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Issue Details

Issue	#59
Published	May 1951
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Wendell Crowley

Cover Details - "The Sneaking Doom?"

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

7 page Marvel Family story "The Sneaking Doom Ch. 1: The Land, Sea, and Air Mystery"

Characters	Managers of Earth (Intro); Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
Synopsis	The Managers of Earth decide to find out who is most powerful, Water, Land or Gas. They do this by changing the laws of physics to see what happens. The Marvel Family sets out to stop them from destroying the Earth.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	Pete Costanza
Reprinted	in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #16 (January-February 1975); in Shazam! (Williams Forlag A/S, 1974 series) #4/1976

1 page Lazy Lee filler "Man of Action"

Characters	Lazy Lee
Synopsis	Lazy Lee is tired of sitting around doing nothing.
Genre	gag

Half page Railroad Roy filler "Wal, wal, if it isn't old Roy Briggs! How are yuh?"

Characters	Railroad Roy
Synopsis	Railroad Roy becomes an exporter.
Genre	gag

2 page text story "Paid In Full"

Script	Kermit Welles
Letters	Typeset

4 page Headline Harry story "The Battling Bruiser"

Characters	Headline Harry
Synopsis	Headline Harry owes a bully five dollars.
Genre	humor
Script	Howard Boughner
Pencils	Howard Boughner
Inks	Howard Boughner

6 page Marvel Family story "The Sneaking Doom Ch. 2: The Creeping Horror"

Characters	Managers of Earth; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddie Freeman]
Synopsis	The Marvel Family escapes from the Managers of Earth and stop more of their disasters.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	Pete Costanza
Reprinted	in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #16 (January-February 1975); in Shazam! (Williams Forlag A/S, 1974 series) #4/1976

1 page Boxcar Benny story "Man of Property"

Characters	Boxcar Benny
Synopsis	Boxcar Benny fell into a piece of property.
Genre	gag

Half page Quiz activity

Synopsis	5 question quiz.
Genre	Fact

7 page Marvel Family story "The Sneaking Doom Ch. 3: The End of the World"

Characters	Managers of the Earth; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
Synopsis	The Marvel Family stops the Managers of the Earth from destroying the planet.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	Pete Costanza
Reprinted	in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #16 (January-February 1975); in Shazam! (Williams Forlag A/S, 1974 series) #4/1976

1 page Marvel Family Puzzle Page activity "No. 39"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
Synopsis	Puzzle page