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Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) comic books 1953-1955

  • Issue #83
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 83
    • Label #4307666005

    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.

  • Issue #84
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 84
    • Only one staple (manufacturing). Water spotting.

    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.

  • Issue #89
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 89
    • Paper: White
    • Label #2028567009
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover art by Kurt Schaffenberger. Death's Direction text story by John Martin. Fights the Dark Curse; the Marvel family faces Sterling Morris. If The Shoe Fits starring Headline Harry, scrip and art by Howard Boughner. Then There Were None Ch. 1: One By One, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; The tenants of Mrs. Wagner's rooming house are disappearing, until only Billy Batson and Freddy Freeman are left. Then There Were None Ch. 2: Then There Are None; Billy and Freddy discover that everybody else in the boarding house has been replaced with robots. Then There Were None Ch. 3: Robots Robots Robots; Billy and Freddy rescue the rest of the members of Mrs. Wagner's boarding house from Lem Blucher and his robot replacements. Last app. of Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel, Jr., Mary Marvel, Prof. Edgewise, Mrs. Wagner, Red O'Reilly, Leroy Marks, & Jim Bellows until Shazam! #1. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.