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