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55January 1951
$0.10

The Marvel Family #55

Fawcett · January 1951

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Series
The Marvel Family (Fawcett, 1945 series)
Issue
#55
Publication date
January 1951
Key date
January 1951
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Man Who Sank a City!cover1pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt SchaffenbergerCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
1The Man Who Sank a Citycomic story9.67script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt SchaffenbergerCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; The City Sinker [Bart Kranz] (villain, introduction)
2The Goofy Assignment!comic story3.67script: Howard Boughner; pencils: Howard Boughner; inks: Howard Boughner
3The Miser of Resourcescomic story7script: Otto Binder; pencils: Pete RissMary Marvel [Mary Batson]; King Krag (first appearance; villain)
4Sir Reginald and the Beastmancomic story7script: Bill WoolfolkCaptain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Prof. Edgewise; The Beastman [Sir Reginald Framingham] (first appearance; villain)
5Losing His Sleep!comic story0.67
6-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
7No. 35activity1
9The 88 Keys to Success!comic story4script: Al Liederman; pencils: Al Liederman; inks: Al Liederman
10The Laughing Ghosttext story2script: ? (as Morgan Trent); pencils: ? (header); inks: ? (header); letters: typeset
11The Governor of Spacecomic story8script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. BeckCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Governor Kooblah (first appearance, villain, death)

Plus 0.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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