Issue Details

Issue	#87
Published	September 1953
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Wendell Crowley

Cover Details - "The Pinhead Plague!"

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

2 page text story "Bad Luck"

Script	Rod Reed [as Westbrook Wilson]
Pencils	? (illustration)
Inks	? (illustration)
Letters	typeset
Notes	On inside front and inside back covers.

8 page The Marvel Family story "The Marvel Family Crushes the Crazy Crimes"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; the Crazy Captain (first appearance)
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Pete Costanza
Inks	Pete Costanza

Half page Rubbernose Randolph filler "Unmissed!"

Genre	Gags
Script	Art Helfant
Pencils	Art Helfant
Inks	Art Helfant

Half page Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb filler "A Moving Story!"

Genre

humor

4 page Headline Harry story "The Front Page Yarn"

Genre	humor
Script	Howard Boughner
Pencils	Howard Boughner
Inks	Howard Boughner

1 page activity "The Marvel Family Puzzle Page, No. 67"

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel

Half page Boxcar Benny filler "Says a Mouthful!"

Genre

Gags

Half page The Captain Marvel Club promo (ad from the publisher) "An invitation to all Captain Marvel fans!"

6 page The Marvel Family story "The Pinhead Plague, Chapter One: An Ancient Horror Strikes"

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

6 page The Marvel Family story "[The Pinhead Plague,] Chapter Two: The Sinister Spy Web"

Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger

5 page The Marvel Family story "[The Pinhead Plague,] Chapter Three: The Riddle of the Ruins"

Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger