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86August 1953
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The Marvel Family #86

Fawcett · August 1953

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Identification plate

Series
The Marvel Family (Fawcett, 1945 series)
Issue
#86
Publication date
August 1953
Key date
1953-08-00
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Feathered Furycover1pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. BeckCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
1Strange Happeningstext story2script: R. R. Symes
2The Marvel Family Fights the Feathered Furycomic story8script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt SchaffenbergerCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
3Appreciative Fellow!comic story0.5
4The Subscription Builder!comic story4script: Howard Boughner; pencils: Howard Boughner; inks: Howard Boughner
5Big Gossip!comic story0.5script: Art Helfant; pencils: Art Helfant; inks: Art Helfant
6Obeys the Signs!comic story0.5script: Howard Boughner; pencils: Howard Boughner; inks: Howard Boughner
7No. 66activity1
8The Marvel Family Battles the Word Wrecker, Chapter One: Burn, Books-- Burn!comic story6script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt SchaffenbergerCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; King Kull (villain)
9Chapter Two: The Peril of the Paper Pyrescomic story6script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger
10Chapter Three: Battle of the Bookscomic story4.67script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger

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