([October] 2007)

DC, 2007 Series
 
Price:
29.99 USD
Pages:
248
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
?
ISBN:
1401214665 Search at WorldCat
Barcode:
?
Editing:
Bob Harras (Editor, Collected Edition); Mike Carlin (Editor, Original Series); Tom Palmer, Jr. (Associate Editor, Original Series)
Color:
color
Dimensions:
7.5" x 11.1"
Binding:
hardcover; dust jacket
Publishing Format:
collected edition

Issue Notes

Dustjacket unfolds into giant-sized poster.

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jeff Smith
Inks:
Jeff Smith
Colors:
Steve Hamaker
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Captain Marvel [also as Billy Batson]
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

The Power of Shazam! (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jeff Smith
Inks:
Jeff Smith
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Characters:
Shazam

Indexer Notes

Promotional blurb on inside front cover part of dustjacket, with illustration.


[Frontispiece] (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jeff Smith
Inks:
Jeff Smith
Colors:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Mr. Mind; Billy Batson

Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jeff Smith
Inks:
Jeff Smith
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]

Indexer Notes

Title page.


Introduction (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Alex Ross
Pencils:
Jeff Smith
Inks:
Jeff Smith
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Captain Marvel [also as Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel

Indexer Notes

Editorial credits and publishing data also on these pages.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jeff Smith
Inks:
Jeff Smith
Colors:
Steve Hamaker

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]

Indexer Notes

All trade elements removed.


The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 1: YROOB SZH Z HVXIVG! (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jeff Smith
Inks:
Jeff Smith
Colors:
Steve Hamaker
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Captain Marvel [also as Billy Batson]

Indexer Notes

Story title page.


[Billy Has a Secret!] (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jeff Smith
Pencils:
Jeff Smith
Inks:
Jeff Smith
Colors:
Steve Hamaker
Letters:
Jeff Smith

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Captain Marvel [also as Billy Batson]; Talky Tawny; Lagreen; Shazam; Mary Batson
Synopsis:
Homeless kid Billy Batson follows a cloaked figure he believes is his father into a closed subway station. A train pulls up and takes Billy to meet the old wizard Shazam, who gives him the power to become Captain Marvel. After a trip to the Rock of Eternity for instructions from the old wizard, Billy and Captain Marvel return to Earth and encounter alligator men, who point to the first signs of the arrival of Mr. Mind, giant footprints in in the middle of the town's park.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jeff Smith
Inks:
Jeff Smith
Colors:
Steve Hamaker

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

All trade elements removed.


The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 2: NZIB GZPVH GSV XZPV! (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jeff Smith
Inks:
Jeff Smith
Colors:
Steve Hamaker
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel

Indexer Notes

Story title page.


[Mary Takes the Cake!] (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jeff Smith
Pencils:
Jeff Smith
Inks:
Jeff Smith
Colors:
Steve Hamaker
Letters:
Jeff Smith

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Captain Marvel [also as Billy Batson]; Shazam; Mary Marvel; Dr. Sivana; Lagreen; The Great Carlini; Talky Tawny; Helen Fidelity (unnamed); Mr. Mind
Synopsis:
Billy checks the circus to see if the alligators in the Monster Society are connected to the alligator men he met. Meanwhile, Dr. Sivana vows to get to the bottom of the mysterious footprints. At the circus, Billy saves his sister from the alligator men with the help of his new friend Talky Tawny, just as a giant humanoid appears at the site of the footprints. It announces itself as Mr. Mind and declares that when two companions join him, they will destroy the human race. When the first companion appears, Billy changes to Captain Marvel, but Mary is also hit by the lightning and given powers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jeff Smith
Inks:
Jeff Smith
Colors:
Steve Hamaker

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]

Indexer Notes

All trade elements removed.


The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 3: HREZMZ XLMVH LM HGILMT! (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jeff Smith
Inks:
Jeff Smith
Colors:
Steve Hamaker
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Sivana

Indexer Notes

Story title page.


[Sivana Comes on Strong!] (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jeff Smith
Pencils:
Jeff Smith
Inks:
Jeff Smith
Colors:
Steve Hamaker
Letters:
Jeff Smith

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Captain Marvel [also as Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel; Helen Fidelity; Dr. Sivana; Lagreen; Talky Tawny; Sterling Morris
Synopsis:
After Mary determines that the giant humanoids are robots, she and Captain Marvel flee from governmental forces. But attorney general Sivana tracks down Billy and Mary and forces Billy to help him investigate the giant robots. After escaping Sivana, Billy goes to the media to get help exposing him, but finds he has better luck as Captain Marvel. Meanwhile, Talky does some investigating of his own and discovers that Mary is now inside one of the giant robots.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jeff Smith
Inks:
Jeff Smith
Colors:
Steve Hamaker

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

All trade elements removed.


The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 4: NI NRMW NZPVH SRH NLEV! (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jeff Smith
Inks:
Jeff Smith
Colors:
Steve Hamaker
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mr. Mind

Indexer Notes

Story title page.


[Mr Mind Makes His Move!] (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jeff Smith
Pencils:
Jeff Smith
Inks:
Jeff Smith
Colors:
Steve Hamaker
Letters:
Jeff Smith

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Captain Marvel [also as Billy Batson]; Talky Tawny; Mr. Mind; Dr. Sivan; Mary Marvel; Helen Fidelity; Sterling Morris
Synopsis:
Sivana drags Mary to the top of the giant robot, just as the third and deadliest robot appears. Mr. Mind orders Sivana to strap Mary to the controls and throw himself off, but Sivana refuses and tosses Mary off instead. Billy, having reached the top of the second giant robot, changes to a giant Captain Marvel, saves Mary, and drives Mr. Mind and his robots through a black hole back to Eternity.

The Monster Society of Evil: GSV VMW?* (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jeff Smith
Inks:
Jeff Smith
Colors:
Steve Hamaker
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]

Indexer Notes

The coded part of this page's title translates to "The End?"


Shazam! Extras (Table of Contents)

text article / 30 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jeff Smith
Pencils:
Jeff Smith
Inks:
Jeff Smith
Colors:
Steve Hamaker
Letters:
typeset; Jeff Smith

Content Information

Characters:
Captain Marvel [also as Billy Batson]; Dr. Sivana; Mary Marvel; Shazam; Talky Tawny

Indexer Notes

Consists of an afterword, a sketchbook, production journals, and other materials.


Jeff Smith (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (photos)
Inks:
? (photos)
Colors:
? (photos)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
biography

Jeff Smith (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jeff Smith
Inks:
Jeff Smith
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
biography

Indexer Notes

On flap of dustjacket on inside back cover.


["The creator of Bone presents his next masterpiece"] (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jeff Smith
Inks:
Jeff Smith
Colors:
Steve Hamaker
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Captain Marvel [also as Billy Batson]; Shazam; Talky Tawny; Mary Marvel; Dr. Sivana; Mr. Mind (obscured)

Indexer Notes

The back covers of the original series as one composition, with much of the back cover of #4 obscured by a promotional blurb.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Captain Marvel
  2. 1. The Power of Shazam!
  3. 2. [Frontispiece]
  4. 3. Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil
    Captain Marvel
  5. 4. Introduction
    Captain Marvel
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Captain Marvel
  7. 6. The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 1: YROOB SZH Z HVXIVG!
    Captain Marvel
  8. 7. [Billy Has a Secret!]
    Captain Marvel
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Captain Marvel
  10. 9. The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 2: NZIB GZPVH GSV XZPV!
    Captain Marvel
  11. 10. [Mary Takes the Cake!]
    Captain Marvel
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Captain Marvel
  13. 12. The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 3: HREZMZ XLMVH LM HGILMT!
    Captain Marvel
  14. 13. [Sivana Comes on Strong!]
    Captain Marvel
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Captain Marvel
  16. 15. The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 4: NI NRMW NZPVH SRH NLEV!
    Captain Marvel
  17. 16. [Mr Mind Makes His Move!]
    Captain Marvel
  18. 17. The Monster Society of Evil: GSV VMW?*
    Captain Marvel
  19. 18. Shazam! Extras
  20. 19. Jeff Smith
  21. 20. Jeff Smith
  22. 21. ["The creator of Bone presents his next masterpiece"]
    Captain Marvel
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