The Marvel Family #10 The Promise Collection Pedigree (Fawcett Publications, 1947) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages....

Auction amount: $552.00

Sold: Oct 18, 2021

The Marvel Family #10 Values

Publisher: Fawcett, 1947

About The Marvel Family #10

C. C. Beck cover. Sivana family appearance.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Marvel Family Battles the Sivana Family!

Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana; Georgia Sivana; Sivana Jr.

Pencils: C. C. Beck

Inks: Pete Costanza ?

Letters: typeset

STORY DETAILS

(7 Stories)

Title: The Sivana Family Strikes at the Marvel Family - Part 1

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.

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.

Pages: 9.000

Script: Otto Binder

Pencils: Pete Costanza

Inks: Pete Costanza

Reprints: Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #12 (May-June 1974)

Title: The Sivana Family Strikes at the Marvel Family - Part 2: The Sinking of Atlantis

Characters: Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Professor Chal-Patzun (death); Georgia Sivana (villain)

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.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Otto Binder

Pencils: Jack Binder

Inks: Jack Binder

Reprints: Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #12 (May-June 1974)

Notes: Only this chapter was reprinted in Mary Marvel Fanzine #6.

Title: The Sivana Family Strikes at the Marvel Family - Part 3: Captain Marvel Faces Danger in the Deep!

Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Charles Patterson (death); Dr. Sivana [Thaddeus Bodog Sivana] (villain)

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.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Otto Binder

Pencils: C. C. Beck

Inks: Pete Costanza

Reprints: Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #12 (May-June 1974)

Notes: Pencil credit verified by Marc Swayze.

Title: The Sivana Family Strikes at the Marvel Family - Part 4: Atlantis Rises Again

Characters: Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Chass Passon (death); Sivana Jr. (villain)

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.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Otto Binder

Pencils: Bud Thompson

Inks: Bud Thompson

Reprints: Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #12 (May-June 1974)

Title: The Sivana Family Strikes at the Marvel Family - Part 5: The Marvel Family in the Battle of the Age!

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)

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.

Pages: 9.000

Script: Otto Binder

Pencils: C. C. Beck

Inks: Pete Costanza

Reprints: Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #12 (May-June 1974)

Notes: Penciler revision from Pete Costanza to Beck verified by Marc Swayze.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	3	1	3	0	3	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	3	1	3	0	3	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23

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