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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published October 1946
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Wendell Crowley [editor]; Will Lieberson [Executive Editor]; Sidonie M. Gruenberg [Consulting Editor]; Editorial Advisory Board: Prof. H.W. Zorbaugh; Dr. Ernest G. Osborne; Major Al Williams

Cover Details - "The Civilization of a Prehistoric Race "

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks Pete Costanza
Letters typeset

1 page Marvel Family credits "Content Page"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]

13 page Marvel Family story "The Marvel Family Civilizes a Prehistoric Race"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Professor Blake; Dr. Stahl; The Chief; Little Ab
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder

7 page Captain Marvel story "Captain Marvel and The Crime Masquerade"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; V: Prof. Spoof (I); Rocky; Heister; Mr. Goldsack; Mrs. Goldsack
Genre superhero

9 page Mary Marvel [Mary Batson] story "Mary Marvel Becomes a Fairy Godmother"

Characters Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Ella; Linda; James the Chauffeur; Mr. Van Dykeman
Genre superhero

7 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "Captain Marvel, Jr. Goes Down Memory Lane"

Characters Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; The Shrub [John Quincy] (first appearance; villain); Livewire; Dr. Miller; Red; Bean
Genre superhero

2 page text story "Underground Duel"

Script Walter E. Klein
Letters typeset

8 page Marvel Family story "The Marvel Family and The Shazam Robot"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Uncle Marvel [Uncle Dudley]; Shazam Robot (first appearance)
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder

4 page advertisement "Various"

Notes [inside front cover] Miller & Company: 6 Power Telescope; [33] Projector Sales; [inside back cover] Dave Miner: Teaches Piano; [back cover] Sprayberry Academy of Radio