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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published April 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

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck; Jack Adler
Inks C. C. Beck; Jack Adler
Notes Cover is a combination of artwork from C.C. Beck and a live-action photograph taken and assembled by DC Comics production director Jack Adler. The cover is also an infinity cover.
Reprinted In Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1

10 page Shazam! story "The Astonishing Arch Enemy"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mr. Tawky Tawny; Mr. Mind; Herkimer; Ibac (cameo; on a poster); Shazam (cameo; flashback)
Synopsis Mr. Mind destroys the museum to retrieve his glasses that were stored there. He plans to destroy the United States but is stopped by Captain Marvel with the help of the Saint Louis Arch, which he uses as a tuning fork to drive all the worms in the area to the surface.
Genre superhero
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Letters C. C. Beck
Notes Mr. Mind revealed to have survived his "execution". Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008].
Reprinted in Shazam! (Williams Forlag A/S, 1974 series) #3/1974; In Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1

7 page Shazam! story "The Nicest Guy in the World"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sunny Sparkle (intro); Richard Revere; Lefty (villain); Lanky (villain); Boss (villain)
Synopsis Bank robbers give Sunny Sparkle their loot.
Genre superhero
Script Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Letters C. C. Beck
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008].
Reprinted In Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page Shazam! text article "Shazam and Family"

Synopsis Explains additions to the Marvel Family over the years.
Letters typeset

6 page Shazam! story "Captain Marvel Fights Niatpac Levram"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Wizzo the Wizard (first appearance); Niatpac Levram (first appearance; a mirror-image Captain Marvel)
Synopsis Wizzo uses magic to animate Captain Marvel's mirror image in an attempt to become a master magician.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Reprinted from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #139 (December 1952)