Shazam! #4

(July 1973)

Ibac the Cursed! (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil

Pencils

C. C. Beck

Inks

C. C. Beck

Colors

?

Letters

C. C. Beck

Job Number

S-1489

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam (flashback); Ibac the Cursed [Mr. Printwhistle] (villain); Ivan the Terrible; Borgia; Attila the Hun; Caligula

Synopsis

Mr. Printwhistle has reformed but the villains who give him his powers convince him to change to Ibac one more time.

Reprints

• in Shazam! (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1974 series) #4/1974 ([april] 1974)
• in Shazam ! (Arédit-Artima, 1974 series) #4 (janvier 1975)
• in Showcase Presents: Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([February] 2007)
• in Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal (DC, 2019 series) #1 ([July] 2019)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

The Mirrors That Predicted the Future (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Elliot Maggin

Pencils

C. C. Beck

Inks

C. C. Beck

Colors

?

Letters

C. C. Beck

Job Number

S-1464

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam (flashback); Conway Mann; John Dingling; Uncle Dudley (cameo); Miss Joan Jameson (cameo); Sterling Morris (cameo); Cissie Sommerly (cameo); Pa Potter (cameo); Ma Potter (cameo); Professor Edgewise (cameo); Mr. Tawky Tawny (cameo); Captain Marvel, Jr. [as Freddy Freeman] (cameo); Mary Marvel [as Mary Batson] (cameo)

Synopsis

Conway Mann can see into the future in a mirror. He tries to use Billy to make some money but is ultimately thwarted.

Reprints

• in Shazam! (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1974 series) #2/1974 ([februar] 1974)
• in Shazam ! (Arédit-Artima, 1974 series) #4 (janvier 1975)
• in Showcase Presents: Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([February] 2007)
• in Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal (DC, 2019 series) #1 ([July] 2019)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

The Junior Bullpen Project (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Behind the Scenes at the DC Comic World / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Shazamail! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell

Letters

typeset

Job Number

S-1512

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Otto Binder, Manly Wade Wellman and David Micheline.

The Ownerless Diamond! (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

C. C. Beck

Inks

Pete Costanza

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

S-1504

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Professor Bright; Sam Skowl [also as Pierpont J. Van Dyke; also as Chauncey Spinwheel] (villain)

Synopsis

When Billy Batson finds a large diamond in the street, Captain Marvel gets the task of trying to find its owner.

Reprints

• from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #97 (June 1949)