(June 1946)

Fawcett, 1945 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1946-05-10
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Brand
A Fawcett Magazine
Editing
Will Lieberson (executive editor); Mercedes Shull (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Part 2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mary Marvel / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Binder
Inks
Jack Binder
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Shazam!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
Reprints

Mary Marvel Comics (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

The Magic Yarn (Table of Contents: 2)

Mary Marvel / comic story / 6.5 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Jack Binder
Inks
Jack Binder
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Mercedes Shull

Genre
superhero
Characters
Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Georgia Sivana; unnamed Princess of Skeptomania [aka Peggy Patton]
Synopsis
Mary decides to check up on Georgia Sivana at the reformatory, but learns Georgia has been paroled for good behavior and is now a part of the Women's Knitting Club, who spend their time knitting things for the destitute in Europe. But Mary smells a rat and soon learns that Georgia is actually listening in to fellow members, discovering that a foreign Princess is in town incognito to pick up her crown jewels that she had left in America during the war.
Keywords
magic yarn from Venus; Ritz Mansion; Shazam; Skeptomania; The Globe

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich per P. C. Hamerlinck in Alter Ego #143 (November 2016).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

statement of ownership / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Lists Mercedes Shull as Editor, Ralph Daigh as Managing Editor, and Gordon Fawcett as Business Manager.

Time Wiggles On! (Table of Contents: 4)

Tumbleweed Jr. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Brady
Inks
Bill Brady
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children; western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Art credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

[The Mississippi Marauders] (Table of Contents: 5)

Mary Marvel / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Binder
Inks
Jack Binder
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Title from table of contents.

The Heart of a Fisherman (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Walta K. Ross
Letters
typeset

Curse of the Books! (Table of Contents: 7)

Mary Marvel / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Jack Binder (credited)
Inks
Jack Binder (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
Reprints

Pilot Pete Is Up in the Air (Table of Contents: 8)

Pilot Pete / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; aviation

He Is Headstrong! (Table of Contents: 9)

Rubbernose Randolph / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Art Helfant
Pencils
Art Helfant
Inks
Art Helfant
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

The Mad Poet (Table of Contents: 10)

Mary Marvel / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Jack Binder
Inks
Jack Binder
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; The Mad Poet (villain)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Shazam!"]
    Mary Marvel
  2. 1. Mary Marvel Comics
  3. 2. The Magic Yarn
    Mary Marvel
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. Time Wiggles On!
    Tumbleweed Jr.
  6. 5. [The Mississippi Marauders]
    Mary Marvel
  7. 6. The Heart of a Fisherman
  8. 7. Curse of the Books!
    Mary Marvel
  9. 8. Pilot Pete Is Up in the Air
    Pilot Pete
  10. 9. He Is Headstrong!
    Rubbernose Randolph
  11. 10. The Mad Poet
    Mary Marvel
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Matthew Head
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore