(June 1974)
- Volume:
- 36
- Price:
- 0.20 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- The Line of DC Super-Stars
- Editing:
- Julius Schwartz
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock:
- newsprint
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched (squarebound #183, 187, 193, 197, 202, 207, 212, 217, 222, 227, 245, 252, 272, 278, 284)
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
Issue Notes
Captain Thunder is obviously based on Fawcett's Captain Marvel, who had had his own DC comic for a year when this issue was published (Shazam!). DC didn't introduce Captain Marvel into the main DC universe until December 1976, in issue 137 of Justice League of America.
The Fight to Decide the Super-Hero Championship of the World!
Superman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Nick Cardy
- Inks:
- Nick Cardy
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- S-1735
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; Captain Thunder
- Synopsis:
- Superman and Captain Thunder fly head-on towards each other as crowd flees.
- Reprints:
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #2/1975 (18. Januar 1975) -
in Supermann (Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #6/1975 ([juni] 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [August 2007]
Make Way for Captain Thunder!
Superman / comic story / 20 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Elliot S! Maggin
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Bob Oksner
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- S-1688
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- 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 ot his universe and shake the evil influence of the Monster League of Evil.
- Reprints:
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #2/1975 (18. Januar 1975)
- in Supermann (Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #6/1975 ([juni] 1975)
-
in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #16 (September 1981) - in Superman in the Seventies (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] ([October] 2000)
- in Shazam! The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2008 series) #[nn] (2008)
-
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- S-1739
Indexer Notes
Includes reference to crediting the artwork in "Mr. Mxyzplk Returns" in Superman #272 to John Sikela based on info from Jerry Bails.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Fight to Decide the Super-Hero Championship of the World!
Superman -
1.
Make Way for Captain Thunder!
Superman -
2.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag
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