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Issue: Shazam! #5
Publication Date: September 1973
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Issues: #5 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: 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.; 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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Disclose Reprinted From2
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Original Artwork
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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The Man Who Wasn't!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagShazam ! #5 published April 1975
In Content Item: FlagShazam! #2/1974 published February 1974
as Mannen som ikke eksisterte [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Shazam #1 published February 2007
as Shazam! #5 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagCaptain Marvel Adventures #119 published April 1951
was Captain Marvel Battles Invisibility [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1515
Disclose Notes: 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.
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The Man Who Wasn't

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam (flashback); Slip Kelly (villain); a leprechaun; Sam the Weenee Man
Synopsis: 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
In Content Item: FlagShazam! #2/1974 published February 1974
as Mannen som ikke eksisterte [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Shazam #1 published February 2007
as The Man Who Wasn't [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-1518
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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The World's Toughest Guy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sunny Sparkle; Rowdy Sparkle; Archie Bunker; Edith Bunker; Sterling Morris
Synopsis: 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
In Content Item: FlagShazam! #3/1974 published March 1974
as Verdens tøffeste gutt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShazam! #3/1974 published April 1974
as Världens tuffaste kille [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Shazam #1 published February 2007
as The World's Toughest Guy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: S-1486
Disclose Notes: 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.
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Capt. Marvel Jr. Fights the Champ

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Shorty; Champ; Mrs. Wagner
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Marvel Family #25 published July 1948
was Captain Marvel Jr. Fights the Champ [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: S-1539

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