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Issue Details

Issue #20
Published September-October 1975
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)

Cover Details - "Can the World's Mightiest Family Defeat the Most Dangerous Menaces in the Universe?"

Characters Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]
Genre superhero
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
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! advertisement "Minerva Menace!"

Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta
Notes Hostess Twinkies ad

18 page Marvel Family story "The Strange and Terrible Disappearance of Maxwell Zodiac!"

Characters Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; Maxwell Zodiac; Sterling Morris; Miss Selma Bridges; Miss Joan Jameson (cameo); Dr. Thomas Kilowatt (cameo); Arson (a dragon)
Synopsis The Marvel Family investigates what happened to Maxwell Zodiac after he was hit by lighting.
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

1 page Shazamail! letters page

Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters typeset