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Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) comic books

  • Issue #1
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 1
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #3791223001

    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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    $4,800 marvel family 1 cgc 1.5
    $8,500 Marvel Family Comics 1 CGC 4.5 OW (1945) 1st appearance of Black Adam
    $10,000 Marvel Family #1 CGC 5.0 1st Appearance Black Adam Shazam Appearance 1945
    $54,000 Marvel Family Comics 1 CGC 8.0

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  • Issue #10
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 10
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #18-3C0F46D-017

    Cover pencils by C. C. Beck. The Sivana Family Strikes at the Marvel Family--Part 1, script by Otto Binder, art by Pete Costanza; Having dropped out of sight for some time, the Sivana Family tries to measure the power of the "Shazam" lightning, but fails; However, Junior discovers the existence of an element named Protium that would provide the power needed to do so. The Sivana Family Strikes at the Marvel Family--Part 2: The Sinking of Atlantis, script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Binder; Mary travels into the past--to the lost city of Atlantis, seeking out Georgia Sivana. The Spectacular Spectator starring Kanvasback. The Money In the Shoe text story by John C. Adler. The Sivana Family Strikes at the Marvel Family--Part 3: Captain Marvel Faces Danger In the Deep!, script by Otto Binder, pencils by C. C. Beck, inks by Pete Costanza. The Sivana Family Strikes at the Marvel Family--Part 4: Atlantis Rises Again, script by Otto Binder, art by Bud Thompson. The Sivana Family Strikes at the Marvel Family--Part 5: The Marvel Family in The Battle of the Age!, script by Otto Binder, pencils by C. C. Beck, inks by Pete Costanza. Mary Marvel Enterprises dress ad. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $600 THE MARVEL FAMILY #10 CGC 4.5 FAWCETT GOLDEN AGE COMIC BOOK 1947 CC BECK SUPER!

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  • Issue #15
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 15
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Pedigree: Crowley
    • Crowley Copy.
    • Label #0083599003
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    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.

  • Issue #18
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 18
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #21-31C4038-018
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    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.

  • Issue #23
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 23
    • Centerfold detached, cover detached at one staple. Cover and interior oxidation. Residue on interior pages.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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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 Sivana family - Sivana, Sivana Jr., and Georgia - after they start their own newspaper, but first they must prove that Georgia murdered a man. Captain Marvel Jr. wants to know why gangsters are trying to steal a building's cornerstone - and during the dedication ceremony, yet. Captain Marvel battles Thor - but not that Captain Marvel, and not that Thor. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. The Sivana Family Newspaper; Judge Smudge; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Willie the Worm; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Captain Marvel Jr.: The Cornerstone Case; Mary Marvel: Flying High; Captain Kid: Ski High; The Smart Burglar; Captain Marvel: The Hammer of Thor. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $550 CGC 5.5 F- == 1948 MARVEL FAMILY #23 / Mary Marvel & Captain Marvel / OW Page

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  • Issue #24
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 24

    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.

  • Issue #27
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 27
    • Chew.

    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.

  • Issue #28
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 28

    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.

  • Issue #29
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 29

    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. Carlton Clutch, "The Monarch of Money," attempts a hostile takeover of Radio Whiz. The original Captain Marvel battles Duke Titano, the World's Mightiest Crook. Mary Marvel investigates after priceless ancient tapestries in a museum are deliberately destroyed. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Babe Ruth Story," with art by Shazam creator C.C. Beck and a cameo by actor William Bendix, promoting the film The Babe Ruth Story. Marvel Family: The Monarch of Money; Lazy Lee: Restrained; Boxcar Benny: Short Changed; Mary Marvel: The Web of the Weaver; Boxcar Benny: Boot Him; Captain Marvel Jr.: The Perilous Pearl; Headline Harry: The Big Trap; Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Novice Burglar; Captain Marvel: The Worlds Mightiest Crook! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #31
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 31
    • 5" cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Water damage. Cover oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover by C. C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Stories and art by Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, 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 investigates when a vast hunger sweeps over the people of the world, threatening starvation and the collapse of civilization. On a lighter note, Captain Marvel, Jr. battles The Squirrel, a dude in a squirrel suit who bops people with his gigantic tail. So, a little something for everyone in this ish. Mary Marvel briefly loses her powers. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. The Great Hunger; Mary Marvel Becomes the Worlds Saddest Girl; Boxcar Benny; Lazy Lee; Headline Harry; Digby the Dentist; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Capt. Marvel Jr. and the Nutty Squirrel; The Pies the Limit; Water Thief; Captain Marvel: The Flame Fiend. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $425 CGC 4.5 VG+ == 1949 MARVEL FAMILY #31 / Scarce Pop 7 / CC Beck Cover / OW-W Page

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  • Issue #33
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 33

    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.

  • Issue #37
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 37
    • Cover detached. Water damage and staple rust. Residue.

    Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, Kurt Schaffenberger 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 prevent a machine (that looks like a giant red pin) from rearranging the Earth's continents. Insomniac Wideawake Willy steals Dr. Zandmann's supply of "sleep sand" and soon the entire city is asleep, except Mary Marvel. Captain Marvel, Jr. battles evil hypnotist Count Peril Ize, whose spiral gaze provides the comic-book page with its own special effect ("Rotate the magazine and watch Mr. Ize's eyes whirl hypnotically!"). Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads. The Earth Changer; Paper, Mister?; Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Man With the Whirling Eyes; Lazy Lee; Headline Harry; Mary Marvel: The Sinister Sleep; The Luggage Mystery; Captain Marvel Battles the World's Greatest Lies; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #39
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 39

    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.

  • Issue #48
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 48

    Stories and art by 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 discovers that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are real. And their time has come at last, unless The Marvel Family can stop them. The Four Horsemen Ride Again, Chapter 1: Shazam's Warning; Spook Cargo; Lazy Lee; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: The Starry Night; Chapter 2: The Fury of the Flames; Chapter 3: The Last Stand of the Marvel Family. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #52
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 52
    • 1.5" Cumulative spine split (chew). Water damage.

    Cover by Pete Costanza. Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, C. C. Beck, Pete Costanza, 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 discovers a school for witches, decades before that other school in the British Isles. This place is for the "Wicked" kind of witches, and run by a demon named Ichabod Vort, who causes trouble for The Marvel Family. The Marvel Family and the School for Witches, Chapter 1: The Flying Broomstick; Headline Harry: The Accidental Accident!; Two Can Play; Chapter 2: Ichabod's Black Magic; Kanvasback: The Fightless Fighter; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Chapter 3: The Trap of Terror; Newspaper Ned: Open House! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #56
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 56
    • Water damage.

    Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. 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, a call for help from the center of the Earth leads The Marvel Family to an underground civilization. The king would rather destroy the underworld than abdicate his power, and tries to do so with a "helium bomb." So the Marvels set out to find a new home for the underworlders on another planet. The Worlds Mightiest Project, Chapter One: The Amazing Underground Secret; Economic-Minded Ed; Beulah the Bride; Lazy Lee; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: The New News; The Corpse Came Back; Chapter Two: Building a World; Chapter Three: Peril Strikes the New Earth; Dusty: The Changing Opinion. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #69
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 69

    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.

  • Issue #72
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 72

    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.

  • Issue #74
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 74
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s)
    • Label #4276005023
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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    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.

  • Issue #75
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 75
    • Cover detached at one staple. Water damage.
    • 2 1/2" spine split. Water damage.

    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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    $175 Marvel Family #75 CGC 3.5 Fawcett 1952 Otto Binder Kurt Schaffenberger Boughner

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  • Issue #76
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 76
    • .5" Spine split from bottom.

    Stories and art by Otto Binder, Pete Costanza 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 "gremlins," an early example of these folklore creatures appearing in print. They learn the gremlins are actually alien beings drawn by humanity's discovery of nuclear power - but are they here to help, or to sabotage? The Atomic Crimes, Chapter One: The Gremlin Mystery; Point of Order; Lazy Lee; Boxcar Benny; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Chapter Two: The Atomic Robberies; Headline Harry: The Big Bluff; Old Smokey: The Best Policy; Chapter Three: The Payoff on Zorkia. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #78
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 78

    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 gets involved in both the Korean War and the Cold War. In the skies over Korea, the M's battle the Red Vulture, featuring the second issue in a row with "red scare" imagery on the cover (indicating the American mood at the time). The Red Star of Death, Chapter One: The Red Vulture Strikes; Candy Is Dandy; Lazy Lee; Boxcar Benny; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Chapter Two: Horror from the Space Station; Headline Harry: The Mental Giant; Its the Law; Chapter Three: Death in Outer Space; Fizzy. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • 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.

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    $325 MARVEL FAMILY #83 CGC 3.0 Skull Cover Fawcett Golden Age Comic

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  • 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.