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Issue Details

Issue #11
Published March 1974
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)

Cover Details - "The World's Mightiest Family Salutes the New Year!"

Characters Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman] (inset); 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 "The World's Mightiest Dessert!"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam (flashback); Cissie Sommerly (formerly Summerly); Doc H. Quartz; Sterling Morris
Synopsis Doc Quartz accidentally invents a type of Cherry Gelatin that continues to grow. As this gelatin grows it threatens to overrun the entire city.
Genre superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Vince Colletta
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

6 page Shazam! story "The Incredible Cape-Man"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Cape-Man [Herschel Dockles]; Frankie (villain); Louie (villain)
Synopsis Herschel Dockles pretends to be a superhero so that people will not hassle him on his postal route.
Genre superhero
Script Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes The title character is a timid mailman wearing an ersatz Superman costume, which C.C. Beck felt was disrespectful to an honorable occupation. 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 Marvel Family story "The Year Without a Christmas!"

Characters Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; Sivana Family [Dr. Sivana; Sivana, Jr.; Georgia] (villain); Sterling Morris; Mr. Tawky-Tawny; Santa Claus; Miss Joan Jameson; Pa Potter; Ma Potter; Professor Edgewise; Sunny Sparkle
Synopsis The Sivana Family try to shorten Christmas Day so it will only be 10 minutes long.
Genre superhero
Script Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes Set on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 1973. 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) #11/1974; in Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page Shazamail! letters page

Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters Typeset