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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published February 1973
Frequency monthly (with the exception of Jan., March, July and Nov.)
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant)

Cover Details - "The Original Captain Marvel"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck; Nick Cardy (Superman figure)
Inks C. C. Beck; Nick Cardy (Superman body); Murphy Anderson (Superman face)
Letters C. C. Beck
Notes Superman (drawn by Cardy, with Anderson face) reintroduces Captain Marvel/Billy Batson (drawn by original artist C.C. Beck). Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, July 2007. The Schwartz credits don't include Anderson's input, but Bob Bailey confirmed it with the artist and The Comic Reader #90 noted it at the time of original publication.
Reprinted In Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1

6 page Shazam! story "...In the Beginning ..."

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Otto O. Binder; The Mysterious Stranger; The Seven Deadly Enemies of Man [Pride; Envy; Greed; Hatred; Selfishness; Laziness; Injustice]; Shazam
Synopsis After missing for 20 years, Captain Marvel returns to Earth. Origin retold.
Genre superhero
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Letters C. C. Beck
Notes Part 1; retells Captain Marvel's origin. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008]. Otto O. Binder, who appears briefly in the story, was a prolific writer and wrote the majority of Marvel Family stories published by Fawcett Publications.
Reprinted In Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1

10 page Shazam! story "The World's Wickedest Plan"

Characters Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson] (flashback); Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman] (flashback)]; Sivana Family [Dr. Sivana; Georgia; Sivana, Jr.] (villain); Uncle Marvel [as Uncle Dudley] (cameo); Miss Joan Jameson (cameo); Sterling Morris (cameo); Cissie Sommerly (cameo); Pa Potter (cameo); Ma Potter (cameo); Professor Edgewise (cameo); Beautia Sivana (cameo); Mr. Tawky-Tawny (cameo)
Synopsis Captain Marvel escapes the trap that Dr. Sivana had created that caused the Marvel Family to be placed in suspended animation for the last 20 years.
Genre superhero
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Letters C. C. Beck
Notes Part 2; Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008].
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 Shazam! text article "Shazam & Son"

Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters typeset
Notes The story of the World's Mightiest Mortal. Includes a key to the characters at the bottom of page 8 in this issue's second story.
Reprinted In Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1

7 page Shazam! story "The Endless String!"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; King of Zoozland; Dr. Grenn
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Pete Costanza
Inks Pete Costanza
Reprinted from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #55 (March 1946)