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Issue: Shazam! #1
Publication Date: February 1973
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Issues: #1 of 35 Issues (37 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [circle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/14/1972
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #91.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #8, 12-17)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Title Page
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The Original Captain Marvel

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
First Line: Billy Batson, say the magic word...
Synopsis: Superman introduces Captain Marvel to the Bronze Age audience.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagShazam! #1 published January 1974
In Content Item: FlagShazam! #1/1974 published January 1974
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShazam Classics #1 published January 1974
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShazam ! #1 published April 1974
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Shazam #1 published February 2007
as Shazam! #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1397
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...In the Beginning ...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Otto O. Binder; The Mysterious Stranger; The Seven Deadly Enemies of Man [Pride; Envy; Greed; Hatred; Selfishness; Laziness; Injustice]; Shazam
First Line: After 20 years... The Triumphant return of the World's Mightiest Mortal... The original Captain Marvel
Synopsis: After missing for 20 years, Captain Marvel returns to Earth. Origin retold.
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In Content Item: FlagShazam! #1/1974 published January 1974
as Det begynte slik ... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Shazam #1 published February 2007
as ...In The Beginning... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-1363
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Part 1. Retells Captain Marvel's origin. Otto O. Binder, who appears briefly in the story, was a prolific writer and wrote the majority of Marvel Family stories published by Fawcett Publications.
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The World's Wickedest Plan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson] (flashback); Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman] (flashback)]; Sivana Family [Dr. Sivana; Georgia; Sivana, Jr.] (villain); Uncle Marvel [as Uncle Dudley] (cameo); Miss Joan Jameson (cameo); Sterling Morris (cameo); Cissie Sommerly (cameo); Pa Potter (cameo); Ma Potter (cameo); Professor Edgewise (cameo); Beautia Sivana (cameo); Mr. Tawky Tawny (cameo); Charlie (crook); Julie (crook); Mr. Mind (cameo in "next issue" blurb)
First Line: It's been only seconds since we left young Billy Batson, but in those few moments, he has heard the sound of gunshots!
Synopsis: Captain Marvel escapes the trap that Dr. Sivana had created that caused the Marvel Family to be placed in suspended animation for the last 20 years.
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In Content Item: FlagShazam! #1/1974 published January 1974
as En uhyggelig plan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShazam from the Forties to the Seventies #[nn] published September 1977
as The World's Wickedest Plan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Shazam #1 published February 2007
as The World's Wickedest Plan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: S-1371
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Part 2.

Page two: Captain Marvel captures two crooks named "Charlie" and "Julie", for artist Charles Clarence (C.C.) Beck and editor Julius Schwartz.
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Shazam & Son

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: "You are my son, Captain Marvel!" So old Shazam said once, in a story in Whiz Comics.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShazam! #1/1974 published January 1974
as Shazam og sønnen hans [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Shazam #1 published February 2007
as Shazam & Son [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1405
Disclose Notes: The story of the World's Mightiest Mortal. Includes a key to the characters at the bottom of page 8 in this issue's second story.
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The Endless String!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; old man (string collector); King of Zoozland; King's guards; Dr. Grenn
First Line: Billy Batson sits at ease one day in the park, absorbing sunshine.
Synopsis: While collecting a ball of string, an old man finds a stray string that leads through a dimensional portal to the kingdom of Zoozland.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCaptain Marvel Adventures #55 published March 1946
was The Endless String [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: S-1374
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By Popular Demand! Big News from DC

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DC Comics; 100-Page Super Spectacular
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Blackhawk [Bart Hawk]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Wonder Woman [Princess Diana]
First Line: On sale Dec. 26th
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: DC Comics house ad for DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-14 (February 1973). Reproduces the issue's full wrap-around cover illustration. Lower third of page.

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