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Issue: Shazam! The Greatest Stories Ever Told #[nn]
Publication Date: June 2008
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 04/02/2008
Volume: none
Pages: 228
ISBN: 9781401216740
UPC/EAN: 978140121674052499
Price: $27.99 CAD
$24.99 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bob Joy (editor - collected edition)
Disclose Notes: Collects stories from:
Whiz Comics #2
Captain Marvel Adventures #1, 137, 148
Marvel Family #21, 85
Shazam! #1, 14
Superman #276
DC Comics Presents Annual #3
L.E.G.I.O.N. '91 #31
Power of Shazam #33
Adventures in the DC Universe #15

Covers are not included.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover
Binding: trade paperback
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3 Content Items from other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagSuperman #276 published June 1974 was Make Way for Captain Thunder! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDC Comics Presents Annual #3 [Direct Sales] published September 1984 was With One Magic Word [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagL.E.G.I.O.N. '91 #31 published September 1991 was Where Dreams End [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Ross (painting)
Inker(s): Alex Ross (painting)
Colorist(s): Alex Ross (painting)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shazam!; Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Ross (painting)
Inker(s): Alex Ross (painting)
Colorist(s): Alex Ross (painting)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shazam!; Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Title page with illustration taken from the cover.
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[untitled]

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): C. C. Beck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Indicia and publisher information with illustration from Shazam! #1.
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Ross (painting)
Inker(s): Alex Ross (painting)
Colorist(s): Alex Ross (painting)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Table of contents with illustration of Shazam lightning bolt taken from the cover.
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Introduction by Jeff Smith

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jeff Smith
Penciller(s): John Delaney; C. C. Beck; Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Ron Boyd; C. C. Beck; Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Introduction by Jeff Smith with illustrations from Adventures in the DC Universe #15, Shazam! #1 and #14.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Ross (painting)
Inker(s): Alex Ross (painting)
Colorist(s): Alex Ross (painting)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustration of Shazam lightning bolt taken from the cover.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner
Inker(s): Bob Oksner
Colorist(s): Sol Harrison
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shazam!
Character(s): Captain Marvel; Billy Batson
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustration taken from the cover of Limited Collectors' Edition #C-27
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Introducing Captain Marvel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Parker
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): C. C. Beck
Colorist(s): Bill Parker
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (introduction, origin); Shazam (wizard, death); Sterling Morris (President of Amalgamated Broadcasting Company); Hammond (Amalgamated Broadcasting Company receptionist); Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana [aka The Phantom Scientist] (villain); Ebenezer Batson (villain, in flashback)
Synopsis: After being taken by a mysterious stranger to meet the ancient wizard, Shazam, and gaining the powers of Captain Marvel, Billy Batson learns of a mysterious boss called the Phantom Scientist, and decides to report it to the head of Amalgamated Broadcasting Company.
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Pages: 13
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The Monsters of Saturn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Manly Wade Wellman ?; Joe Simon ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Briefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Hargo (scientist); the Dragon Men (villains, giant lizards, all die); un-named ruler of the Dragon Men (villain, death); Ghoppo (villain, spy among the slaves, death)
First Line: Captain Marvel has been recognized as the mightiest living creature on this world, and on at least one other. It was like this--
Synopsis: Billy receives a message from Saturn over his radio device from captives that are being enslaved by monsters on the planet, asking for assistance. Captain Marvel travels by rocket ship to Saturn to take on the vicious slave drivers, allowing himself to be captured by his foes in order to get the full story about the enemy before he deals with them and prevent an invasion of the Earth.
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Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: This story is untitled in this collection and in original issue. Title from GCD index for the original issue.

GCD index for original issue credits the script to "Manly Wade Wellman ?" The table of conents for this collection credits the script to Joe Simon.

Ink credit from GCD index for original issue. The table of contents for this collection lists Jack Kirby as the sole artist for this story.
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The Trio of Terror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): C. C. Beck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Marvel Family
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Satyr (first appearance); Hydra (first appearance); Argus (first appearance)
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Pages: 8.67
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King Kull and the Seven Sins

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): C. C. Beck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam; Dexter Knox; Doc Quartz; King Kull (villain); Seven Deadly Enemies of Man (villains)
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Pages: 8
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Captain Marvel Battles the World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): C. C. Beck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
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Pages: 10
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The Primate Plot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Marvel Family
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
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Pages: 16.67
Disclose Notes: Story is told in three chapters:
Chapter One: The Jungle Jigsaw (6 pages)
Chapter Two: The Ape Army Attacks (6 pages)
Chapter Three: World of Apes (4.67 pages)
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...In the Beginning ...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): C. C. Beck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): C. C. Beck
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shazam!
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Otto O. Binder; The Mysterious Stranger; The Seven Deadly Enemies of Man [Pride; Envy; Greed; Hatred; Selfishness; Laziness; Injustice]; Shazam
Synopsis: After missing for 20 years, Captain Marvel returns to Earth. Origin retold.
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Pages: 6
Job Number: S-1363
Disclose Notes: Retells Captain Marvel's origin. Otto O. Binder, who appears briefly in the story, was a prolific writer and wrote the majority of Marvel Family stories published by Fawcett Publications.
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The World's Wickedest Plan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): C. C. Beck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): C. C. Beck
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shazam!
Character(s): Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson] (flashback); Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman] (flashback)]; Sivana Family [Dr. Sivana; Georgia; Sivana, Jr.] (villain); Uncle Marvel [as Uncle Dudley] (cameo); Miss Joan Jameson (cameo); Sterling Morris (cameo); Cissie Sommerly (cameo); Pa Potter (cameo); Ma Potter (cameo); Professor Edgewise (cameo); Beautia Sivana (cameo); Mr. Tawky Tawny (cameo)
Synopsis: Captain Marvel escapes the trap that Dr. Sivana had created that caused the Marvel Family to be placed in suspended animation for the last 20 years.
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Pages: 10
Job Number: S-1371
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Shazam & Son

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Shazam!
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1405
Disclose Notes: The story of the World's Mightiest Mortal. Includes a key to the characters at the bottom of page 8 of "The World's Wickedest Plan"
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Make Way for Captain Thunder!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Elliot S! Maggin
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Bob Oksner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Captain Thunder (villain); Superman; Willie Fawcett; Clark Kent; Merokee (flashback); Lois Lane; the Monster League of Evil (flashback); a Dr. Sivana lookalike (flashback)
Synopsis: Willie Fawcett finds himself lost in Superman's universe and that whenever he changes into his super-powered alter ego of Captain Thunder he becomes evil. Superman helps him figure out the way to return to his universe and shake the evil influence of the Monster League of Evil.
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Pages: 20
Job Number: S-1688
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The Evil Return of the Monster Society

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Marvel Family
Character(s): Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Uncle Marvel [Uncle Dudley]]; New Monster Society of Evil [Dr. Sivana; Sivana Jr.; Georgia Sivana; Mr. Mind; Ibac] (villain)
Synopsis: Mr. Mind convinces Sivana to help him rebuild the Monster Society of Evil but they are easily stopped by the Marvel Family. Sivana escapes by capturing Uncle Dudley and uses his dreams about mythological creators to form another Monster Society of Evil made up of real monsters.
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Pages: 20
Job Number: S-1704
Disclose Notes: Story told in two parts: "The Evil Return of the Monster Society" (10 pages); Chapter II: "The Monsters Are Coming! The Monsters Are Coming!" (10 pages).
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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]; Superman (Earth-1); Superman (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.
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Pages: 40
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Where Dreams End

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Barry Kitson (Co-Plot); Alan Grant
Penciller(s): Barry Kitson
Inker(s): Barry Kitson
Colorist(s): Lovern Kindzierski
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): L.E.G.I.O.N.
Character(s): Vril Dox; Stealth; Phase; Telepath; Strata; Garv; Lobo; Captain Marvel(guest star)
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Reprint Notes: Only 12 pages of Captain Marvel vs. Lobo reprinted
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: G-6122
Disclose Notes: War of the Gods Cross-Over
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Yeah -- This Is a Face Only a Mother Could Love ...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Ordway
Penciller(s): Pete Krause
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): Glenn Whitmore
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Power of Shazam
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson; Mary Bromfield]; Victor Khusaf; Arson Fiend [George Tweedle] (flashback); Sinclair Batson; Aunt Minerva; Muscles McGinnis; Nick Bromfield; Nora Bromfield; Jose Delgado; Bull Bronsky; Tonisha; Mrs. Khusaf
Synopsis: Captain and Mary Marvel try to help a classmate who is a burn victim.
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Pages: 22
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Out of the Dark Cloud

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Vance
Penciller(s): John Delaney
Inker(s): Ron Boyd
Colorist(s): Bob Le Rose
Letterer(s): Janice Chiang
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shazam
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: 2 pages of promos for other DC collected editions
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With One Magic Word...!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Ross (painting)
Inker(s): Alex Ross (painting)
Colorist(s): Alex Ross (painting)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shazam!; Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover with text on contents of collection, includes illustration taken from the front cover.

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