Issue Details

Issue	#16
Published	January-February 1975
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.60 USD
Pages	100
Editing	Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Notes	Theme: The Seven Deadly Enemies of Man (each story, including new ones, featuring a different sin demon).

Cover Details - "The World's Mightiest Mortal Battles the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man"

Characters	Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman] (inset); Mary Marvel [Mary Batson] (inset)]; The Seven Deadly Enemies of Man [Pride; Envy; Greed; Hatred; Selfishness; Laziness; Injustice]; King Kull (inset); Professor Gilbert Thorne (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 Shazam! (Williams Forlag A/S, 1974 series) #5/1976; in Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1

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

Characters	Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]
Genre	superhero

12 page Shazam! story "The Man Who Stole Justice!"

Characters	Injustice (host, villain); Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Professor Gilbert Thorne (villain); Judge Matthew Pleasant
Synopsis	When the statue of Justice outside the courthouse is replaced by a statue of Injustice, Judge Matthew Pleasant begins to let criminals go free and sentences good people to prison.
Genre	superhero
Script	Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger
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

20 page Marvel Family story "The Marvel Family Battles the Sneaking Doom!"

Characters	Pride (host); The Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; Managers of Earth (intro, villain)
Synopsis	The Marvel Family stops the Managers of Earth from destroying the planet.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	Pete Costanza
Notes	Chapter One: "The Land, Sea and Air Mystery" (7 pages), Chapter Two: "The Sneaking Doom" (6 pages), Chapter Three: "The End of the World!" (7.67 pages)
Reprinted	from Marvel Family, The (Fawcett, 1945 series) #59 (May 1951)

1 page Shazam! filler "Shazam! Puzzle Page"

Characters	Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck

1 page Legends of Shazam! text article "3. Atlas"

Characters	Atlas
Genre	superhero
Script	E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters	typeset

7 page Shazam! story "The Invention Miser"

Characters	Selfishness (host); Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Gilford Pinchwood (villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Pete Costanza
Inks	Pete Costanza
Reprinted	from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #103 (December 1949)

5 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "The Lazy Genie"

Characters	Laziness (host); Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Slicker Sam (villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	William Woolfolk
Pencils	Bud Thompson
Inks	Bud Thompson
Notes	Based on the short story "Snulbug" by Anthony Boucher, originally published in Unknown Worlds for December 1941
Reprinted	from Captain Marvel, Jr. (Fawcett, 1942 series) #118 (April 1953)

8 page Shazam! story "The Original Captain Marvel Battles the World Hater"

Characters	Hatred (host); Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Ezra Bitterstone (villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	Pete Costanza
Reprinted	from Marvel Family, The (Fawcett, 1945 series) #53 (November 1950)

1 page Shazamail! letters page

Script	E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters	typeset

8 page Marvel Family story "The Marvel Family Battles the Monarch of Money"

Characters	Greed (host); Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; Carlton Clutch (villain); Sterling Morris
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes	Greed
Reprinted	from Marvel Family, The (Fawcett, 1945 series) #29 (November 1948)

1 page Superman-Shazam Battle Page letters page

Letters

typeset

8 page Shazam! story "The Original Captain Marvel Battles King Kull and the Seven Sins"

Characters	Seven Deadly Enemies of Man [Pride; Envy; Greed; Hatred; Selfishness; Laziness; Injustice] (host, villain); Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; King Kull (villain); Shazam; Sterling Morris (cameo); Doc Quartz (cameo); Dexter Knox (cameo)
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck
Notes	All seven demons team up with King Kull.
Reprinted	from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #137 (October 1952)

8 page Mary Marvel story "The Green-Eyed Monster!"

Characters	Envy (host); Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Tim Casey; Judy Lane; Kitzel; Mr. Tawky-Tawny (cameo); Lank (Villain); Blast (Villain)
Synopsis	When Judy Lane decides she can tackle crooks as well as Mary Marvel she ends up getting herself and Tim Casey captured by a gang of crooks.
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) #5/1976; in Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1