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Issue Details

Issue #73
Published July 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 Kurt Schaffenberger?
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger?

7 page Marvel Family story "The Crust Cracker Ch. 1: The Crust Cracker"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; King Kull (villain)
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger

1 page Boxcar Benny story "Chain Him"

Genre Gags

1 page Lazy Lee story "Wide Awake Reasoning"

Genre Gags

4 page Headline Harry story "The Nutworthy Scoop"

Genre humor
Script Howard Boughner
Pencils Howard Boughner
Inks Howard Boughner

7 page Marvel Family story "The Crust Cracker Ch. 2: The Mystery of the Buried City"

Characters King Dex (first appearance)
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger

Half page Lazy Lee story "Steady Worker"

Genre Gags

2 page text story "Freedom's Ferret"

Script John Martin
Letters typeset

6 page Marvel Family story "The Crust Cracker Ch. 3: The Whirling Doom"

Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger

1 page Marvel Family Puzzle Page activity