Shazam!
#13
(July-August 1974)
DC,
1973 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1974-04-16
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [circle]
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #105.
The Shazam Family -- And Their Greatest Friends!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-1751
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman] (inset); Mary Marvel [Mary Batson] (inset)]; Mr. Tawky Tawny (inset); Shazam (inset); Dexter Knox (inset); Sunny Sparkle (inset)
- Reprints
-
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 pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Table of Contents
table of contents / 1 page
- Job Number
- N-996
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
- Reprints
-
in Shazam! (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1974 series) #1/1975 ([februar] 1975) [as cover] -
in Shazam! (Williams Förlags AB, 1974 series) #1/1975 ([12 februari] 1975) [Innehållsförteckningen är utbytt mot en bild från storyn "Spöken i klubbhuset".]
-
The Case of the Charming Crook!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 12 pages
- Job Number
- S-1705
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sunny Sparkle; Shazam (cameo, flashback); Lanky (villain); Lefty (villain); Doc Quartz; Dr. Quacker (villain)
- Synopsis
- An evil scientist creates a potion that gives a crime boss the same powers as Sunny Sparkle.
- Reprints
- in Shazam! (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1974 series) #1/1975 ([februar] 1975)
- in Shazam! (Williams Förlags AB, 1974 series) #1/1975 ([12 februari] 1975)
-
in Shazam ! (Arédit-Artima, 1974 series) #10 (juillet 1976) - 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.
Mrs. Wagner's Forbidden Room
Captain Marvel Jr. / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- N-916
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Leroy Marks; Mrs. Wagner; Red O'Riley; The Count; Nick Varso (villain)
- Synopsis
- Captain Marvel Jr discovers the secret of a room in the boarding house he lives in that nobody is allowed to enter.
- Reprints
- from Captain Marvel Jr. (Fawcett, 1942 series) #92 (December 1950)
-
The Seven Deadly Enemies of Man!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- N-882
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Shazam
- Reprints
- in Shazam! (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1974 series) #3/1975 ([juni] 1975)
- in Shazam! (Williams Förlags AB, 1974 series) #3/1975 ([18 juni] 1975)
- in Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal (DC, 2019 series) #1 ([July] 2019)
-
The Original Captain Marvel Gets a Secretary!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 9 pages
- Job Number
- N-913
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Miss Joan Jameson (intro); Dina Duval (villain); "Fingers" Sloan (Villain)
- Synopsis
- The story of how Joan Jameson became the secretary for both Billy Batson and Captain Marvel.
- Reprints
- from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #67 (November 1946)
-
Mr. Tawny's Sales Campaign
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 9 pages
- Job Number
- N-915
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mr. Tawky Tawny; Honest John Jippo (villain)
- Synopsis
- Tawky Tawny tries to be a door-to-door salesman to make some extra money.
- Reprints
- from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #119 (April 1951)
-
A New Home for Billy
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- N-914
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Ma Potter (first appearance); Pa Potter (first appearance); Dexter Knox (first appearance); Mr. Knox (first appearance, Dexter's father); Mrs. Knox (first appearance, Dexter's mother); Gus Crummly (Villain)
- Synopsis
- Billy moves into a new house, renting a room from Ma and Pa Potter. While chasing a burglar he meets his new neighbors, Dexter Knox and his parents.
- Reprints
- from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #133 (June 1952)
-
The Pandora Pirates
The Marvel Family / comic story / 18 pages
- Job Number
- N-912
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; Sterling Morris; Barbary Pirates
- Synopsis
- Sterling Morris finds a magic bottle that leads him, along with Billy, Freddy and Mary, to what they hope is a buried treasure. Unfortunately there is no treasure, but they manage to release the Barbary Pirates.
- Reprints
- from The Marvel Family (Fawcett, 1945 series) #72 (June 1952), #72 (June 1952), #72 (June 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Chapter One: "The Treasure Danger" (6 pages), Chapter Two: "Pirate Plunder" (6 pages), Chapter Three: "The Pirate Pay-Off" (6 pages)
Friends of the Shazam Family!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Pat Broderick; various
- Inks
- Pat Broderick; various
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- N-990
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; Cissie Sommerly; Whitey Murphy; Doc Quartz; Professor Edgewise; Sivana Family [Beautia Sivana; Magnificus; Dr. Sivana]; Dr. Thomas Kilowatt; Timmy Tinkle; Jim Bellows; Herschel Dockles; Mrs. Bromfield; Jives
- Synopsis
- Recap of various people that are found in the Shazam! series.
- Reprints
- in Shazam! (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1974 series) #1/1975 ([februar] 1975)
- in Shazam! (Williams Förlags AB, 1974 series) #1/1975 ([12 februari] 1975)
- in Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal (DC, 2019 series) #1 ([July] 2019)
-
The Ancient Crime
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- N-917
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam; Professor Jenks
- Synopsis
- Captain Marvel travels to ancient Egypt to discover if Shazam was a thief in the past.
- Reprints
- from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #79 (December 1947)
-
Mary Marvel's Fashion Parade!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / character profile / 1 page
- Job Number
- N-997
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
- Reprints
- in Shazam! (Williams Förlags AB, 1974 series) #5/1975 ([22 oktober] 1974)
- in Shazam! (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1974 series) #5/1975 ([oktober] 1975)
- in Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal (DC, 2019 series) #1 ([July] 2019)
-
The Haunted Clubhouse!
Mary Marvel / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- S-1724
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Mary Marvel Fan Club; "Ghost" Gordon (villain)
- Synopsis
- Mary and her friends build a clubhouse for their Mary Marvel Fan Club. When ghosts show up to drive the girls away from their clubhouse, Mary Marvel uncovers the truth behind the ghosts.
- Reprints
- in Shazam! (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1974 series) #1/1975 ([februar] 1975)
- in Shazam! (Williams Förlags AB, 1974 series) #1/1975 ([12 februari] 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.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Shazam Family -- And Their Greatest Friends!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
1.
Table of Contents
-
2.
The Case of the Charming Crook!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
3.
Mrs. Wagner's Forbidden Room
Captain Marvel Jr. -
4.
The Seven Deadly Enemies of Man!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
5.
The Original Captain Marvel Gets a Secretary!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
6.
Mr. Tawny's Sales Campaign
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
7.
A New Home for Billy
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
8.
The Pandora Pirates
The Marvel Family -
9.
Friends of the Shazam Family!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
10.
[no title indexed]
Shazamail! -
11.
The Ancient Crime
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
12.
Mary Marvel's Fashion Parade!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
13.
The Haunted Clubhouse!
Mary Marvel -
14.
Shazamail Extra!
Shazamail!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Lou Mazzella
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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