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Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 42

  • Issue #42
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 42
    • Staples added (not manufacturing). Original staples missing.

    Stories and art by Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, Kurt Schaffenberger, and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. The Time Master's new invention allows him to "Groundhog Day" the world, and he plans to use it to create the Perfect Crime. Jack Frost gets bored with only making the colors change on autumn leaves, so he decides to change all sorts of colors during summer, unless Mary Marvel can convince him otherwise. Captured by gangsters and gagged, Billy Batson manages to Scherezade his captors by writing them a Captain Marvel story that takes their attention until he can escape. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. The Endless Menace; Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Enchanted Roc; Mary Marvel: The Runaway Colors; Journey for Jerry; Boxcar Benny; Lazy Lee; Dopey Danny Dee; Headline Harry: Western Woes; Captain Marvel Rescues Billy Batson; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Tightwad Tad. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $199 Marvel Family #42 VF- 7.5 Shazam! Art by Otto Binder/C. C. Beck! Fawcett 1949

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