Trapped, am I? But I'm ready with my new Dwindle Wafers! It's a compound that compresses the atoms and reduces a person to small size! It works in split seconds! Heh-heh! 
- — Doctor Sivana, self-styled "Rightful Ruler of the Universe"
The Marvel Family #34 is an issue of the series Marvel Family (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1949.
Synopsis for Marvel Family: "Sivana's Miniature Menace"
Appearing in Marvel Family: "Sivana's Miniature Menace"
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Other Characters:
- Anton Lorsch, steel magnate
- Paul Packer, chemical industrialist
Locations:
Items:
- Sivana's Dwindle Wafers
- and their antidote
Vehicles:
- Sivana's midget rocketship
- Sivana's miniature jet-pack
Synopsis for Captain Marvel, Jr.: "The Cry of Coward"
Appearing in Captain Marvel, Jr.: "The Cry of Coward"
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Villains:
- Bigger Smith, a blacksmith's ne'er-do-well son
Other Characters:
- Smith, a blacksmith
- Don Reed, racing announcer
Locations:
- Smith's Race Track
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Synopsis for Mary Marvel: "The Crime Bubbles"
Appearing in Mary Marvel: "The Crime Bubbles"
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- Hen's sleep gas formula
- Georgia's gas bubble gun
Vehicles:
- Georgia's rocketship
Synopsis for Headline Harry: "Behind the Eight Ball!"
Appearing in Headline Harry: "Behind the Eight Ball!"
Featured Characters:
- Headline Harry
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Synopsis for Captain Marvel: "The Duel of Inventions"
Appearing in Captain Marvel: "The Duel of Inventions"
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Other Characters:
- Joel Janz
- Roger Plumb
Locations:
- U.S. Patent Office
- City Dump
- Black Mountain, outside the city
Items:
- Midget Atom Splitter, two competing versions
- Janz's million-watt lightning bolt
- Plumb's gas rocket
Vehicles:
Notes
- Sivana's Miniature Menace
- The effects of Sivana's "Dwindle Wafers" are just about identical to those of Darrel Dane's (unnamed) shrinking formula, with one difference: Sivana's clothing shrinks along with him, and so do Billy's, Freddie's, and Mary's.
- Dwindle Wafers have no effect on any of the Marvels.
- The Cry of Coward: All of the captions are in verse.
- The Crime Bubbles: Georgia Sivana already knows Mary Batson's secret identity, and in this story she tells it to the Hen.
- Also appearing in this issue of Marvel Family were:
- Lazy Lee: "Needs a Lift"
- Judge Smudge: "Advice", by Howard Boughner
- Boxcar Benny: "Clean Sheet"
- "Protection" (text story), by Larry Steinfeldt
See Also
Links and References
- Marvel Family #34 April 1949, complete issue, (4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, & 8th pages of 1st story appear out of sequence, at the back of the book).
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