The Marvel Family #43 (1950) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

Match the book in your hand against this plate before paying an edition-specific price.

Affiliate links. ComicRecord shows no prices and no census data; the listings speak for themselves.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
2	The March of the Grass	comic story	9.67	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Sivana (villain)
3	Working Pains!	comic story	0.67
4	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset
5	Thirteen Suspects	text story	2	script: R. R. Symes
7	Put More Opportunity in Your Future... Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly!	public service announcement	0.5
8	The News Blackout	comic story	6	pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff	Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
9	The Undersea Farm	comic story	7	script: Otto Binder	Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
10	No. 23	activity	1
12	Horse Racing Hi-Jenks!	comic story	4	script: Howard Boughner; pencils: Howard Boughner; inks: Howard Boughner
13	The Great Speed-Up!	comic story	7.67	script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
14	Well Bread	comic story	1

Plus 3.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Found an error in this file? corrections@comicrecord.com