Publishers / Fawcett / The Marvel Family (1945) / #27
27September 1948
$0.10

The Marvel Family #27

Fawcett · September 1948 · on sale July 21, 1948

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Identification plate

Series
The Marvel Family (Fawcett, 1945 series)
Issue
#27
Publication date
September 1948
Key date
September 1948
On-sale date
July 21, 1948
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Amoeba Men!cover1pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete CostanzaCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
1The Marvel Familytable of contents1letters: typeset
2Fights the Amoeba Family!comic story9script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt SchaffenbergerCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; The Amoeba (multiple-bodied villain, introduction)
4The Boss's Daughtercomic story4
5The Life-Saving Menacecomic story7pencils: Bill Ward; inks: Bill WardCaptain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
6Toothsome Twosomecomic story4
7Her Brains Don't Rankcomic story1script: Howard Boughner; pencils: Howard Boughner; inks: Howard Boughner
8Tough!comic story0.5
9The Carnotite Crook!comic story5pencils: Jack Binder; inks: Jack BinderMary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Mole (villain, introduction)
10Gets His Just Desserts!comic story2
11No. 7activity1
12Prison Breaktext story2script: Richard Kraus
13Neptune's Freak Show!comic story8script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt SchaffenbergerCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Oggsix (introduction, robot); un-named robots of Neptune (introduction for all)
14Money Quizactivity0.33
15The Cat's Meowcomic story0.33

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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