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Issue Details

Issue	#78
Published	December 1952
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Wendell Crowley

Cover Details

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck?
Inks	Pete Costanza?

6 page Marvel Family story "The Red Star of Death Ch. 1: The Red Vulture Strikes"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Red Vulture (first appearance)
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger

Half page Boxcar Benny story "Fresh Topic"

Genre	Gags
Notes	humor filler

1 page Boxcar Benny story "Now! Now!"

Genre	Gags
Notes	humor filler

Half page Lazy Lee story "That's Different"

Genre	Gags
Notes	humor filler

2 page text story "Candy Is Dandy"

Script	Rod Reed [as Clement Good]
Letters	typeset

4 page Headline Harry story "The Mental Giant"

Genre	humor
Script	Howard Boughner
Pencils	Howard Boughner
Inks	Howard Boughner

6 page Marvel Family story "The Red Star of Death Ch. 2: Horror From the Space Station"

Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger

4 page Fizzy story "It's the Law"

6 page Marvel Family story "The Red Star of Death Ch. 3: Death In Outer Space"

Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger

1 page Marvel Family Puzzle Page activity