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79January 1953
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The Marvel Family #79

Fawcett · January 1953

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Series
The Marvel Family (Fawcett, 1945 series)
Issue
#79
Publication date
January 1953
Key date
January 1953
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
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Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Mad Mummycover1pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete CostanzaCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
1No Ifs, Ands, or Butts!comic story1
2The Marvel Family Battles the Dynasty of Horror, Chapter One: The Mad Mummycomic story8script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete CostanzaCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
3Pops Off!comic story0.67
4-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
5Crooks in the Brothtext story2script: Walter Farmer
6The Courthouse Scoop!comic story4script: Howard Boughner; pencils: Howard Boughner; inks: Howard Boughner
7The Marvel Family Battles the Dynasty of Horror, Chapter Two: The Horn of Howling Horrorscomic story6script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete Costanza
8Substitute for Error!comic story3.67
9The Marvel Family Battles the Dynasty of Horror, Chapter Three: The New Pyramid of Perilcomic story6script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete Costanza
10No. 59activity1

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