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Issue: DC Comics Presents Annual #3
Publication Date: September 1984
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Issues: #3 of 4 Issues (11 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/29/1984
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 CAD
£0.40 GBP
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: clossy cover; newsprint interior; #3 mando interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In5
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
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
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane (signed)
Inker(s): Gil Kane (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Shazam!
Character(s): Superman; Captain Marvel; Doctor Sivana
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Superband #26 published January 1985
as Superman 26. Superband [Table of Contents on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman vs. Shazam! #[nn] published April 2013
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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With One Magic Word

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas (story); Julius Schwartz (story assist); Gil Kane (story assist); Joey Cavalieri (script)
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Gil Kane
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Shazam!
Character(s): Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; Superman [Kal-El] (Earth-1); Superman [Kal-L] (Earth-2); Dr. Sivana [also as Captain Sivana] (villain); Shazam; Lana Lang
Synopsis: Sivana steals Shazam's magic lightning to power himself up and weaken Captain Marvel. After he imprisons Captain Marvel at the Rock of Eternity, Sivana decides to eliminate the only threat left to him: Superman. Accidentally arriving on Earth-2, he leaves the original Superman on a Kryptonite meteor before heading to Earth-1 to lure Superman there into another Kryptonite trap. But with the encouragement of his Elders, Captain Marvel escapes his imprisonment and saves Superman, who frees his doppelganger, and wakes Shazam, who removes Sivana's powers.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagShazam! The Greatest Stories Ever Told #[nn] published June 2008
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Superband #26 published January 1985
as Mit einem Zauberwort [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman vs. Shazam! #[nn] published April 2013
as With One Magic Word [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 40
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Meanwhile...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Penciller(s): José Luis García-López
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Pair Mail
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-4451

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