(September 1947)

Fawcett, 1945 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1947-07-18
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 Baffling Mr. Triangle] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Pete Costanza ?; Marc Swayze ?
Inks
Pete Costanza ?; Marc Swayze ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; Mr. Triangle (villain)

Indexer Notes

Swayze credit and character appearances added by Craig Delich.

Cover Thumbnail for The Marvel Family (Fawcett, 1945 series) #15
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The Marvel Family (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

The Triangle of Crime (Table of Contents: 2)

The Marvel Family / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks
Kurt Schaffenberger
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Triangle (first appearance, villain)

Indexer Notes

Originally tentatively credited to Pete Costanza. Art identification by Saltarella.

Sibby Sisti (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Cleans Up (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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

Basil Wentworth's Greatest Performance (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Marvel Jr. / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bud Thompson
Inks
Bud Thompson
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]

Prescribed for Laughter (Table of Contents: 6)

Whipper-Snappers / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

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

Gets the Bird (Table of Contents: 7)

Judge Smudge / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Captain Tootsie Saves the Sailplane (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

The Menace at Girls' Town (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Mrs. Grunley
Synopsis
Mary decides to make a visit to Girl's Town, a home run democratically by a team of girls, and discovers that she has to stop the destructive efforts of a woman who wants to become head mistress.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Character appearances, reprint info and synopsis added by Craig Delich (Jan. 14, 2007).

The Midget Bandit (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure

The Texas Gambler (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome (credited as John Osgood)
Pencils
? (header)
Inks
? (header)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier

Condemned to Die! (Table of Contents: 12)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
C. C. Beck
Inks
C. C. Beck
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sivana (villain)

The Case of the Box Car Bandit (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

Crown the Camp Canoe Kings (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Snap! Crackle! and Pop!; Rice Krispies / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Drama on the Highway! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [The Marvel Family Battles the Baffling Mr. Triangle]
    The Marvel Family
  2. 1. The Marvel Family
  3. 2. The Triangle of Crime
    The Marvel Family
  4. 3. Sibby Sisti
    Wheaties
  5. 4. Cleans Up
    Lazy Lee
  6. 5. Basil Wentworth's Greatest Performance
    Captain Marvel Jr.
  7. 6. Prescribed for Laughter
    Whipper-Snappers
  8. 7. Gets the Bird
    Judge Smudge
  9. 8. Captain Tootsie Saves the Sailplane
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
  10. 9. The Menace at Girls' Town
    Mary Marvel
  11. 10. The Midget Bandit
    Peewee Pete
  12. 11. The Texas Gambler
  13. 12. Condemned to Die!
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  14. 13. The Case of the Box Car Bandit
    The Adventures of Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
  15. 14. Crown the Camp Canoe Kings
    Snap! Crackle! and Pop!; Rice Krispies
  16. 15. Drama on the Highway!
    Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
This issue was modified by, among others
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  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • John Pannozzi
  • Jim Van Dore
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