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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published January 1974
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)

Cover Details - "The Day Shazam Went Ape!"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Bonzo the Chimp; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman] (inset)
Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck (signed)
Inks C. C. Beck (signed)
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [August 2007]
Reprinted In Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1

8 page Shazam! story "Worms of the World, Unite!"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam (flashback); Mr. Mind (villain)
Synopsis Mr. Mind collects earthworms into one location to amplify their power with a Hate-Projector in an attempt to destroy Captain Marvel.
Genre superhero
Script Denny O'Neil
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

5 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "The Mystery of the Missing Newsstand!"

Characters Captain Marvel, Jr. [also appears as Freddy Freeman]; Good-Natured Joe
Synopsis Captain Marvel, Jr. battles a gang of crooks who stole Freddy's newsstand.
Genre superhero
Script Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils Dave Cockrum
Inks Dave Cockrum
Notes 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 Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #496 (February 1983); in Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1

Half page Behind The Scenes at the DC Comic World promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis Information about the new DC Comicmobiles.
Letters typeset

7 page Shazam! story "The Day Captain Marvel Went Ape!"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Bonzo the Chimp; Sterling Morris [also as Captain Morris]; Trixie [also as Trixie Marvel]
Synopsis A strange jewel causes the lightning bolt that changes Billy Batson into Captain Marvel to be redirected to other people, including Bonzo the Chimp.
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 DC Goes Ape (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008); in Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page Shazamail! letters page

Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters typeset