(November-December 1976)
- Volume:
- 4
- Price:
- 0.30 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- On-sale date:
- 1976-08-12
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- A DC TV Comic
- Barcode:
- 0709893068812
- Editing:
- Joe Orlando
- Format:
- Color; Standard Silver & Modern Age US; Saddle-Stitched (Squarebound: 8 & 12-17); Newsprint; Ongoing
Issue Notes
On sale date from promotional ad in Isis #1.
Can the World's Mightiest Mortal Stop the Plot to Kidnap Congress?
Shazam! / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua] (signed)
- Inks:
- Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- C-314
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
The Case of the Kidnapped Congress
Shazam!; Captain Marvel / comic story / 17 pages
Credits
- Script:
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils:
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Inks:
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- J-4961
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]]; Shazam; Mentor [Uncle Dudley] (first as Mentor); Elders [Solomon; Hercules; Atlas; Zeus; Achilles; Mercury]; Sterling Morris; Whitey Murphy (cameo); Miss Joan Jameson (cameo); Mr. Tawky-Tawny (cameo); Cissy Sommerly (cameo); Sunny Sparkle (cameo); Dexter Knox (cameo); Doc Quartz (cameo); Ma Potter (cameo); Pa Potter (cameo); Chet Porter (intro); Rod Porter (intro); Dr. Sivana [Thaddeus Bodog Sivana] (villain); Yorgull (intro, villain)
- Synopsis:
- Billy and Uncle Dudley (as Mentor) set off on a tour around the country doing a series on young people. The first stop is Washington, DC, where Dr. Sivana has made the Capitol disappear.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Indexer Notes
This issue conforms the comic book to the Shazam television series, with Billy and Uncle Dudley (with a new mustache) going on the road in a van, and Billy talking to the Elders instead of the wizard Shazam.
The Fruit Pie Scene
Green Lantern; Hostess Fruit Pies / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Vince Colletta
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ben Oda
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Dr. Live (villain)
Indexer Notes
Ad for Hostess Fruit Pies.
[no title indexed]
Shazamail! / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- L-525
Indexer Notes
Letters from readers - John Pierce, Doug Nye, Jeff Lewis and Sharon Porper - and responses from E. Nelson Bridwell.
Daily Planet Volume 76 Issue 15
Daily Planet / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Editing:
- Bob Rozakis
Indexer Notes
Volume 76, Issue 15, Week of August 9, 1976. Solicitation for titles shipping the weeks of August 9, 1976 and August 16, 1976. Trivia Quiz #15. Spotlight on TEEN TITANS #44 and OUR FIGHTING FORCES #170.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Case of the Kidnapped Congress
Shazam!; Captain Marvel -
2.
The Fruit Pie Scene
Green Lantern; Hostess Fruit Pies -
3.
[no title indexed]
Shazamail! -
4.
Daily Planet Volume 76 Issue 15
Daily Planet
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Head
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Rich Morrissey (R.I.P.)
- Gregory Fischer
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