The Marvel Family #84 (1953) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Triple Trap of Terror	cover	1	pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
1	Jungle Fate	text story	2	script: John Martin
2	The Triple Trap of Terror, Chapter One: The Sinister Sivana Scheme	comic story	5	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Sivana Family [Sivana; Sivana, Jr.; Georgia] (villains); Shazam
3	Chapter Two: The Boiling Menace	comic story	4	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger
4	Chapter Three: The Avalanche Terror	comic story	4	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger
5	Chapter Four: Rulers of Land, Sea and Air	comic story	5	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger	Sivana, Jr.; Georgia Sivana
6	A Dark Future!	comic story	0.5	script: Art Helfant; pencils: Art Helfant; inks: Art Helfant
7	A Full Diet!	comic story	0.5
8	The Haunted House	comic story	4	script: Howard Boughner; pencils: Howard Boughner; inks: Howard Boughner
9	No. 64	activity	1
10	The Big Tipper!	comic story	0.5
11	Leaves Us Chili!	comic story	0.5	script: Howard Boughner; pencils: Howard Boughner; inks: Howard Boughner
12	The Victim of Circumstances	comic story	7	pencils: Bill Ward; inks: Bill Ward	Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]

Collection	Year
The Marvel Family vs. the Sivana Family: A Golden Age Family Feud	2016	On eBay ›

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