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Issue Details

Issue #13
Published July-August 1974
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 100
Editing Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Notes Theme: Friends of the Marvel Family.

Cover Details - "The Shazam Family--And Their Greatest Friends!"

Characters Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman] (inset); Mary Marvel [Mary Batson] (inset)]; Mr. Tawky-Tawny (inset); Shazam (inset); Dexter Knox (inset); Sunny Sparkle (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

1 page Shazam! foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Table of Contents"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre superhero
Reprinted in Shazam! (Williams Forlag A/S, 1974 series) #1/1975 [as cover]

12 page Shazam! story "The Case of the Charming Crook!"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sunny Sparkle; Shazam (cameo, flashback); Lanky (villain); Lefty (villain); Doc Quartz; Dr. Quacker (villain)
Synopsis An evil scientist creates a potion that gives a crime boss the same powers as Sunny Sparkle.
Genre superhero
Script Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Bob Oksner
Notes 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) #1/1975; In Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1

7 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "Mrs. Wagner's Forbidden Room"

Characters Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Leroy Marks; Mrs. Wagner; Red O'Riley; The Count; Nick Varso (villain)
Synopsis Captain Marvel Jr discovers the secret of a room in the boarding house he lives in that nobody is allowed to enter.
Genre superhero
Script William Woolfolk
Pencils Joe Certa
Reprinted from Captain Marvel, Jr. (Fawcett, 1942 series) #92 (December 1950)

1 page Shazam! filler "The Seven Deadly Enemies of Man!"

Characters Shazam
Genre superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Pat Broderick
Inks Pat Broderick
Reprinted in Shazam! (Williams Forlag A/S, 1974 series) #3/1975

9 page Shazam! story "The Original Captain Marvel Gets a Secretary!"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Miss Joan Jameson (intro); Dina Duval (villain); "Fingers" Sloan (Villain)
Synopsis The story of how Joan Jameson became the secretary for both Billy Batson and Captain Marvel.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks Pete Costanza
Reprinted from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #67 (November 1946)

9 page Shazam! story "Mr. Tawny's Sales Campaign"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mr. Tawky-Tawny; Honest John Jippo (villain)
Synopsis Tawky Tawny tries to be a door-to-door salesman to make some extra money.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Reprinted from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #119 (April 1951)

6 page Shazam! story "A New Home for Billy"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Ma Potter (first appearance); Pa Potter (first appearance); Dexter Knox (first appearance); Mr. Knox (first appearance; Dexter's father); Mrs. Knox (first appearance; Dexter's mother); Gus Crummly (Villain)
Synopsis Billy moves into a new house, renting a room from Ma and Pa Potter. While chasing a burglar he meets his new neighbors, Dexter Knox and his parents.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks Pete Costanza
Reprinted from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #133 (June 1952)

18 page Shazam! Presents the Marvel Family story "The Pandora Pirates"

Characters Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; Sterling Morris; Barbary Pirates
Synopsis Sterling Morris finds a magic bottle that leads him, along with Billy, Freddy and Mary, to what they hope is a buried treasure. Unfortunately there is no treasure, but they manage to release the Barbary Pirates.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Notes Chapter One: "The Treasure Danger" (6 pages), Chapter Two: "Pirate Plunder" (6 pages), Chapter Three: "The Pirate Pay-Off" (6 pages)
Reprinted from Marvel Family, The (Fawcett, 1945 series) #72 (June 1952)

3 page Shazam! filler "Friends of the Shazam Family!"

Characters Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; Cissie Sommerly; Whitey Murphy; Doc Quartz; Professor Edgewise; Sivana Family [Beautia Sivana; Magnificus; Dr. Sivana]; Dr. Thomas Kilowatt; Timmy Tinkle; Jim Bellows; Herschel Dockles; Mrs. Bromfield; Jives
Synopsis Recap of various people that are found in the Shazam! series.
Genre superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Pat Broderick; various
Inks Pat Broderick; various
Reprinted in Shazam! (Williams Forlag A/S, 1974 series) #1/1975

1 page Shazamail! letters page

Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters typeset

8 page Shazam! story "The Ancient Crime"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam; Professor Jenks
Synopsis Captain Marvel travels to ancient Egypt to discover if Shazam was a thief in the past.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Pete Costanza
Inks Pete Costanza
Reprinted from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #79 (December 1947)

1 page Shazam! filler "Mary Marvel's Fashion Parade!"

Characters Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
Genre superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils various
Inks various
Reprinted In Shazam! (Williams Forlag A/S, 1974 series) #5/1975

8 page Mary Marvel story "The Haunted Clubhouse!"

Characters Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Mary Marvel Fan Club; "Ghost" Gordon (villain)
Synopsis Mary and her friends build a clubhouse for their Mary Marvel Fan Club. When ghosts show up to drive the girls away from their clubhouse, Mary Marvel uncovers the truth behind the ghosts.
Genre superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Bob Oksner
Notes 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) #1/1975; In Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page Shazamail Extra! letters page

Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters typeset