Notes	title from cover

2 page Luke and Fluke story

Genre

Gags

7 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "The Baldness Plague"

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

1 page Boxcar Benny story "Jacket Design"

Genre

Gags

6 page Mary Marvel story "Mary Marvel Chases the Will O'Wisp"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Will O'Wisp (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder

1 page Lazy Lee story "Slow Down"

Genre

Gags

2 page text story "Handy Weapon"

Script	Rod Reed [as R. R. Symes]
Letters	typeset

Half page Woods the Woodsman story

Genre

Gags

4 page Headline Harry story "The Mad Scientist"

Genre	humor
Script	Howard Boughner
Pencils	Howard Boughner
Inks	Howard Boughner

1 page Marvel Family Puzzle Page activity

8 page Captain Marvel story "The Mystery of the Square World"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; A square planet (first appearance; not Htrae)
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	Pete Costanza

1 page Boxcar Benny story "Hard Luck Story"

Genre

Gags