Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) comic books 1949

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $370.00 View scans Paper: Off white Pedigree: Crowley Crowley Copy. Label #0605377015

Stories and art by Otto Binder, Frank Bolle, Kurt Schaffenberger, Jack Binder, Pete Costanza and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. When a businessman is threatened with a hostile takeover, The Marvel Family offers to help him run his business, but that's not as easy as it sounds. After Freckles is kidnapped by gangsters, Mary Marvel disguises herself as a boy and joins the gang to find her, riding on the running boards of an old car at high speeds. Springfoot the Clown performs to inspire disabled children, having an artificial leg himself, but when he's abducted by crooks, Captain Marvel, Jr. wonders why the clown has turned to crime. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. The Marvel Family Goes Into Business; Boxcar Benny; Lazy Lee; Headline Harry: Below Sea Level; Freshman Freddy; Tightwad Tad; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Mary Marvel: The Trap; Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Clown of Crime; The Magic Maker; Death Stalks the Hunters; Captain Marvel: The Three Dooms. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $110.00 View scans

Stories and art by Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk, Al Liederman, Kurt Schaffenberger, Jack Binder, Pete Costanza and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. The Marvel Family tries to help out a hermit family...but they don't want to be helped, and just ask to be left alone, like hermits do. Mary Marvel tries to secretly help when her family butler Jives must impersonate a jockey to smoke out a gang of crooks. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. The Hermit Family; The Haunted House; Boxcar Benny; Lazy Lee; Headline Harry: The Haunted House; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Mary Marvel: Jives Becomes a Jockey; Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Sleeping People; Captain Kid: No Tanks; Death on Deck; Captain Marvel: The Fate of the Time Capsule. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $41.00 View scan Cover detached at one staple.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $480.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #1260602002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by C. C. Beck. The Marvel Family Smashes the Legend of Atlantis, script by Otto Binder, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; The Marvel Family proves Atlantis was a myth, and is really Australia--which is surprising, since Cap, Jr. visited Atlantis in issue #10. Rubbernose Randolph humor page by Art Helfant. The Curse of the Tomb starring Captain Marvel [Billy Batson], Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman], and Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]. The Payoff humor page by Judge Smudge, script and art by Howard Boughner. The Woman of a Thousand Faces starring Mary Marvel, script by Otto Binder. How To Crack Open A Soft-Boiled Egg--Culture Corner humor half-page by Basil Wolverton. Biggest Loafer In Town humor half-page by Lazy Lee. Race With Death text story. Air Minded starring Headline Harry, script and art by Howard Boughner. The Mightiest Meteor Shower starring Captain Marvel and Sivana, script by Otto Binder, pencils by C. C. Beck, inks by Pete Costanza. Value of Friendship humor page starring Boxcar Benny. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.