- We Sivanas went to the Rock of Eternity and stole these magic lightning bolts from Old Shazam! You know what will happen when it hits you! Hehhh! Have a headache, my dear! When you next open your eyes, you'll be taking a long trip! Hehhhh! A trip to Eternity! That rocket will hurl you away from Earth into space! Goodbye, forever! And with no more Mary Marvel to get in my hair, I'll become the True Princess of the AIR! Oh heh heh heh hehhhhhh!
The Marvel Family #84 is an issue of the series The Marvel Family (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1953.
Synopsis for The Marvel Family: "The Marvel Family battles the Triple Trap of Terror"
The Sivana Family return from the Rock of Eternity with another plot in mind. Georgia uses a Stop Ray that stops aeroplanes in mid-air. Mary helps the planes, then goes after her to her Sky-Palace, but is turned back with lightning stolen from Shazam. She is knocked out with a scepter blow to the head, then gagged and tied to a rocket which is fired into space. Sivana Jr. attacks the sea with a Heat Ray and turns Captain Marvel, Jr. back into Freddy with lightning. He binds his hands to an anchor and throws him into the sea. Captain Marvel finds Sivana using a Rolling Stones Ray that enables him to control stones. He follows him to his castle, but thinks it was too easy so digs through the ground and attacks Sivana from behind his throne where he has a lightning bolt. However a robot throws another lightning bolt which turns Billy back. He is bound and gagged and left next to rising lava. In space, Mary's struggles direct the rocket to a meteor as she hopes for a quicker death. However the impact frees her, enabling her to transform. Freddy uses his nails to cut his hands, summoning sharks that are attracted by the blood, enabling them to bite the rope holding him down free, swim to the surface, and transform. Billy knocks a stone into the lava, causing some to splash up and enabling him to burn his gag off and transform. The Marvel Family defeats the Sivana Family; Mary Marvel creates a tornado to destroy Georgia's Palace, Captain Marvel knocks Sivana's castle off a cliff, and Freddy crashes an iceberg into Jr.'s Palace. The Sivana Family are jailed.
Appearing in The Marvel Family: "The Marvel Family battles the Triple Trap of Terror"
Featured Characters:
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Other Characters:
Locations:
Items:
- Shazam's Magic Lightning Bolts
- Georgia's Stop Ray
- Sivana, Jr.'s Heat Ray
Vehicles:
- Georgia's Rocket-Ship
- Sivana, Jr.'s Rocket Motorboat
Synopsis for Capt. Marvel, Jr.: "Capt. Marvel, Jr. and the Victim of Circumstances!"
A man is racing fast due to getting an urgent telegram from his boss, Randall Clydesdale, since he’s very rich and also very powerful. Freddy Freeman, as usual, is selling newspapers at his stand and hoping that it stops raining soon. The man starts to hydroplane wildly, so Freddy calls CAPTAIN MARVEL to right him, only for the man to drive off faster. The man, Horace, meets with Clydesdale, who says that he needs Judge Miller to draw up his will and testament and that he’s leaving everything to his singular relative, Freddy Freeman! Randall says that Freddy gets half and Horace gets half, but is Freddy doesn’t show up to claim his money within the year, it all goes to Horace. Randall asks for his medicine, but Horace coldly scoots his nightstand away and lets Randall die from his illness without his medicine while saying that he’s going to go kill Freddy Freeman and steal his fortune now. Horace soon realizes that he drove by Freddy Freeman’s Newsstand and finds out his address from a beat cop in the area, then gets himself a room at Mrs. Wagner’s Boarding House, across from Freddy’s. Horace fakes having some kind of stomach attack and asks Freddy to go pick up some medicine for him, giving him a slip of paper to his house all the way on the other side of town, where he left his medicine in a wall safe. He heads off to do so and calls CAPTAIN MARVEL to become Captain Marvel, Jr. When he gets to the house, Freddy finds he’s misplaced the combination, so he has to crack it as the World’s Mightiest Boy instead. When he does, however, it activates a bomb in the safe and it goes off. Mr. Clydesdale’s men come in and find that Horace, Randall’s secretary, told him to come there. Junior flies back to find Horace and punches him repeatedly, pointing out that the Freddy Freeman that Randall knew has been long dead and all he had to really do to get the money was be patient, but now Junior insists that it’ll all go to charity.
Appearing in Capt. Marvel, Jr.: "Capt. Marvel, Jr. and the Victim of Circumstances!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Horace
Other Characters:
- Judge Miller
- Randall Clydesdale (Dies)
- Mrs. Wagner
Locations:
- Earth-S
- New York City
- The Clydesdale Estate
- Mrs. Wagner's Boarding House
- New York City
Items:
- Randall's Herbal Medicine
- A Bomb Hidden in a Wall Safe
Vehicles:
- Horace's Car
Notes
- This issue's first story comes in four chapters:
- Chapter I - The Sinister Sivana Scheme
- Chapter II - The Boiling Menace
- Chapter III - The Avalanche Terror
- Chapter IV - Rulers of Land, Sea and Air
Trivia
- This issue marks the final appearance of the Lesser Sivana Kids, Sivana, Jr. and Georgia, in the Golden Age.
- The Sivana Kids will return in Shazam!# 1
- Conversely, their elder sister Beautia Sivana hasn't been seen since Captain Marvel Adventures# 70 and their elder brother Magnificus Sivana only showed up once in the entire Golden Age.
- The Sivana Kids will return in Shazam!# 1
- This issue also starts a two-issue run of backup features with Captain Marvel, Jr.
See Also