Issue Details

Issue	#72
Published	June 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 Pandora Pirates Ch. 1: The Treasure Danger"

Characters	Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; Sterling Morris; Barbary Pirates
Synopsis	Sterling Morris finds a magic bottle that leads him, along with Billy, Freddy and Mary, to what they hope is a buried treasure. Unfortunately there is no treasure, but they manage to release the Barbary Pirates.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck
Reprinted	in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #13 (July-August 1974); in Shazam! (Williams Forlag A/S, 1974 series) #3/1975

2 page text story "Crime On the Speedway"

Script	Daniel Sheldon
Letters	typeset

1 page Marvel Family Puzzle Page activity

Half page Boxcar Benny story "Doubtful Strategy"

Genre

Gags

4 page Headline Harry story "Front Page Foolishness"

Genre	humor
Script	Howard Boughner
Pencils	Howard Boughner
Inks	Howard Boughner

6 page Marvel Family story "The Pandora Pirates Ch. 2: The Pirate Plunder"

Characters	Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; Sterling Morris; Barbary Pirates
Synopsis	Sterling Morris finds a magic hat that turns him into the leader of the Barbary Pirates.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck
Reprinted	in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #13 (July-August 1974); in Shazam! (Williams Forlag A/S, 1974 series) #3/1975

4 page Friend Maker, The story

Genre

Humor

Half page Lazy Lee story "Dull Fellow"

Genre

Gags

6 page Marvel Family story "The Pandora Pirates Ch. 3: The Pirate Pay-Off"

Characters	Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; Sterling Morris; Barbary Pirates
Synopsis	The Marvel Family rescues Sterling Morris from the Barbary Pirates and sends them to jail.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck
Reprinted	in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #13 (July-August 1974); in Shazam! (Williams Forlag A/S, 1974 series) #3/1975