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Issue Details

Issue #10
Published February 1974
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)

Cover Details - "The Prize Catch of the Year"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Aunt Minerva; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson] (inset)
Genre superhero
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Bob Oksner
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

7 page Shazam! story "Invasion of the Salad Men!"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam (flashback); Cissie Sommerly; The Salad Men [Salatans]; Mr. Vinegar
Synopsis A spaceship full of alien vegetables crashes on Earth. The vegetables need parts to repair their ship and Captain Marvel assists them.
Genre superhero
Script Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Vince Colletta
Notes This story and next issue's "The Incredible Cape-Man" were rejected by artist C. C. Beck, leading to his departure from DC when they could not come to terms on rewriting them. 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 Shazamail! letters page

Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters typeset

6 page Mary Marvel story "The Thanksgiving Thieves!"

Characters Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Mrs. Bromfield
Synopsis Mary Marvel is the Grand Marshall of the Thanksgiving Day parade. While in the parade she stops some burglars from stealing fur coats.
Genre superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Bob Oksner
Notes Set on Thanksgiving Day, 1973. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008].
Reprinted In Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #498; in Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1

7 page Shazam! story "The Prize Catch of the Year"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Aunt Minerva (villain); Pretty-Puss Pete (villain); Osky the Ox (villain)
Synopsis Aunt Minerva asks her henchmen to defeat Captain Marvel. The winner will get Minerva's hand in marriage.
Genre superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Letters C. C. Beck
Notes Last comic book story drawn by C. C. Beck. 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