(August 1950)
Fawcett,
1945 Series
- Volume
- 9
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fawcett Publication
- Editing
- Wendell Crowley (editor); Bobbie Heyman (associate editor); Al Jetter (art editor); Will Lieberson (executive editor)
The Speech Scrambler Machine
The Marvel Family / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Prof. Gilbert Thorne
- Reprints
-
in Marvel Family (Derby Publishing, 1950 series) #5 (50) ([circa September 1950])
-
[no title indexed]
Kodak Cameras and Film / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Three all-star cameras for your vacation shots
The "Popsicle" Hall of Fame
Popsicle Pete / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Tommy Brock; Jack Jones; Popsicle Pete
- Synopsis
- Jack and Tommy save a boy from drowning.
Indexer Notes
Ad with comic strip.
The Theft of Speech
The Marvel Family / comic story / 9.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Prof. Gilbert Thorne (first appearance)
- Synopsis
- Prof. Thorne has invented a machine that scrambles people's speech and ability to write.
Indexer Notes
Next appearance of Prof. Thorne in Shazam! #16.
[no title indexed]
Captain Marvel Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bigger! And bigger! And bigger!
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
The Interview
Headline Harry / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Headline Harry; J. A. Blab
- Synopsis
- Harry has to interview radio commenter J. A. Blab.
Red Swift Leaps for Life!
Red Band / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Red Swift
- Synopsis
- Red rescues a kid being swept to the falls by the river.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic form.
Battles the Melody of Crime!
Mary Marvel / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Basso Barton
- Synopsis
- Mary believes there is some good in everyone and tries to reform criminal Basso Barton.
Indexer Notes
Artist credit by Martin O'Hearn.
Battles the Trublins
Captain Marvel Jr. / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mrs. Wagner; The Sheriff of Trublin Land
- Synopsis
- Freddy keeps having accidents when he meets the Sheriff of Trublin Land who is looking for Trublins who have escaped into the human world to cause accidents.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.
The Roller Robber
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Joe Cavalaro; Bill Garrison
- Synopsis
- A roller rink is robbed by a roller skater.
[no title indexed]
Carnation Malted Milk / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get this official "Rocky" Lane posse shoulder patch
- Characters
- Allan "Rocky" Lane
Tick and Tack
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Tick; Tack
- Synopsis
- Tick and Tack talk about food.
No. 30
The Marvel Family Puzzle Page / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel Jr [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
Indexer Notes
Figure out the words based on the images.
Sivana's Good Inventions
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sivana (villain)
- Synopsis
- Captain Marvel discovers Sivana's biggest shame, devices that can help civilization.
- Reprints
-
in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #15 (November-December 1974) -
in Shazam! (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1974 series) #4/1975 ([august] 1975) -
in Shazam! (Williams Förlags AB, 1974 series) #4/1975 ([13 augusti] 1975)
-
[no title indexed]
Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Inks
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Heel and toe and strut your stuff...
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Gramps; Tim; Pud
- Synopsis
- The kids square dance.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic form.
Thaddeus the Thespian
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Thaddeus; Mr. Bard
- Synopsis
- Mr. Bard wasn't pleased that Thaddeus laughed during his death scene.
Trouble at Ghost-Town!
Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Jim Wise; Bob
- Synopsis
- Jim and the boys see a plane crash.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic form.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Speech Scrambler Machine
The Marvel Family -
1.
["Three all-star cameras for your vacation shots"]
Kodak Cameras and Film -
2.
The "Popsicle" Hall of Fame
Popsicle Pete -
3.
The Theft of Speech
The Marvel Family -
4.
["Bigger! And bigger! And bigger!"]
Captain Marvel Club -
5.
The Interview
Headline Harry -
6.
Red Swift Leaps for Life!
Red Band -
7.
Battles the Melody of Crime!
Mary Marvel -
8.
Battles the Trublins
Captain Marvel Jr. -
9.
The Roller Robber
-
10.
["Get this official "Rocky" Lane posse shoulder patch"]
Carnation Malted Milk -
11.
Tick and Tack
-
12.
No. 30
The Marvel Family Puzzle Page -
13.
Sivana's Good Inventions
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
14.
["Heel and toe and strut your stuff..."]
Dubble Bubble Gum -
15.
Thaddeus the Thespian
-
16.
Trouble at Ghost-Town!
Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure -
17.
["Always the best!"]
-
18.
["Hey gang! Let's build these electric motor powered models! It's easy with Mechanix Illustrated full size plans!"]
Mechanix Illustrated
This issue was modified by, among others
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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