(July 1948)
Fawcett,
1945 Series
- Volume
- 5
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1948-05-21
- 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, Vol. 2, Part 2, No. 1, Periodicals, 1948.
The Trial of the Marvel Family
The Marvel Family / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
- Reprints
in 
in 
The Marvel Family on Trial
The Marvel Family / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Number One [Judge Brown] (villain, introduction)
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Woolfolk credit from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/ .
Run for Your Life!
Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure
Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Script
- C. C. Beck ? (signed); Rod Reed ?
- Pencils
- C. C. Beck (signed)
- Inks
- C. C. Beck (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Captain Tootsie and the Secret Legion visit an army airfield in the southwest.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Secret Legion: Captain Tootsie; Rollo
- Synopsis
- Captain Tootsie has the brilliant idea to fly airplanes directly into a tornado to break up the twister.
- Keywords
- airplanes; Army Air Corps; P-84 Thunderjets; tornados
Captain Marvel Jr. Fights the Champ
Captain Marvel Jr. / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
- Reprints
-
in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #5 (September 1973) which is reprinted -
in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #761 (11 de enero de 1975) -
in Shazam ! (Arédit-Artima, 1974 series) #5 (avril 1975) -
in Shazam! (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1974 series) #3/1974 ([mars] 1974) -
in Shazam! (Williams Förlags AB, 1974 series) #3/1974 ([april] 1974)
-
The Case of the Killer Cat!
Dashiell Hammett's Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- detective-mystery
The Case of the Sentimental Crook
Mary Marvel / comic story / 6.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
The Discontents!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Val Vorro and the Discontents (introduction for all); Zunga Zill and the Zekkians (villains, introduction for all)
- Synopsis
- Captain Marvel is stunned by the existence of a world, which he has been told has the highest form of civilization, no laziness, no crime, no wars and everyone is happy!
Indexer Notes
Inker revision from Beck to Costanza per P.C. Hamerlinck in Alter Ego #121 (November 2013).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Trial of the Marvel Family
The Marvel Family -
1.
The Marvel Family
The Marvel Family -
2.
The Marvel Family on Trial
The Marvel Family -
3.
Run for Your Life!
Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola -
4.
Rests His Case
Lazy Lee -
5.
Nothing but the Truth
Judge Smudge -
6.
Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll -
7.
Captain Marvel Jr. Fights the Champ
Captain Marvel Jr. -
8.
The Case of the Killer Cat!
Dashiell Hammett's Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil -
9.
Self Opinion
Judge Smudge -
10.
Appreciation
Lazy Lee -
11.
The Case of the Sentimental Crook
Mary Marvel -
12.
The Big Shot
Peewee Pete -
13.
[no title indexed]
The Marvel Family Puzzle Page -
14.
Earthquake Proof
-
15.
The Discontents!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
16.
The Secret of Mystery Mountain!
Another Jim Wise "P-F" Sports Story
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Matthew Head
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- John Pannozzi
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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