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Issue Details

Issue #28
Published March-April 1977
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.30 USD
Pages 36
Editing Joe Orlando

Cover Details - "The World's Mightiest Villain Returns"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Black Adam; Shazam
Genre superhero
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)
Reprinted In Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1

17 page Shazam!; Captain Marvel story "The Return of Black Adam"

Characters Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman] (cameo, flashback); Mary Marvel [Mary Batson] (cameo, flashback); Mentor [Uncle Dudley]]; Dr. Sivana (villain); Black Adam (villain, origin); Shazam (cameo); Paul Revere (flashback)
Synopsis Sivana uses his resurrection machine to return Black Adam to life. Black Adam wants revenge on the Marvel Family for his last defeat. After battling Captain Marvel in the past during the Boston Tea Party, Adam returns to the present where he is once again defeated by Uncle Dudley.
Genre superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes Location: Boston, MA
Reprinted In Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page Aquaman advertisement "That Dirty Beach"

Script E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Hostess Twinkies ad

1 page Shazamail! letters page

Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters typeset