The Marvel Family #53 (1950) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Man Who Changed the World	cover	1	pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
1	Battles the Man Who Changed the World	comic story	10	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Prof. Martin Mason (first appearance; looks like Einstein)
2	Don't Axe Him	comic story	1
3	No. 33	activity	1
5	Fence Buster	text story	2	script: Bernard Thompson
6	The Evil Exterminator	comic story	7	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Pete Riss	Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
7	Dream Worker	comic story	0.67
8	The Good Rumor Factory	comic story	7	script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff	Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
9	Warm Hearted	comic story	1	script: Howard Boughner; pencils: Howard Boughner; inks: Howard Boughner
10	Hats Off to Him!	comic story	1	script: Art Helfant; pencils: Art Helfant; inks: Art Helfant
11	Oh, Doctor	comic story	0.5
12	The Big Alarm!	comic story	4	script: Howard Boughner; pencils: Howard Boughner; inks: Howard Boughner
13	Is a Linguist!	comic story	1	script: George Marko; pencils: George Marko; inks: George Marko
14	The World Hater	comic story	8	script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete Costanza	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
15	Gentleman Farmer	comic story	0.67

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