The Marvel Family #27 is an issue of the series The Marvel Family (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1948.
Synopsis for The Marvel Family: "The Amoeba Family"
A scientist thinks if everyone in the world was like him there would be no war. By studying amoebas he creates a serum that makes him split into two, and tells his duplicate to begin committing crimes. Captain Marvel captures him but he splits into two, Mary captures this duplicate, but the same thing happens, and the same with Junior. The captured duplicates multiply into 12 and break out of prison. Over the next few days hundreds of Amoeba family members are produced. The Marvels make an anti-fission formula and put an ad in the newspaper from Amoeba #56 to meet in the Grand Valley at noon, armed, to decide who should be leader. They argue and battle each other until finally only the original is left. The Marvels throw him into an anti-fission formula they created, stopping his splitting power, and then jail him.
Appearing in The Marvel Family: "The Amoeba Family"
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Synopsis for Captain Marvel, Jr.: "The Life-Saving Menace"
Appearing in Captain Marvel, Jr.: "The Life-Saving Menace"
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- Salty
- diver
- Husky
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- Mr. Crumpet
- the heiress
- Mrs. Swank
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- Earth-S
- Ritzy Creek Beach Resort
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- Salty's trawler
Synopsis for Mary Marvel: "The Carnotite Crook"
Appearing in Mary Marvel: "The Carnotite Crook"
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- Professor Varnay
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Synopsis for Captain Marvel: "The Neptune Freak Show"
Appearing in Captain Marvel: "The Neptune Freak Show"
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- Neptunian Robots
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- Also appearing in this issue of The Marvel Family were:
- Peewee Pete: "...and the Boss's Daughter" (4 pages)
- Kanvasback and Mal Arky: "Toothsome Twosome" (4 pages)
- Dizzy Daisy (1 page)
- Lazy Lee (1/2 page)
- Kid Gloves (2 pages)
- Marvel Family Puzzle Page
- "Prison Break" (2 pages, text story) by Richard Kraus
- Money Quiz (1/3 page)
- Cat's Meow (1/3 page)
- Comix Cards: Tom Mix, Monty Hale, Hopalong Cassidy (1/3 page)
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