Issue Details

Issue	#56
Published	December 1947
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Wendell Crowley

Cover Details

Characters	Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Bud Thompson
Inks	Bud Thompson

1 page credits "Contents page"

9 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "The First Civilization"

Characters	Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
Synopsis	Cap Jr. sees an ancient civilization wiped out by an atomic bomb.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Bud Thompson?
Inks	Bud Thompson?

Half page Rubbernose Randolph story "No Fathead"

Genre	Gags
Script	Art Helfant
Pencils	Art Helfant
Inks	Art Helfant

Half page Boxcar Benny story "Doesn't Give a Barn"

Genre

Gags

7 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "The Phantom Canoe"

Characters	Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Bud Thompson?
Inks	Bud Thompson?

2 page Snortville Sneeze story "Covers a Silly Filly"

Genre	humor
Script	Sid Lazarus
Pencils	Sid Lazarus
Inks	Sid Lazarus

7 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "The Strange Case of the Blue Boy's Black Eye"

Characters	Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Joe Certa?
Inks	Joe Certa?

4 page Kanvasback story "Fighting Fury"

Genre

sports

2 page text story "The King Is Dead"

Script	Rod Reed [R. R. Symes]
Letters	typeset

1 page Whippersnappers story "Fat Chance"

Genre

gag

Half page story "Mis-Steps / He Wooden Talk"

Genre

Gags

7 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "The Strange Deal of Betcha Life"

Characters	Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Sivana, Jr. (cameo); Acrobat (cameo); Haircut (cameo)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Bud Thompson?
Inks	Bud Thompson?

Half page Rubbernose Randolph story "Recluse"

Genre	Gags
Script	Art Helfant
Pencils	Art Helfant
Inks	Art Helfant