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Issue: Shazam! #5
Publication Date: September 1973
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [circle]View Brand Images
On Sale Date: 06/19/1973
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #97.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.; later 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
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
The Man Who Wasn't!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprinting
FlagShazam ! #5 published April 1975
FlagShazam! #2/1974 published February 1974
as Mannen som ikke eksisterte [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagShowcase Presents: Shazam #1 published February 2007
as Shazam! #5 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCaptain Marvel Adventures #119 published April 1951
was Captain Marvel Battles Invisibility [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
S-1515
This appears to be reworked artwork from the cover of Captain Marvel Adventures #119. It has been redrawn in portions, word ballons changed, and recolored for this cover.
The Man Who Wasn't

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam (flashback); Slip Kelly (villain); a leprechaun; Sam the Weenee Man
When Slip Kelly catches a leprechaun, he wishes to be invisible. He goes on a crime spree until Captain Marvel tricks him into wishing he was visible again.
Reprinting
FlagShazam! #2/1974 published February 1974
as Mannen som ikke eksisterte [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Shazam #1 published February 2007
as The Man Who Wasn't [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
S-1518
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The World's Toughest Guy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sunny Sparkle; Rowdy Sparkle; Archie Bunker; Edith Bunker; Sterling Morris
While collecting paper for recycling, Billy Batson, Sunny Sparkle and Rowdy Sparkle find a magic book. Rowdy uses it to become the "world's toughest guy". But he's still no match for Captain Marvel.
Reprinting
FlagShazam! #3/1974 published March 1974
as Verdens tøffeste gutt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShazam! #3/1974 published April 1974
as Världens tuffaste kille [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Shazam #1 published February 2007
as The World's Toughest Guy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
S-1486
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Archie Bunker and Edith Bunker of All in the Family appear.
Capt. Marvel Jr. Fights the Champ

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Shorty; Champ; Mrs. Wagner
Reprinting
FlagThe Marvel Family #25 published July 1948
was Captain Marvel Jr. Fights the Champ [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
S-1539

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