Publishers / Fawcett / Captain Marvel Jr. (1942) / #56

56December 1947
$0.10

Captain Marvel Jr. #56

Fawcett · December 1947 · on sale 1947-10-17

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Identification plate

Series: Captain Marvel Jr. (Fawcett, 1942 series)
Issue: #56
Publication date: December 1947
Key date: 1947-12-00
On-sale date: 1947-10-17
Indicia publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Blue Boy's Black Eye!	cover	1	pencils: Bud Thompson; inks: Bud Thompson	Captain Marvel Jr., Freddy Freeman
1	In This Issue	table of contents	1
2	The First Civilization	comic story	9	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Bud Thompson; inks: Bud Thompson	Captain Marvel Jr., Freddy Freeman
3	No Fathead	comic story	0.5	script: Art Helfant; pencils: Art Helfant; inks: Art Helfant; letters: Art Helfant
4	Boxcar Benny Doesn't Give a Barn	comic story	0.5	script: M. H.; pencils: M. H.; inks: M. H.
5	The Phantom Canoe	comic story	7	script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Bud Thompson; inks: Bud Thompson	Captain Marvel Jr., Freddy Freeman
6	Snortville Sneeze Covers a Silly Filly	comic story	2	script: Sid Lazarus; pencils: Sid Lazarus; inks: Sid Lazarus
7	The Strange Case of the Blue Boy's Black Eye	comic story	7	pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa	Captain Marvel Jr., Freddy Freeman
8	Fighting Fury	comic story	4
9	The King Is Dead	text story	2	script: R. R. Symes
10	Fat Chance	cartoon	1
11	Mis-Steps / He Wooden Talk	comic story	0.67
12	The Strange Deal of Betcha Life	comic story	7	pencils: Bud Thompson; inks: Bud Thompson	Captain Marvel Jr., Freddy Freeman, Sivana Jr.
13	Recluse	comic story	0.5	script: Art Helfant; pencils: Art Helfant; inks: Art Helfant; letters: Art Helfant

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