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Issue Details

Issue #24
Published Spring 1976
Frequency quarterly
Cover Price 0.30 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor); Bob Rozakis (assistant editor)

Cover Details - "Sivana Saves Captain Marvel"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre superhero
Pencils Ernie Chan
Inks Bob Oksner
Reprinted In Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page Superman; Hostess advertisement "Superman Saves the Earth"

Characters Superman; aliens
Synopsis Aliens want to destroy the Earth as it is a backward planet of no use, until Superman introduces them to Hostess Cup Cakes.
Genre Superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Hostess Cup Cakes ad. Inside front cover.

10 page Shazam! story "Sivana Saves Captain Marvel"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Sivana (villain); King Zurk (villain); Mr. Grunbock
Synopsis Dr. Sivana traps Billy with paralyzing gas and leaves him in outer space, unable to change to Captain Marvel. But when he discovers the Azpaks have taken over the world and want to kill him, Sivana is forced to rescue Billy to help destroy the Azpaks.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Reprinted from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #148 (September 1953)

8 page Shazam! Presents Capt. Marvel Jr. story "In the Days of Robin Hood"

Characters Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Robin Hood; Merry Men; King Richard the Lionhearted; John Freeman (first appearance; Freddy's ancestor; first to bear his family name); Earl of Nottingham (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis Freddy is magically summoned into the past by his ancestor to help him rescue Robin Hood and his Merry Men from the Earl of Nottingham.
Genre superhero
Script William Woolfolk
Pencils Bud Thompson
Inks Bud Thompson
Reprinted from Captain Marvel, Jr. (Fawcett, 1942 series) #118 (April 1953)

Half page Shazamail! letters page

Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters typeset

Half page Shazam! statement of ownership "Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation"

Script Bernard Kashdan
Letters typeset
Notes Date of Filing: October 1, 1976. Average number copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 349,000.