Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) comic books

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Cover pencils by C. C. Beck. 1st appearance Black Adam in "The Mighty Marvels Join Forces!", script by Otto Binder, pencils by C. C. Beck, inks by Pete Costanza; The old wizard Shazam relates the origin stories of each of the members of the Marvel Family; When Black Adam returns to Earth, the entire Marvel Family must team up to stop him. "The Show Case," a detective story starring Richard Richard Private, Ah Choo, and Flub Dub, script and art by Dick McCay. "Shamrocks for Perry" text story by Bert Mill. "The Marvel Family and Baby Marvel," script by Otto Binder, art by C. C. Beck (?); The Marvel Family vs. Blacky Bucher; Baby Marvel was a Marvel in name only and made only one appearance. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by C. C. Beck, inks by Pete Costanza. The Marvel Family and Aunty Anti-Marvel, script by Otto Binder, art by C. C. Beck; Dr. Sivana disguises himself as a new member of the Marvel Family: Aunty Marvel. Mary Marvel and The Black Magician, script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Binder. Mobali Man's Courage text story by Chester Whitehorn. Captain Marvel, Jr. Vs. The Wild Woods Boy, script by Otto Binder. Captain Marvel and The Miracle Worker, script by Otto Binder. Captain Marvel Club ad. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $139.95 or Best Offer View scans Cover and interior oxidation. Interior tearing. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

The Marvel Family in The Witches' Tale, art by Pete Costanza; The Witches try to track down their fourth witch, Elviry, who is living in the city under the name Ellie Hawkins. Captain Marvel Jr. and The Knife of Jade. Tough Job text story by Claude Dunnagan. Don Quixote Rides Again, script by Bill Woolfolk. Captain Marvel and Sivana's Vampire, script by Otto Binder, inks by Pete Costanza. Mary Marvel Enterprises dress ad. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Triangle of Crime, script by Otto Binder; the Marvel family faces the Triangle. Cleans Up humor half-page starring Lazy Lee. Basil Wentworth's Greatest Performance starring Captain Marvel, Jr., art by Bud Thompson. Prescribed For Laughter humor page starring Whipper-Snappers. Gets the Bird humor page starring Judge Smudge, script and art by Howard Boughner. The Menace At Girls' Town, script and art by Otto Binder; Mary decides to make a visit to Girl's Town, a home run democratically by a team of girls, and discovers that she has to stop the destructive efforts of a woman who wants to become head mistress. The Midget Bandit starring Peewee Pete. Condemned To Die starring Captain Marvel and Sivana, script by Otto Binder, art by C. C. Beck. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk, Howard Boughner, and Kurt Schaffenberger. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. The Marvels help a farmer whose land has been taken over by squatters, only to discover these are interstellar squatters from another world. When a young matador falls for a vacationing Mary Batson, she tries to figure out how to help him in the bullfight ring. OG Captain Marvel flies into space to help scientists survive on the world's first space station. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie's Counter-Spook, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Terrific cover, possibly by Pete Costanza. The Squatters From Space; Judge Smudge; Lazy Lee; Peewee Pete; Captain Marvel, Jr.: Crime Without Reason; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Mary Marvel: The Boy Matador; On the Job; Clarinet Clue; Captain Marvel: Danger at the Space Station. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, Bill Woolfolk, Joe Certa, 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 faces the fighting Yergos, a family of warriors from 20,000 years in the future. Seven-headed Dr. Hydra opens a fourth-dimensional door to Valhalla, unleashing Viking warriors upon the city, but Mary Marvel leads a charge of Valkyries (!) to oppose them. Beautiful enchantress Delilah hypnotizes the original Captain Marvel into believing he's blind. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. The Family of the Future; Judge Smudge; Lazy Lee; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Boxcar Benny; Captain Marvel Jr.: The Name of Death; Mary Marvel Visits Valhalla; On the Job; Unknown Hero; Captain Marvels Blindness. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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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.

Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, Pete Costanza, Bill Ward, Kurt Schaffenberger, Pete Riss and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. To earn money for charity, The Marvel Family must survive for one day in Antarctica, the dinosaur era, and a desert planet populated by cactus-people...while in their human identities of Billy, Mary and Freddy. Bored with having heard every joke ever, the Roman god of laughter obliterates humor from the world, in a story with art by Torchy creator Bill Ward. Mary Marvel can't figure out why full-grown adults are suddenly acting like children. Plus a vintage ad for wallets, belts and suspenders featuring movie cowboy Roy Rogers. The Marvel Family Proves Human Hardiness; Lazy Lee; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: The Egg-asperating Scoop; Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Ban on Laughter; Mary Marvel: The Adult Children; Farmer Frammis; Freshman Freddy: The Big Dance; Danger on the Dock; Captain Marvel: The Million Dollar Tasks. 48 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.

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Cover by Pete Costanza. 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. When Billy Batson's radio station gets into TV broadcasting (a hot topic in 1951), Sivana decides to bend the new technology to his own nefarious purposes. The Marvel Family must stop him, in an issue-length, multi-part adventure that asks the question, "Will television reach around the world like radio in the near future?" Sivanas Terrible Television Plot, Chapter One: The Sivana Bomb Strikes; Trouble for Two; Boxcar Benny; Chapter Two: Doom to USA-TV; Lazy Lee; Chapter Three: The World-TV Man Hunt; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: Syncopation Sap; Scribbling Scribbs. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Pete Costanza. 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. When a strange melting malady befalls the city, Billy, Mary and Freddy find themselves unable to utter the magic words that transform them into The Marvel Family. It takes intervention by the wizard Shazam to save them, in an issue-length, multi-part adventure. The Tenement Terror, Chapter One: The Melting Mystery; Death Watch; Boxcar Benny; Lazy Lee; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: Turf King; Chapter Two: The Trap of Softness; Chapter Three: The Living Nightmare; Hollis, the Autograph Hound. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. 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, Billy, Mary and Freddy are made into senior citizens by an unknown force. This prevents the Marvel Family from transforming into their eternally young alter-egos, until they can get to the bottom of this strange manifestation of time. The Menace of Old Age, Chapter One: The Secret of the Castle; Tomb Time; Lazy Lee; Chapter Two: The Doddering Doom; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: The Big Bounce; Nick and Dick; Chapter Three: The Hoary Horror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by C.C. Beck. The Pandora Pirates Ch. 1: The Treasure Danger, script by Otto Binder, art by C.C. Beck; Sterling Morris finds a magic bottle that leads him, along with Billy, Freddy and Mary, to what they hope is a buried treasure; Unfortunately there is no treasure, but they manage to release the Barbary Pirates. Crime On the Speedway text story by Daniel Sheldon. Marvel Family Puzzle Page. Doubtful Strategy humor half-page starring Boxcar Benny. Front Page Foolishness starring Headline Harry, script and art by Howard Boughner. The Pandora Pirates Ch. 2: The Pirate Plunder; Sterling Morris finds a magic hat that turns him into the leader of the Barbary Pirates. The Pandora Pirates Ch. 3: The Pirate Pay-Off; The Marvel Family rescues Sterling Morris from the Barbary Pirates and sends them to jail. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $199.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back Label #4276005023 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Otto Binder, C. C. Beck 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 encounters the alligator-like Hissmen, who've traveled through their Time Tube from a million years in the past. The Marvels must change to human form to use the Time Tube, but then they are captured and transformed into Hissmen themselves by the Hissmaker Machine. The Hissing Horror, Chapter 1: Attack of the Missing Men; Lazy Lee; Boxcar Benny; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Chapter Two: Peril in the Past; Headline Harry: The Perfect Strategy; The Sure Hand; The Hotel Guest; Chapter 3: Battle of the Crossroads. 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. In an issue-length, multi-part adventure, The Marvel Family travels to the future year of 1960. There they find atomic-powered rocketships, a force of space cops, and space conquerors seeking an interstellar empire - just like the real 1960s. The Great Space Struggle, Chapter One: Peril Over Planet Prep; Yellow Kid; Lazy Lee; Boxcar Benny; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Chapter Two: The Sivana Sabotage; Headline Harry: The Worm Turns; Podges and the Pill Roller; Chapter Three: Battle in Space. 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.