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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published September 1973
Frequency monthly (with the exception of Mar., May, Aug. and Dec.)
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant)

Cover Details - "The Man Who Wasn't!"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Notes This appears to be reworked artwork from the cover of Captain Marvel Adventures #119. It has been redrawn in portions, word ballons changed, and recolored for this cover.
Reprinted from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #119 (see notes); in Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1

8 page Shazam! story "The Man Who Wasn't"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam (flashback); Slip Kelly (villain); a leprechaun; Sam the Weenee Man
Synopsis When Slip Kelly catches a leprechaun, he wishes to be invisible. He goes on a crime spree until Captain Marvel tricks him into wishing he was visible again.
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

7 page Shazam! story "The World's Toughest Guy!"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sunny Sparkle; Rowdy Sparkle; Archie Bunker; Edith Bunker; Sterling Morris
Synopsis While collecting paper for recycling, Billy Batson, Sunny Sparkle and Rowdy Sparkle find a magic book. Rowdy uses it to become the "world's toughest guy". But he's still no match for Captain Marvel.
Genre superhero
Script Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Letters C. C. Beck
Notes Archie Bunker and Edith Bunker of All in the Family appear. 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 Captain Marvel, Jr. story "Captain Marvel Jr. Fights the Champ"

Characters Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Shorty; Champ; Mrs. Wagner
Genre superhero
Script Joe Millard
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Reprinted from Marvel Family, The (Fawcett, 1945 series) #25 (July 1948)