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70April 1952
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The Marvel Family #70

Fawcett · April 1952

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Series
The Marvel Family (Fawcett, 1945 series)
Issue
#70
Publication date
April 1952
Key date
1952-04-00
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Mighty Marvels Battle the Crusade of Evilcover1pencils: Pete Costanza; inks: Pete CostanzaCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
1The Marvel Family Battles the Crusade of Evil, Chapter One: The Black Wizard Strikes!comic story8script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt SchaffenbergerCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Black Wizard (first appearance, villain); Merlin; Guinevere
3The Professorcomic story0.5
4Tough Assignmenttext story2script: Daniel Sheldon
5Skinned Alive!comic story4script: Howard Boughner; pencils: Howard Boughner; inks: Howard Boughner
6The Marvel Family Battles the Crusade of Evil, Chapter Two: The Dragon Dangercomic story6script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger
7Plans for a Raise!comic story4
8The Marvel Family Battles the Crusade of Evil, Chapter Three: King Arthur Returnscomic story6script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt SchaffenbergerKing Arthur; Lancelot; Gawain; Tristan; Percival; Galahad; Sagramor
9The Marvel Family Puzzle Contestactivity1

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