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Issue Details

Issue #88
Published October 1953
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Wendell Crowley

Cover Details - "Jokes of Jeopardy!"

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

2 page text story "Danger Lights"

Script John Martin
Pencils ? (illustration)
Inks ? (illustration)
Letters typeset
Notes On inside front and inside back covers.

8 page The Marvel Family story "Jokes of Jeopardy!"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
Genre superhero
Pencils Bud Thompson?
Inks Bud Thompson?

Half page Dizzy Daisy filler "A Punctual Girl"

Genre Gags
Script Howard Boughner
Pencils Howard Boughner
Inks Howard Boughner

Half page Wilbur the Waiter filler "Worse Off!"

Genre Gags
Notes humor fillers

4 page Headline Harry story "The Fire Big!"

Genre humor
Script Howard Boughner
Pencils Howard Boughner
Inks Howard Boughner

1 page activity "The Marvel Family Puzzle Page, No. 88"

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

Half page Rubbernose Randolph filler "A Good Match!"

Genre Gags
Script Art Helfant
Pencils Art Helfant
Inks Art Helfant

Half page Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb filler "No Half-Way Measures!"

Genre humor
Notes humor fillers

6 page The Marvel Family story "The Marvel Family Battles the King of All Time, Chapter One: The Conqueror of All Earth!"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Shazam; Zotan (first appearance)
Genre superhero
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #15 (November-December 1974)

6 page The Marvel Family story "[The Marvel Family Battles the King of All Time,] Chapter Two: The Trap of No Escape"

Genre superhero
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #15 (November-December 1974)

4 page The Marvel Family story "[The Marvel Family Battles the King of All Time,] Chapter Three: All History Enslaved"

Genre superhero
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #15 (November-December 1974)

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Better Than Ever..."