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Issue Details

Issue #25
Published September-October 1976
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.30 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz; Joe Orlando; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor); Bob Rozakis (assistant editor); Paul Levitz (assistant editor)
Notes This issue bears a "DC TV Comic" logo, which will last through #33 (to tie in with then-current Shazam! TV show).

Cover Details

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Isis
Genre superhero
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger

11 page Isis story "Isis... As in Crisis!"

Characters Isis (origin); Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (cameo); Cindy Lee; Rick Mason
Genre superhero
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils Dick Giordano
Inks Dick Giordano
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Tie-in with TV heroine connected with Captain Marvel; prior to spin-off into her own title. Credits for script and pencils confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008].

6 page Shazam!; Captain Marvel story "The Bicentennial Villain"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Whitey Murphy; Dr. Sivana (villain); Shazam (cameo); Sterling Morris (cameo); Benjamin Franklin (Flashback; Cameo); Captain John Smith (Flashback; Cameo); Pocahontas (Flashback; Cameo); Kit Carson (actor posing as the original); Buffalo Bill Cody (actor posing as the original)
Synopsis Billy and his friend Whitey are making a documentary of young adults throughout history, but their production is sabotaged by Dr. Sivana.
Genre superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Editing Joe Orlando
Notes Setting up a new trip by Billy and Uncle Dudley (inspired by TV format) visiting various American cities.
Reprinted in Shazam from the Forties to the Seventies (Harmony Books, 1977 series) #nn (1977); in Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page Shazamail! letters page

Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters typeset
Notes Explains that Julius Schwartz edited the Isis story in this issue, while the incoming editor, Joe Orlando, wrote the Captain Marvel story.

1 page Superman public service announcement "Justice for All Includes Children. 6"

Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Vince Colletta
Letters Milt Snapinn
Notes Artwork donated by Continuity Associates, Inc.