Publishers / Fawcett / The Marvel Family (1945) / #57
57March 1951
$0.10

The Marvel Family #57

Fawcett · March 1951

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Identification plate

Series
The Marvel Family (Fawcett, 1945 series)
Issue
#57
Publication date
March 1951
Key date
March 1951
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete CostanzaCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
1The Land That Never Wascomic story10script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt SchaffenbergerCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
2Theoristcomic story1
3No. 37activity1
4Payroll Payoffcomic story0.5
5The Mystery of the Lost Sensecomic story6script: Otto BinderCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]
6The Firing Escape!comic story4script: Howard Boughner; pencils: Howard Boughner; inks: Howard Boughner
7Battles the Collector of Hate!!comic story7script: Otto Binder; pencils: Pete RissMary Marvel [Mary Batson]
9Stoops to Soupcomic story0.5
10As Thousands Jeertext story2script: ? (as Mort Pfeffer); pencils: ? (header); inks: ? (header); letters: typeset
11The Floating Department Storecomic story7script: Otto BinderCaptain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
12The Runaway Geniuscomic story7.67pencils: Pete Costanza; inks: Pete CostanzaCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]

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

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