Flash Comics [ashcan] #1

(January 1940)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Capt. Thunder / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Parker

Pencils

C. C. Beck

Inks

C. C. Beck

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Thunder [Billy Batson] (introduction, origin); un-named phantom companion of Billy (introduction); Shazam (wizard, introduction, death); Sterling Morris (President of Amalgamated Broadcasting Company, introduction); Hammond (Amalgamated Broadcasting's receptionist, introduction); Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain, introduction, scientist); Ebenezer Batson (villain, introduction, Billy's Uncle, flashback)

Synopsis

After being taken by a mysterious stranger to meet the ancient wizard, Shazam, and gaining the powers of Captain Marvel, Billy Batson learns of a mysterious boss, and decides to report it to the head of Amalgamated Broadcasting Company.

Keywords

Amalgamated Broadcasting Company (introduction) (later called Station WHIZ); Historama (introduction); Seven Deadly Enemies of Man (introduction); Shazam (magic words) (introduction); Skytower Apartments