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Issue Details

Issue #70
Published April 1952
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Wendell Crowley

Cover Details

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

8 page Marvel Family story "The Crusade of Evil Ch. 1: The Black Wizard Strikes"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Black Wizard (first appearance; villain); Merlin; Guinevere
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger

Half page Professor, The story

2 page text story "Tough Assignment"

Pencils Daniel Sheldon
Inks Daniel Sheldon
Letters typeset

4 page Headline Harry story "Skinned Alive"

Genre humor
Script Howard Boughner
Pencils Howard Boughner
Inks Howard Boughner

6 page Marvel Family story "The Crusade of Evil Ch. 2: The Dragon Danger"

Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes Sterling Morris revealed as King Arthur's descendant

4 page Rawhide Hotchkiss story "Plans For a Raise"

6 page Marvel Family story "The Crusade of Evil Ch. 3: King Arthur Returns"

Characters King Arthur; Lancelot; Gawain; Tristan; Percival; Galahad; Sagramor
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger

1 page Marvel Family Puzzle Page activity