Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) comic books 1953

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.

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 another Korea/Cold War story, The Marvel Family searches the Korean Peninsula for the Commie mastermind known as the Great Red Brain, whose inventions include robot soldiers and giant magnets on submarines, to pull ships underwater. The mysterious World Jumbler rearranges geography so that mountains are by the sea, and cities are at the North Pole. The Great Red Brain; The Winner; Lazy Lee; Boxcar Benny; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: Among the Missing; The World Jumbler; The Ghastly Space Ghoul. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C. C. Beck. 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 another Korea/Cold War story, enlarging pills turn a Communist soldier into a literal gigantic caricature - but he's no match for tough US GI Captain Inch Wade. In a multi-part adventure, Pasha Plunda uses his flying carpet and magic genie to cause chaos in the city, and even the Marvels are stymied. First issue with the new cover logo. The Mightiest Mongol; Quiet Music; Lazy Lee; Boxcar Benny; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: The Screwball Serenade; The Plundering Pasha; The Perils of the Pasha; The Battle of Magic. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C. C. Beck. 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 another Korea/Cold War story, monstrous animals are unleashed on US soldiers. But the G.I.-dog combo of Hank and Yank (Yank's the dog) helps The Marvel Family defend the good guys. In a multi-part adventure, the Ice King freezes a mining town and steals gold to build a giant version of his freeze ray, unless the Marvels can stop him. The Beast Battalions; Murder Mart; Lazy Lee; Boxcar Benny; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: The Reckless Wreck; The Fantastic Freezing Furies, Chapter One: The March of the Glaciers; Chapter Two: Menace of the Ice King; Chapter Three: The Frozen Horror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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. While visiting Pa Potter, Billy, Mary and Freddy discover an old treasure map and go in search of lost treasure. This Goonies-style adventure takes a left turn with the appearance of the Scarlet Skull and his army of zombies, something only the Marvels can handle. Headline Harry's hand-grenade joke gets him assigned to the underworld beat. The Flying Skull; FBI Triumphs; Lazy Lee; Boxcar Benny; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: The Handy Hand Grenade; Wilbur the Waiter; Rubbernose Randolph; The Marvel Family Battles Chief Thundercloud. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Kurt Schaffenberger, Art Helfant and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. In a multi-part adventure, the Sivana family plots three different death traps for each of the three members of the Marvel Family in their human identities. This triple death-trap is the Golden Age swan song of the younger Sivanas, who don't appear again until the 1970s. The Triple Trap of Terror, Chapter One: The Sinister Sivana Scheme; Chapter Two: The Boiling Menace; Chapter Three: The Avalanche Terror; Chapter Four: Rulers of Land, Sea and Air; Jungle Fate; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: The Haunted House; Wilbur the Waiter; Dizzy Daisy; Rubbernose Randolph; Captain Marvel, Jr.: The Victim of Circumstances. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Kurt Schaffenberger, Bill Woolfolk, Bud Thompson, Art Helfant and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. In a multi-part adventure, an empire of the apes is discovered in the remote Amazon jungle. Vampira manages to awaken the Beast of Shenshu and send him after US forces in Korea, but Captain Marvel, Jr. is there too. The Primate Plot, Chapter One: The Jungle Jigsaw; Chapter Two: The Ape Army Attacks; Chapter Three: World of Apes; Vacuum Bloobstutter: Crime at High Noon; Lost and Found; Vampiras Beast of the Battlefield; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Kurt Schaffenberger, Art Helfant and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. In a multi-part adventure, King Kull plans to end civilization by destroying all the books on Earth. The Marvel Family responds by making him eat his words. In another story, The Marvel Family is attacked by random birds, cats and dogs. The Marvel Family Fights the Feathered Fury; Strange Happenings; Headline Harry: The Subscription Builder; Wilbur the Waiter; Dizzy Daisy; Rubbernose Randolph; The World Wrecker, Chapter One: Burn, Books, Burn!; Chapter Two: The Peril of the Paper Pyres; Chapter Three: Battle of the Books. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Kurt Schaffenberger, Art Helfant and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. In a multi-part adventure, an ancient Egyptian plague causes people's heads to spontaneously shrink. During this story, the Marvels use their transforming lightning bolts to successfully defibrillate someone in cardiac arrest. The giant octopus attacking the city turns out to be a promotional stunt for boat salesman the Crazy Captain, who isn't just pretending to be crazy. Plus a vintage ad for the Captain Marvel Club. The Marvel Family Crushes the Crazy Crimes; Bad Luck; Rubbernose Randolph; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; Boxcar Benny; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: The Front Page Yarn; The Pinhead Plague, Chapter One: An Ancient Horror Strikes; Chapter Two: The Sinister Spy Web; Chapter Three: The Riddle of the Ruins. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Kurt Schaffenberger, Art Helfant and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. In a multi-part adventure, time-traveling supervillain Zotan uses mind control to take over the Earth. With the Marvel Family in ancient Egypt and the wizard Shazam trapped on another planet, things look grim for the future of humankind's past. The Marvel Family is kept hopping when someone keeps targeting Freddy's landlady Mrs. Wagner with potentially fatal practical jokes. Jokes of Jeopardy; Danger Lights; Rubbernose Randolph; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; Dizzy Daisy; Wilbur the Waiter; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: The Fire Big; The Marvel Family Battles the King of All Time, Chapter One: The Conqueror of All Earth!; Chapter Two: The Trap of No Escape; Chapter Three: All History Enslaved. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.