The Marvel Family #72 (1952) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Pandora Pirates	cover	1	pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete Costanza	Billy Batson, Mary Batson, Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr., Freddy Freeman, Mary Marvel
1	The Marvel Family Battles the Pandora Pirates, Chapter One: The Treasure Danger	comic story	6	script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck	Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; Sterling Morris; Barbary Pirates
3	Crime on the Speedway	text story	2	script: Daniel Sheldon
4	No. 52	activity	1	pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck	Mary Marvel; Captain Marvel (cameo)
6	Doubtful Strategy!	comic story	0.5
7	Front Page Foolishness!	comic story	4	script: Howard Boughner; pencils: Howard Boughner; inks: Howard Boughner
8	The Marvel Family Battles the Pandora Pirates, Chapter Two: Pirate Plunder	comic story	6	script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck	Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; Sterling Morris; Barbary Pirates
9	The Friend Maker!	comic story	4
10	Dull Fellow!	comic story	0.67
11	The Marvel Family Battles the Pandora Pirates, Chapter Three: The Pirate Pay-Off	comic story	6	script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck	Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; Sterling Morris; Barbary Pirates

Plus 1.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Shazam! #13	1974	On eBay ›
Alter Ego #103	2011	On eBay ›

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