The Marvel Family #25 (1948) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Trial of the Marvel Family	cover	1	pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete Costanza	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
1	The Marvel Family	table of contents	1
2	The Marvel Family on Trial	comic story	9	script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Number One [Judge Brown] (villain, introduction)
4	Rests His Case	comic story	0.5
5	Nothing but the Truth	comic story	0.5	script: Howard Boughner; pencils: Howard Boughner; inks: Howard Boughner
7	Captain Marvel Jr. Fights the Champ	comic story	7	script: Joe Millard; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
9	Self Opinion	comic story	0.5	script: Howard Boughner; pencils: Howard Boughner; inks: Howard Boughner
10	Appreciation	comic story	0.5
11	The Case of the Sentimental Crook	comic story	6.67	pencils: Jack Binder; inks: Jack Binder	Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
12	The Big Shot	comic story	4
13	The Marvel Family Puzzle Page	activity	1
14	Earthquake Proof	text story	2	script: Joseph J. Millard
15	The Discontents!	comic story	7.67	script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete Costanza	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Val Vorro and the Discontents (introduction for all); Zunga Zill and the Zekkians (villains, introduction for all)

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Shazam! #5	1973	On eBay ›

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