(June 1947)

Fawcett, 1945 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1947-04-18
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Brand
A Fawcett Publication
Editing
Wendell Crowley (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.

The Marvel Family Battles the Iron Horsemen (Table of Contents)

The Marvel Family / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
C. C. Beck
Inks
Pete Costanza ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
Reprints
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The Marvel Family (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Battles the Iron Horsemen (Table of Contents: 2)

The Marvel Family / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Pete Costanza
Inks
Pete Costanza ?; ? (some inks)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Saltarella.

Hank Greenberg (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Suits Us Fine! (Table of Contents: 4)

Judge Smudge / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Howard Boughner
Pencils
Howard Boughner
Inks
Howard Boughner
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
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Should Be Two-Faced (Table of Contents: 5)

Lazy Lee / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Reprints

School Days (Table of Contents: 6)

Peewee Pete / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

Ribtickling Retorts (Table of Contents: 7)

Whipper-Snappers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

The Case of the Tell-Tale Comb (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Dashiell Hammett's Detective Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Worn Out (Table of Contents: 9)

Lazy Lee / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

Nothing Stoops Him (Table of Contents: 10)

Judge Smudge / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Howard Boughner
Pencils
Howard Boughner
Inks
Howard Boughner
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
drama; humor

Bear Bike Facts (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Kingdom of Ulysses (Table of Contents: 12)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Ulysses; Shazam

Captain Tootsie's Counter-Spook (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Hot Lead (Table of Contents: 14)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Rod Reed
Pencils
? (header)
Inks
? (header)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

The 3 Clues to Fortune (Table of Contents: 15)

The Marvel Family / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]

Indexer Notes

Woolfolk's scripter credit from his own records.

Pokey Joe's Secret Weapon (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Another Jim Wise Real-Life Sports Story / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Sucker Knockout! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Famous Sports Flops; Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Marvel Family Battles the Iron Horsemen
    The Marvel Family
  2. 1. The Marvel Family
  3. 2. Battles the Iron Horsemen
    The Marvel Family
  4. 3. Hank Greenberg
    Wheaties
  5. 4. Suits Us Fine!
    Judge Smudge
  6. 5. Should Be Two-Faced
    Lazy Lee
  7. 6. School Days
    Peewee Pete
  8. 7. Ribtickling Retorts
    Whipper-Snappers
  9. 8. The Case of the Tell-Tale Comb
    The Adventures of Dashiell Hammett's Detective Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
  10. 9. Worn Out
    Lazy Lee
  11. 10. Nothing Stoops Him
    Judge Smudge
  12. 11. Bear Bike Facts
  13. 12. The Kingdom of Ulysses
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  14. 13. Captain Tootsie's Counter-Spook
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
  15. 14. Hot Lead
  16. 15. The 3 Clues to Fortune
    The Marvel Family
  17. 16. Pokey Joe's Secret Weapon
    Another Jim Wise Real-Life Sports Story
  18. 17. The Sucker Knockout!
    Famous Sports Flops; Thom McAn
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