Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) comic books 1948-1950

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Cover by C. C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Stories and art by Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, Kurt Schaffenberger, Bill Woolfolk, Joe Millard, Sheldon Moldoff, Pete Costanza, and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. The Marvel Family battles the hilariously weird villain(s) the Amoeba, a mad scientist who can replicate himself infinitely by dividing like an amoeba. Mary Marvel wants to know why gangsters have kidnapped a scientist who knows the whereabouts of a newly discovered radioactive mineral. A robot showman from the planet Neptune wants to put a human being from Earth in his freak show, leading to an encounter with the original Captain Marvel. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads. The Amoeba Family; Dizzy Daisy; Lazy Lee; Peewee Pete; The Bosss Daughter; Captain Marvel Jr.: The Life-Saving Menace; Kanvasback and Mal Arkey: Toothsome Twosome; Mary Marvel: The Carnotite Crook; Kid Gloves Gets His Just Desserts; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Prison Break; Captain Marvel: Neptunes Freak Show; The Cat's Meow. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Kurt Schaffenberger, Bill Woolfolk, and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. Sivana sees the movie "Gaslight" and decides to drive the original Captain Marvel crazy, before the word "gaslighting" was even a thing. Mary Marvel must stop a war between the Cat People of Vesta and the Dog People of Juno, in a truly adorable story (the cats use "flea guns" against the dogs....), so she enlists the help of Marvel Bunny. Captain Marvel, Jr. agrees to be the counterweight in a county fair ox-pulling contest, in a story that may feature early art by future Mad "Lighter Side" artist Dave Berg. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade, and a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Captain Marvels Dilemma; Boxcar Benny; Lazy Lee; Peewee Pete; Hopeful Harry; Tough Assignment; Captain Marvel Jr.: The Great Ox Pull; Mary Marvel: The Asteroid Adventure; No Mistake; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Cub Reporter; Captain Marvel: Vulcans Visitation. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Otto Binder, Frank Bolle, Kurt Schaffenberger, Jack Binder, Pete Costanza and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. When a businessman is threatened with a hostile takeover, The Marvel Family offers to help him run his business, but that's not as easy as it sounds. After Freckles is kidnapped by gangsters, Mary Marvel disguises herself as a boy and joins the gang to find her, riding on the running boards of an old car at high speeds. Springfoot the Clown performs to inspire disabled children, having an artificial leg himself, but when he's abducted by crooks, Captain Marvel, Jr. wonders why the clown has turned to crime. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. The Marvel Family Goes Into Business; Boxcar Benny; Lazy Lee; Headline Harry: Below Sea Level; Freshman Freddy; Tightwad Tad; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Mary Marvel: The Trap; Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Clown of Crime; The Magic Maker; Death Stalks the Hunters; Captain Marvel: The Three Dooms. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk, Al Liederman, Kurt Schaffenberger, Jack Binder, Pete Costanza and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. The Marvel Family tries to help out a hermit family...but they don't want to be helped, and just ask to be left alone, like hermits do. Mary Marvel tries to secretly help when her family butler Jives must impersonate a jockey to smoke out a gang of crooks. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. The Hermit Family; The Haunted House; Boxcar Benny; Lazy Lee; Headline Harry: The Haunted House; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Mary Marvel: Jives Becomes a Jockey; Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Sleeping People; Captain Kid: No Tanks; Death on Deck; Captain Marvel: The Fate of the Time Capsule. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $480.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #1260602002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by C. C. Beck. The Marvel Family Smashes the Legend of Atlantis, script by Otto Binder, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; The Marvel Family proves Atlantis was a myth, and is really Australia--which is surprising, since Cap, Jr. visited Atlantis in issue #10. Rubbernose Randolph humor page by Art Helfant. The Curse of the Tomb starring Captain Marvel [Billy Batson], Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman], and Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]. The Payoff humor page by Judge Smudge, script and art by Howard Boughner. The Woman of a Thousand Faces starring Mary Marvel, script by Otto Binder. How To Crack Open A Soft-Boiled Egg--Culture Corner humor half-page by Basil Wolverton. Biggest Loafer In Town humor half-page by Lazy Lee. Race With Death text story. Air Minded starring Headline Harry, script and art by Howard Boughner. The Mightiest Meteor Shower starring Captain Marvel and Sivana, script by Otto Binder, pencils by C. C. Beck, inks by Pete Costanza. Value of Friendship humor page starring Boxcar Benny. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by 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 discovers that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are real. And their time has come at last, unless The Marvel Family can stop them. The Four Horsemen Ride Again, Chapter 1: Shazam's Warning; Spook Cargo; Lazy Lee; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: The Starry Night; Chapter 2: The Fury of the Flames; Chapter 3: The Last Stand of the Marvel Family. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk, Pete Costanza, Kurt Schaffenberger, Pete Riss and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. Prof. Thorne invents a device that scrambles people's speech and writing, but that just causes worldwide chaos. Freddy Freeman learns why he's so accident-prone when he meets the Sheriff of Trublin Land, seeking rogue mischief-causing "Trublins" that have escaped into the human world. the original Captain Marvel discovers what Sivana hoped he would never find: Sivana's collection of benevolent and life-improving inventions. The Theft of Speech; Tick and Tack; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: The Interview; Mary Marvel: The Melody of Crime; Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Trublins; The Roller Robber; Captain Marvel: Sivanas Good Inventions; Thaddeus the Thespian. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.