The Marvel Family #89
In "The Marvel Family Fights the Dark Curse," Billy Batson and his siblings face a chilling threat when Mary turns against them, only to be imprisoned—only to escape and vanish. As Billy and Freddy uncover a sinister plot beneath their boarding house, they discover the residents have been replaced by robots, with Freddy himself soon falling under their control. With the real people in danger and a mastermind manipulating events from the shadows, the Marvel Family must fight to reclaim their world before it’s too late. Art by Kurt Schaffenberger, cover by Kurt Schaffenberger.
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Confronting Mary, Billy and Freddy are threatened with death by her, but they capture her and place her in a mental hospital, from which she escapes. Billy and Freddy soon discover that everybody in the boarding house has been replaced with robots, and Freddy quickly joins that group. The robots capture Billy, gather up all the money of the tenants and deliver it to their master, who forces Edgewise to finish Billy's robot. Then he attaches memory transfer caps on each of his victims in order to control them, then plans to murder the real people and use their robots to make money for him.
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