Issue Details

Issue	#53
Published	November 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	C. C. Beck?
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger?

10 page Marvel Family story "The Man Who Changed the World"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Prof. Martin Mason (first appearance; looks like Einstein)
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted	in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #6 (October 1973) [first 5 pages]; in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #7 (November 1973) [last 5 pages]; in Shazam! (Williams Forlag A/S, 1974 series) #4/1974

1 page Boxcar Benny story "Don't Axe Him"

Genre

Gags

1 page Marvel Family Puzzle Page activity

2 page text story "Fence Buster"

Pencils	Bernard Thompson
Inks	Bernard Thompson
Letters	typeset

7 page Mary Marvel story "The Evil Exterminator"

Characters	Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder

Half page Lazy Lee story "Dream Worker"

Genre

Gags

7 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "The Good Rumor Factory"

Characters	Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
Genre	superhero

1 page Judge Smudge story "Warm Hearted"

Genre	Gags
Script	Howard Boughner
Pencils	Howard Boughner
Inks	Howard Boughner

1 page Rubbernose Randolph story "Hats Off To Him"

Genre	Gags
Script	Art Helfant
Pencils	Art Helfant
Inks	Art Helfant

Half page Oh, Doctor story

Genre

Gags

4 page Headline Harry story "The Big Alarm"

Genre	humor
Script	Howard Boughner
Pencils	Howard Boughner
Inks	Howard Boughner

1 page Dopey Danny Dee story "Is a Linguist"

Genre	Gags
Script	George Marko
Pencils	George Marko
Inks	George Marko

8 page Captain Marvel story "The World Hater"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	Pete Costanza
Reprinted	in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #16 (January-February 1975); in Shazam! (Williams Forlag A/S, 1974 series) #5/1976

Half page Lazy Lee story "Gentleman Farmer"

Genre

Gags