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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published June 1986
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages 36
Editing Robert Greenberger; Roy Thomas (creative editor)

Cover Details

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jerry Bingham
Inks Steve Mitchell

22 page Captain Marvel story "Secret Origin of Captain Marvel"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam; Sterling Morris; Dr. Sivana
Synopsis Young Billy Batson is led to a cavern beneath a Fawcett City subway station and meets the wizard Shazam, who gives Billy the power to transform into Captain Marvel whenever he speaks the wizard's name. His first mission as a super-hero is to stop Dr. Sivana from destroying the United States Radio system.
Genre superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Jerry Bingham
Inks Steve Mitchell
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters David Cody Weiss
Notes Adaptation of the story from Whiz Comis #1.