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Issue: The Marvel Family #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1945
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Issues: #1 of 89 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications, Incorporated
On Sale Date: 11/21/1945
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Wendell Crowley (Editor); Will Lieberson (Executive Editor)
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Part 2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; coated matte cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 6 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Mighty Marvel Family Joins Forces vs. Black Adam!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): Pete Costanza ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Marvel Family
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel; Uncle Marvel [Uncle Dudley]; Wizard Shazam
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Pages: 1
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The Marvel Family

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Captain Marvel; Captain Marvel Jr.; Mary Marvel; Uncle Marvel [as Uncle Dudley]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Stock art
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The Mighty Marvels Join Forces!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): Pete Costanza
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Marvel Family
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Wizard Shazam; Uncle Marvel [Uncle Dudley]; Black Adam [Teth-Adam; Mighty Adam] (villain, introduction, origin)
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In Content Item: FlagShazam! #8 published December 1973
as The Mighty Marvels Join Forces! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShazam! #7/1974 published July 1974
as Marvel-Familien kjemper mot Svarte Adam [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShazam! #7/1974 published August 1974
as Familjen Marvels samlade styrka! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShazam from the Forties to the Seventies #[nn] published September 1977
as The Mighty Marvels Join Forces! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #497 [Direct Sales] published March 1983
as The Mighty Marvels Join Forces! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShazam! and the Shazam Family! Annual #1 published September 2002
as The Mighty Marvels Join Forces! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: 1st Marvel Family story, but Marvel Family first appears in Captain Marvel Adventures #18; retells origins of Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel, Jr., and Mary Marvel.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Boxcar Benny
Character(s): Boxcar Benny; General Footsore
First Line: I'm so broke I couldn't buy a penny stamp...
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Pages: 0.5
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The Show Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick McCay
Penciller(s): Dick McCay
Inker(s): Dick McCay
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Richard Richard, Private Dick
Character(s): Richard Richard; Ah Choo; Flub Dub
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3.5
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Shamrocks for Perry

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bert Mill
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Gram O'Donnell; Lon O'Donnell; Perry O'Murian; Cosmo Costello
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Pages: 2
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The Marvel Family and Baby Marvel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck ?
Inker(s): C. C. Beck ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Marvel Family
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Uncle Marvel [Uncle Dudley]; Baby Marvel (Introduction); Blacky Bucher (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Baby Marvel was a Marvel in name only and made only one appearance.
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Various

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: [inside front]:Captain Marvel Club Merchandise; [35]: Mr. J.E. Smith - I Will Show You How to Learn Radio; [inside back cover]: The Marvel Family and Hoppy Hawk Mechanix Illustrated

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