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The Marvel Family comic books issue 79

  • Issue #79
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 79

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    Stories and art by Otto Binder, Kurt Schaffenberger and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. In an issue-length, multi-part adventure, The Marvel Family battles an ancient mummy that has been revived with evil intent. The story finds them lifting a pyramid, catching a plummeting Sphinx, and being struck with "the weird silence of the sphinx" so they cannot say their power words. The Marvel Family Battles the Dynasty of Horror, Chapter One: The Mad Mummy; Crooks in the Broth; Lazy Lee; Boxcar Benny; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Chapter Two: The Horn of Howling Horrors; Headline Harry: The Courthouse Scoop; Substitute for Error; Chapter Three: The New Pyramid of Peril. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.