(January 1949)

Fawcett, 1945 Series
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Volume
6
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1948-11-24
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Brand
A Fawcett Publication
Editing
Wendell Crowley (editor); Ralph Daigh (credited) (managing 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. 2, Periodicals, 1948.

Sivana and the Great Hunger (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]; Thadeus Bodog Sivana
Reprints

The Marvel Family (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

The Marvel Family and the Great Hunger! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Marvel Family / comic story / 11 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]; Kurt Schaffenberger (cameo; ?; pg. 3, pnl. 2); Sivana (villain)

Unmoved (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Lazy Lee

Dig Dig (Table of Contents: 4)

Boxcar Benny / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Boxcar Benny

Murder on the Movie Set (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Mary Marvel Becomes the World's Saddest Girl! (Table of Contents: 6)

Mary Marvel / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Jack Binder
Inks
Jack Binder
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Shazam
Synopsis
Mary briefly loses her powers.
Reprints

False Note (Table of Contents: 7)

Digby the Dentist / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Digby the Dentist
Reprints

Gabby Hayes (Table of Contents: 8)

Comix Cards / illustration / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier

No. 11 (Table of Contents: 9)

The Marvel Family Puzzle Page / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero

Capt. Marvel Jr. and the Nutty Squirrel (Table of Contents: 10)

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]; The Squirrel (first appearance; villain)

Look Out! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Lazy Lee

Saved by Trade & Mark (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Adventures of Nip & Tuck; Smith Brothers Black Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Pie's the Limit (Table of Contents: 13)

Headline Harry / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor
Characters
Headline Harry
Reprints

Water Thief (Table of Contents: 14)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Larry Steinfeldt
Pencils
? (header)
Inks
? (header)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Terry Royall; John Royall (her father); Rock Fordell

Captain Marvel Battles the Flame Fiend! (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
C. C. Beck
Inks
Pete Costanza
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; The Fire Fiend [Mr. Heeter] (first appearance; villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Gordon Fawcett (credited) (business manager)
Letters
typeset

New! Jim Prentice, Amazing, Exciting, Electric Football (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Electric Football / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Sivana and the Great Hunger
    The Marvel Family
  2. 1. The Marvel Family
  3. 2. The Marvel Family and the Great Hunger!
    The Marvel Family
  4. 3. Unmoved
    Lazy Lee
  5. 4. Dig Dig
    Boxcar Benny
  6. 5. Murder on the Movie Set
    Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
  7. 6. Mary Marvel Becomes the World's Saddest Girl!
    Mary Marvel
  8. 7. False Note
    Digby the Dentist
  9. 8. Gabby Hayes
    Comix Cards
  10. 9. No. 11
    The Marvel Family Puzzle Page
  11. 10. Capt. Marvel Jr. and the Nutty Squirrel
    Captain Marvel Jr.
  12. 11. Look Out!
    Lazy Lee
  13. 12. Saved by Trade & Mark
    Adventures of Nip & Tuck; Smith Brothers Black Cough Drops
  14. 13. The Pie's the Limit
    Headline Harry
  15. 14. Water Thief
  16. 15. Captain Marvel Battles the Flame Fiend!
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
  18. 17. New! Jim Prentice, Amazing, Exciting, Electric Football
    Electric Football
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • CTGarry
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky