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Issue: Shazam! #2
Publication Date: April 1973
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Issues: #2 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: 02/15/1973
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #93.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagShazam ! #2 published July 1974
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Shazam #1 published February 2007
as Shazam! #2 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1450
Disclose Notes: Cover is a combination of artwork from C.C. Beck and a live-action photograph taken and assembled by DC Comics production director Jack Adler.
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The Astonishing Arch Enemy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mr. Tawky Tawny; Mr. Mind; Herkimer; Ibac (cameo, on a poster); Shazam (cameo, flashback)
Synopsis: Mr. Mind destroys the museum to retrieve his glasses that were stored there. He plans to destroy the United States but is stopped by Captain Marvel with the help of the Saint Louis Arch, which he uses as a tuning fork to drive all the worms in the area to the surface.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShazam! #3/1974 published March 1974
as Erkefienden fra rommet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShazam! #3/1974 published April 1974
as Den fantastiska ärkefienden [Story on Interior Page(s)]april 1973, USA
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Shazam #1 published February 2007
as The Astonishing Arch Enemy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: S-1414
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Mr. Mind revealed to have survived his "execution."
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The Nicest Guy in the World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sunny Sparkle (intro); Richard Revere; Lefty (villain); Lanky (villain); Boss (villain)
Synopsis: Bank robbers give Sunny Sparkle their loot.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShazam! #2/1974 published February 1974
as Den kjekkeste gutten i verden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Shazam #1 published February 2007
as The Nicest Guy in the World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: S-1392
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Shazam and Family

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Explains additions to the Marvel Family over the years.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1458
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The Original Captain Marvel Fights Niatpac Levram!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Wizzo the Wizard (first appearance); Niatpac Levram (first appearance, a mirror-image Captain Marvel)
Synopsis: Wizzo uses magic to animate Captain Marvel's mirror image in an attempt to become a master magician.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCaptain Marvel Adventures #139 published December 1952
was Captain Marvel Fights Niatpac Levram! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-1442

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