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Issue Details

Issue #49
Published July 1950
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
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 C. C. Beck

1 page Wheaties advertisement "Mel Parnell"

Notes Ad in sequential art form.

10 page The Marvel Family story "The Marvel Family Proves Human Hardiness"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder

4 page Headline Harry story "The Egg-asperating Scoop"

Genre humor
Script Howard Boughner
Pencils Howard Boughner
Inks Howard Boughner

7 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "The Ban on Laughter"

Characters Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Bill Ward
Inks Bill Ward

7 page Mary Marvel story "The Adult Children"

Characters Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder

Half page Dubble Bubble advertisement "Gee, Tommy, what a neat skating sweater!"

Notes Ad in sequential art form.

Half page Farmer Frammis filler "This is your first time in the big city, isn't it, Farmer Frammis?"

Genre Gag

1 page activity "The Marvel Family Fun Page, No. 29"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr.; Mary Marvel

1 page Ball-Band Shoes advertisement "Red Swift Outfoots the Champ!"

Notes Ad in sequential art form.

4 page Freshman Freddy story "The Big Dance"

Genre teen; humor

2 page text story "Danger on the Dock"

Script Rod Reed [as Clement Good]
Pencils ? (illustration)
Inks ? (illustration)
Letters typeset

8 page Captain Marvel story "The Million Dollar Tasks"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks Pete Costanza

1 page Jim Wise; "P-F" Canvas Shoes advertisement "Reunion at the Rustlers"

Notes Ad in sequential art form.