The Marvel Family #10

(April 1947)

The Marvel Family (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

The Sivana Family Strikes at the Marvel Family - Part 1 (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Pete Costanza

Inks

Pete Costanza

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Uncle Marvel [Uncle Dudley]; Shazam; Dr. Sivana [Thaddeus Bodog Sivana]; Georgia Sivana; Sivana Jr.

Synopsis

Having dropped out of sight for some time, the Sivana Family tries to measure the power of the "Shazam" lightning, but fails. However, Junior discovers the existence of an element named Protium that would provide the power needed to do so, so the trio heads for the Rock of Eternity to travel into the past and future top secure it, something the wizard Shazam warns the Marvel Family of.

Reprints

• in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #12 (May-June 1974)
• in Shazam from the Forties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, 1977 series) ([September] 1977)
• in Shazam! and the Shazam Family! Annual (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([September] 2002)

Keywords

Rock of Eternity

The Sivana Family Strikes at the Marvel Family - Part 2: The Sinking of Atlantis (Table of Contents: 3)

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]; Professor Chal-Patzun (death); Georgia Sivana (villain)

Synopsis

Mary travels into the past to the lost city of Atlantis, seeking out Georgia Sivana, who has already found the source of Protium at Professor Chal-Patzun's. She grabs it and Mary Batson as her prisoner, and heads back to the present time.

Reprints

• in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #12 (May-June 1974)
• in Shazam from the Forties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, 1977 series) ([September] 1977)
• in Shazam! and the Shazam Family! Annual (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([September] 2002)
• in Mary Marvel Fanzine (Mike Bromberg, 2004 series) #6 (June 2006)

Keywords

Protium (rare element)

Indexer Notes

Only this chapter was reprinted in Mary Marvel Fanzine #6.

The Spectacular Spectator (Table of Contents: 4)

Kanvasback / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; sports

Characters

Kanvasback; Mal Arkey

The Money in the Shoe (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

John C. Adler (credited)

Pencils

? (header)

Inks

? (header)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

The Sivana Family Strikes at the Marvel Family - Part 3: Captain Marvel Faces Danger in the Deep! (Table of Contents: 6)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

C. C. Beck

Inks

Pete Costanza

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Charles Patterson (death); Dr. Sivana [Thaddeus Bodog Sivana] (villain)

Synopsis

Captain Marvel follows Sivana back to the present as the evil scientist heads for the lab of Dr. Patterson, seeking out the element Neutrium, also needed to get power greater than the Shazam lightning. Sivana gets what he wants, kidnapping Billy Batson and murdering the Professor.

Reprints

• in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #12 (May-June 1974)
• in Shazam from the Forties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, 1977 series) ([September] 1977)
• in Shazam! and the Shazam Family! Annual (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([September] 2002)

Keywords

Neutrium (rare element)

Indexer Notes

Pencil credit verified by Marc Swayze.

The Sivana Family Strikes at the Marvel Family - Part 4: Atlantis Rises Again (Table of Contents: 7)

Captain Marvel Jr. / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Bud Thompson

Inks

Bud Thompson

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Chass Passon (death); Sivana Jr. (villain)

Synopsis

As Captain Marvel Junior heads into the future, the descendant of Professor Chal-Patzun discovers his ancestor's lab and the fact that the Protium has changed into Electrium, which can be used to raise ancient Atlantis. But Sivana Jr. knocks out Freddy Freeman and kills Chass Passon, grabs the element and returns to the present with it and Freeman.

Reprints

• in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #12 (May-June 1974)
• in Shazam from the Forties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, 1977 series) ([September] 1977)
• in Shazam! and the Shazam Family! Annual (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([September] 2002)

Keywords

Electrium (rare element)

The Sivana Family Strikes at the Marvel Family - Part 5: The Marvel Family in the Battle of the Age! (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

C. C. Beck

Inks

Pete Costanza

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Dr. Sivana [Thaddeus Bodog Sivana] (villain); Georgia Sivana (villain); Sivana Jr. (villain)

Synopsis

Sivana, greeting his nefarious children with their charges, takes the three elements: Protieum, Neutrium and Electrium, mixes them together and with them creates a shell around the Earth, preventing the Shazam lightning from changing Billy, Mary and Freddy into the Marvel Family.

Reprints

• in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #12 (May-June 1974)
• in Shazam from the Forties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, 1977 series) ([September] 1977)
• in Shazam! and the Shazam Family! Annual (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([September] 2002)

Keywords

Rock of Eternity

Indexer Notes

Penciler revision from Pete Costanza to Beck verified by Marc Swayze.

[Various] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 6 pages (report information)