Digital Comic Museum > Marvel Family 010 (paper)

Issue: #10
Published: April 1947, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Wendell Crowley (editor); Will Lieberson (Executive Editor)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	The Marvel Family Battles the Sivana Family!
Featuring:	The Marvel Family
Credits:	Pencils: C. C. Beck \| Inks: Pete Costanza ? \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] Mary Marvel [Mary Batson] Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman] Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana Georgia Sivana Sivana Jr.

Table Of Contents (1 page)

The Marvel Family

Comic Story (9 pages)	The Sivana Family Strikes at the Marvel Family - Part 1
Featuring:	Marvel Family
Synopsis:	Having dropped out of sight for some time, the Sivana Family tries to measure the power of the "Shazam" lightning, but fails. However, Junior discovers the existence of an element named Protium that would provide the power needed to do so, so the trio heads for the Rock of Eternity to travel into the past and future top secure it, something the wizard Shazam warns the Marvel Family of.
Credits:	Script: Otto Binder \| Pencils: Pete Costanza \| Inks: Pete Costanza
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] Mary Marvel [Mary Batson] Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman] Uncle Marvel [Uncle Dudley] Shazam Dr. Sivana [Thaddeus Bodog Sivana] Georgia Sivana Sivana Jr.

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Sivana Family Strikes at the Marvel Family - Part 2: The Sinking of Atlantis
Featuring:	Mary Marvel
Synopsis:	Mary travels into the past to the lost city of Atlantis, seeking out Georgia Sivana, who has already found the source of Protium at Professor Chal-Patzun's. She grabs it and Mary Batson as her prisoner, and heads back to the present time.
Credits:	Script: Otto Binder \| Pencils: Jack Binder \| Inks: Jack Binder
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Mary Marvel [Mary Batson] Professor Chal-Patzun (death) Georgia Sivana (villain)

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Spectacular Spectator
Featuring:	Kanvasback
Genre:	Humor Sports
Characters:	Kanvasback Mal Arkey

Text Story (2 pages)	The Money in the Shoe
Credits:	Script: John C. Adler (credited) \| Pencils: ? (header) \| Inks: ? (header) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Sivana Family Strikes at the Marvel Family - Part 3: Captain Marvel Faces Danger in the Deep!
Featuring:	Captain Marvel
Synopsis:	Captain Marvel follows Sivana back to the present as the evil scientist heads for the lab of Dr. Patterson, seeking out the element Neutrium, also needed to get power greater than the Shazam lightning. Sivana gets what he wants, kidnapping Billy Batson and murdering the Professor.
Credits:	Script: Otto Binder \| Pencils: C. C. Beck \| Inks: Pete Costanza
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] Dr. Charles Patterson (death) Dr. Sivana [Thaddeus Bodog Sivana] (villain)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Sivana Family Strikes at the Marvel Family - Part 4: Atlantis Rises Again
Featuring:	Captain Marvel Jr.
Synopsis:	As Captain Marvel Junior heads into the future, the descendant of Professor Chal-Patzun discovers his ancestor's lab and the fact that the Protium has changed into Electrium, which can be used to raise ancient Atlantis. But Sivana Jr. knocks out Freddy Freeman and kills Chass Passon, grabs the element and returns to the present with it and Freeman.
Credits:	Script: Otto Binder \| Pencils: Bud Thompson \| Inks: Bud Thompson
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman] Chass Passon (death) Sivana Jr. (villain)

Comic Story (9 pages)	The Sivana Family Strikes at the Marvel Family - Part 5: The Marvel Family in the Battle of the Age!
Featuring:	The Marvel Family
Synopsis:	Sivana, greeting his nefarious children with their charges, takes the three elements: Protieum, Neutrium and Electrium, mixes them together and with them creates a shell around the Earth, preventing the Shazam lightning from changing Billy, Mary and Freddy into the Marvel Family.
Credits:	Script: Otto Binder \| Pencils: C. C. Beck \| Inks: Pete Costanza
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] Mary Marvel [Mary Batson] Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman] Dr. Sivana [Thaddeus Bodog Sivana] (villain) Georgia Sivana (villain) Sivana Jr. (villain)

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