Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license.

Issue Details

Issue #46
Published February 1999
Cover Price USD 2.50
Pages 40
Editing Mike Carlin; Frank Berrios (ass't)
Notes Cover is signed "Ordway after Cardy"

Cover Details - "Battle of the Icons!"

Characters Superman; Captain Marvel
Genre superhero
Pencils Jerry Ordway (paints)
Inks Jerry Ordway (paints)
Colors Jerry Ordway (paints)
Notes Cover is signed "Ordway after Cardy"

22 page The Power of Shazam story "Absolute Power"

Characters Superman; Black Adam; Billy Batson; Captain Marvel; Chain Lightning (as Amy); District Attorney Ingersoll; Dewey Fleesum (Black Adam's lawyer); Mary Bromfield; Freddy Freeman; Nick and Nora Bromfield; Dr. Sivana; CM3; Mary Marvel
Synopsis Billy takes the Marvel power back (leaving Chain Lightning without it) and arm-wrestles Superman; Black Adam reveals his true colors
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Ordway
Pencils Jerry Ordway
Inks Dick Giordano
Colors Glenn Whitmore
Letters Albert T. De Guzman

4 page advertisement

Notes An extra advertising sheet in the middle of the comic, on slick paper, with ads for "Roller Jam" TV show, PlayStation games, James Bond movies on TBS channel