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Issue: Shazam! #25
Publication Date: September 1976
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Issues: #25 of 35 Issues (37 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC TV ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/29/1976
Volume: 4
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893068810
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: This issue bears a "DC TV Comic" logo, which will last through #33 (to tie in with then-current Shazam! TV show).

On-sale date from Comic Reader #131.
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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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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Isis
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-4350
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Isis... As in Crisis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Isis (origin); Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (cameo); Cindy Lee; Rick Mason
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: S-2381
Disclose Notes: Credits for script and pencils confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Tie-in with TV heroine connected with Captain Marvel; prior to spin-off into her own title.
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The Bicentennial Villain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Whitey Murphy; Dr. Sivana (villain); Shazam (cameo); Sterling Morris (cameo); Benjamin Franklin (Flashback, Cameo); Captain John Smith (Flashback, Cameo); Pocahontas (Flashback, Cameo); Kit Carson (actor posing as the original); Buffalo Bill Cody (actor posing as the original)
Synopsis: Billy and his friend Whitey are making a documentary of young adults throughout history, but their production is sabotaged by Dr. Sivana.
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In Content Item: FlagShazam from the Forties to the Seventies #[nn] published September 1977
as The Bicentennial Villain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Shazam #1 published February 2007
as The Bicentennial Villain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-4347
Disclose Notes: Setting up a new trip by Billy and Uncle Dudley (inspired by TV format) visiting various American cities.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-4351
Disclose Notes: Explains that Julius Schwartz edited the Isis story in this issue, while the incoming editor, Joe Orlando, edited the Captain Marvel story.

Letters from: Brian McPhail, Mickey Eury, Donald Girovasi, and Don Glut.
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Justice for All Includes Children 6

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Artwork donated by Continuity Associates, Inc.

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