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Issue Details

Issue #83
Published May 1953
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
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?

2 page text story "FBI Triumphs"

Characters Wicky & O'Shawnessy
Script Rod Reed [as Walter Farmer]
Letters typeset

8 page Marvel Family story "The Flying Skull"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; The Scarlet Skull (first appearance; a zombie; death)
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger

Half page Lazy Lee story "The Dreamy Type"

Genre Gags

Half page Boxcar Benny story "Isn't It the Truth?"

Genre Gags

4 page Headline Harry story "The Handy Hand Grenade"

Genre humor
Script Howard Boughner
Pencils Howard Boughner
Inks Howard Boughner

Half page Wilbur the Waiter story "No Back Talk"

Genre Gags

Half page Rubbernose Randolph story "No Bargain"

Genre Gags
Script Art Helfant
Pencils Art Helfant
Inks Art Helfant

1 page Marvel Family Puzzle Page activity

6 page Marvel Family story "The Marvel Family Battles Chief Thundercloud Ch. 1: Redskin Vengeance"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Chief Thundercloud (first appearance; villain; a ghost); Dull Tomahawk (first appearance; villain)
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger

6 page Marvel Family story "The Marvel Family Battles Chief Thundercloud Ch. 2: The Pow-Wow of Peril"

Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger

5 page Marvel Family story "The Marvel Family Battles Chief Thundercloud Ch. 3: Terror On the Warpath"

Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger