Issue Details

Issue	#17
Published	March-April 1975
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.60 USD
Pages	100
Editing	Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)

Cover Details - "The World's Mightiest Mortal Teams Up with a Ghost!"

Characters	Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman] (inset); Mary Marvel [Mary Batson] (inset)]; Thomas Dekker
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 "In This Issue"

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

20 page Marvel Family story "The Pied Un-Piper"

Characters	Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; Mr. Tawky-Tawny (cameo); Allegro Scruff (villain); Ixploo (alien)
Synopsis	When Allegro Scruff plays his music he attracts villains. First an alien race that steals pollution, second an alien race that steals chocolate and finally an alien race that steals the color green.
Genre	superhero
Script	Denny O'Neil
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

1 page Shazam! activity "Shazam Trivia Quiz #2"

Characters

Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Uncle Marvel [Uncle Dudley]]; Mr. Mind; Shazam; Dr. Sivana; Captain Nazi; King Kull; Sivana, Jr.; Ibac; Black Adam

7 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "Capt. Marvel Jr. and the Idol of Vengeance!"

Characters	Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; John Boardman (villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	William Woolfolk
Reprinted	from Marvel Family, The (Fawcett, 1945 series) #7 (December 1946)

6 page Captain Marvel story "Captain Marvel Gets Promoted"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Colonel Warwick Washington Jefferson Blueridge; Chief Mud-in-Eye
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Pete Costanza
Inks	Pete Costanza
Reprinted	from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #53 (February 1, 1946)

Half page Shazam! activity "Answers to Shazam Trivia Quiz"

Characters	Captain Marvel [as Billy Batson]
Genre	superhero

7 page Captain Marvel story "Captain Marvel Sails Before the Mast"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Quentin Vandecker; Captain Bryce (villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Pete Costanza
Inks	Pete Costanza
Reprinted	from Marvel Family, The (Fawcett, 1945 series) #41 (November 1949)

1 page Legends of Shazam! text article "4. Zeus"

Characters	Zeus
Genre	superhero
Script	E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters	typeset

1 page Shazam! activity "Shazam! Puzzle Page"

Characters	Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck

7 page Mary Marvel story "Jives Becomes a Jockey!"

Characters	Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Mrs. Bromfield; Jives; Tinhorn Terris (villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	William Woolfolk
Pencils	Jack Binder
Inks	Jack Binder
Reprinted	from Marvel Family, The (Fawcett, 1945 series) #33 (March 1949)

6 page Captain Marvel story "The Curse of the Black Thumb"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Cissie Sommerly
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck
Reprinted	from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #129 (February 1952)

9 page Captain Marvel story "Captain Marvel's Wedding"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mrs. Wagner (cameo); Sterling Morris (cameo); Theo Hagge (villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck
Reprinted	from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #150 (November 1953)

12 page Captain Marvel story "Captain Marvel and the Haunted Girl!"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Thomas Dekker; Linda Dekker
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	Pete Costanza
Reprinted	from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #57 (March 29, 1946)

2 page Shazamail! letters page

Script	E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters	typeset