Publishers / Fawcett / The Marvel Family (1945) / #87
87September 1953
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The Marvel Family #87

Fawcett · September 1953

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Series
The Marvel Family (Fawcett, 1945 series)
Issue
#87
Publication date
September 1953
Key date
September 1953
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Pinhead Plague!cover1pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt SchaffenbergerCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Freddy Freeman [Captain Marvel, Jr.]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
1Bad Lucktext story2script: Rod Reed
2The Marvel Family Crushes the Crazy Crimescomic story8script: Otto Binder; pencils: Pete Costanza; inks: Pete CostanzaCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; the Crazy Captain (villain, introduction))
3Unmissed!comic story0.5script: Art Helfant; pencils: Art Helfant; inks: Art Helfant
4A Moving Story!comic story0.5
5The Front Page Yarncomic story4script: Howard Boughner; pencils: Howard Boughner; inks: Howard Boughner
6No. 67activity1Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel
7Says a Mouthful!comic story0.5
8The Captain Marvel Clubpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
9The Marvel Family Battles the Pinhead Plague, Chapter One: An Ancient Horror Strikescomic story6script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt SchaffenbergerCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
10Chapter Two: The Sinister Spy Webcomic story6script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger
11Chapter Three: The Riddle of the Ruinscomic story5script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger

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