Publishers / Fawcett / Captain Marvel Adventures (1941) / #79
79December 1947
$0.10

Captain Marvel Adventures #79

Fawcett · December 1947 · on sale 1947-09-26

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Identification plate

Series
Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series)
Issue
#79
Publication date
December 1947
Key date
1947-12-00
On-sale date
1947-09-26
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The World's Worst Actor!cover1pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. BeckCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Elroy P. Fauntleroy
2Contents pagecredits, title page1
3The Talking Tigercomic story8.67script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. BeckCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Tawky Tawny (first appearance)
4A Parting Word From Mr. Tawny!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Tawky Tawny
6Brain Is Brokecomic story0.5script: George Marko; pencils: George Marko; inks: George MarkoDopey Danny Dee
7Return Engagementcomic story0.5Tightwad Tad
9The World's Worst Actorcomic story7script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Pete Costanza; inks: Pete CostanzaCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Elroy P. Fauntleroy
11Likes Light Programscomic story0.5Tightwad Tad
12Don't Pit-y Him!comic story0.5script: George Marko; pencils: George Marko; inks: George MarkoDopey Danny Dee
14Minerva's True Lovecomic story7script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Pete Costanza; inks: Pete CostanzaCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Aunt Minerva (villain)
15The Outdoor Lifecomic story1
16Candidate For Chaoscomic story4script: Al Liederman; pencils: Al Liederman; inks: Al Liederman
17Rocket Racetext story2script: Eando BinderJon Jarl
18Rock-A-Bye Babycomic story0.33
19Idle Chattercomic story0.33
20Ozzie / Babspromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typesetOzzie; Babs
21The Ancient Crimecomic story8script: Otto Binder; pencils: Pete Costanza; inks: Pete CostanzaCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam; Professor Jenks
23Pays To Be That Waycomic story0.5Tightwad Tad

Plus 8.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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