Issue Details

Issue	#6
Published	October 1973
Frequency	monthly (with the exception of Mar., May, Aug. and Dec.)
Cover Price	0.20 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)

Cover Details

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Synopsis	In Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1
Genre	superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck; Jack Adler
Inks	C. C. Beck; Jack Adler
Notes	The cover is a combination of C.C. Beck's artwork and production director Jack Adler's photography. The cover is an infinity cover.

8 page Shazam! story "Better Late Than Never!"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam (flashback); Dr. Sivana (villain); Sterling Morris
Synopsis	Dr. Sivana tricks Billy into wearing a watch made of Suspendium which freezes Billy and Captain Marvel as they try to say "Shazam".
Genre	superhero
Script	Denny O'Neil
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck
Letters	C. C. Beck
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

7 page Shazam! story "Dexter Knox and His Electric Grandmother!"

Characters	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dexter Knox; Grandmother Knox
Synopsis	When Grandmother Knox dusts Dexter's latest invention she is super-charged with electricity which is later used to power the lights in Miami after a blackout.
Genre	superhero
Script	Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck
Letters	C. C. Beck
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 Behind The Scenes at the DC Comic World promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis	Information about the new tabloid sized book "The Amazing World of Superman".
Letters	Typeset

5 page Shazam! story "The Marvel Family Battles the Man Who Changed the World"

Characters	Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; Professor Martin Mason; Miss Baker; Mrs. Barstow
Synopsis	Professor Mason enlarges the Earth but his ray only works on inanimate matter so the people are now surrounded by large items.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted	from Marvel Family, The (Fawcett, 1945 series) #53 (November 1950) [part 1]

1 page Shazamail! letters page

Script	E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters	typeset