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Issue Details

Issue #88
Published August 1950
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Wendell Crowley

Cover Details

Characters Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
Genre superhero
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger

10 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "The Air Shortage"

Characters Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Prof. Emil Wolfe (first appearance; villain)
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa

4 page Kanvasback story "Strictly From Hunger"

Genre sports

7 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "The Mystery of the Minor Crimes"

Characters Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; The Hood (first appearance; villain)
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger?; Sheldon Moldoff?
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger?; Sheldon Moldoff?
Notes Sheldon Moldoff pencil and inks possible credit from from Don Ensign via the GCD Error List (June 9, 2010).

7 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "The Crazy Coincidences"

Characters Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Bud Thompson
Inks Bud Thompson
Notes Bud Thompson pencil and ink credits from Don Ensign via the GCD Error List (June 9, 2010). Originally credited questionably to Joe Certa.

2 page text story "Playing a Hunch"

Script William Alexander
Letters typeset

4 page Headline Harry story "Man or Mouse"

Genre humor
Script Howard Boughner
Pencils Howard Boughner
Inks Howard Boughner

9 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "The Strange Menace of the Bird People"

Characters Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa

Half page Answering Ambrose story "A Hard One"

Genre Gags