Publishers / Fawcett / The Marvel Family (1945) / #5
5October 1946
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The Marvel Family #5

Fawcett · October 1946 · on sale September 18, 1946

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Series
The Marvel Family (Fawcett, 1945 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
October 1946
Key date
October 1946
On-sale date
September 18, 1946
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Civilization of a Prehistoric Racecover1pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete CostanzaCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
1Content Pagetable of contents1Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
2The Marvel Family Civilizes a Prehistoric Race!comic story13script: Otto BinderCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Professor Blake; Dr. Stahl; The Chief; Little Ab
3Capt. Marvel and The Crime Masquerade!comic story6.67Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Prof. Spoof (villain, introduction); Rocky; Heister; Mr. Goldsack; Mrs. Goldsack
4Mary Marvel Becomes a Fairy Godmothercomic story9Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Ella; Linda; James the Chauffeur; Mr. Van Dykeman
5Captain Marvel, Jr. Goes Down Memory Lanecomic story7Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; The Shrub [John Quincy] (first appearance; villain); Livewire; Dr. Miller; Red; Bean
6Underground Dueltext story2script: Walter E. Klein; letters: typeset
7The Marvel Family and The Shazam Robotcomic story8script: Otto BinderCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Uncle Marvel [Uncle Dudley]; Shazam Robot (first appearance)

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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