Flashback #15

([1974])

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

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

[World of the Microscope] (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Manly Wade Wellman

Pencils

George Tuska

Inks

George Tuska

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Only Captain Marvel could have come through this adventure alive, folks...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Beautia Sivana; Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain); The Germ-People (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

Sivana uses his latest discovery to shrink Captain Marvel and Beautia in size, landing them in a microscopic world, where they face an array of dangers, including Sivana himself.

Reprints

• from 64 Pages of New Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #2 (Summer 1941)

Keywords

Shazam; shrinking; Station WHIZ

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Bob Hughes: excessive use of passive voice, run on sentences held together by ellipses, limited use of sound effects, including OHHH, OOOP and the phrase "peerless strength".

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activity / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

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Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]

Reprints

• from 64 Pages of New Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #2 (Summer 1941)

Indexer Notes

game

[Invasion from Mars] (Table of Contents: 4)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

George Tuska

Inks

George Tuska

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The long awaited moment arrives, an invasion from Mars!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Henderson (astronomer); The Spider Men from Mars (villains, introduction for all, all on Earth die); unnamed King of Mars (villain, introduction, reforms)

Synopsis

Captain Marvel battles the Spider Men from Mars, who have invaded the Earth, and whom, he discovers, are robots.

Reprints

• from 64 Pages of New Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #2 (Summer 1941)

Keywords

Mars; Shazam; Station WHIZ

The Curse of the Scorpion (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

George Tuska (spot illustrations)

Inks

George Tuska (spot illustrations)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam [aka High Priest of Siam]; Betty Wallace; Howell (Billy's boss); Dr. Stephen Lang (archaeologist); Professor Luther Bentley (archaeologist); James Malcolm (backer of expedition)

Synopsis

Billy joins a group of archaeologists who are involved in tomb excavations and are just about to obtain information about the ancient Scorpion Dynasty when the expedition discovers the Golden Scorpion and adjusts its lenses, causing an explosion. When the smoke clears, Billy stands before the ancient High Priest of Siam named Shazam, who gives Billy strange powers which transform him into the mighty Captain Marvel! After the group divides the lenses up among themselves, with one being given the Scorpion itself, they flee the tomb and begin crossing a swinging bridge, which suddenly collapses.

Reprints

• from 64 Pages of New Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #2 (Summer 1941)

Keywords

Death Gorge; Shazam

Indexer Notes

This text story recounts the first episode of "The Adventures of Captain Marvel" movie serial.

[The Pirate's Treasure] (Table of Contents: 6)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Rod Reed

Pencils

George Tuska

Inks

George Tuska

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ship ahoy, mates!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; unnamed sailor (death); Captain Thaddeus Heth (villain, introduction, death); Mozo (villain, introduction, death); Esau Grommett (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis

Mr. Morris sends Billy out to discover the truth behind the strange murder of a poor sailor, and Billy finds himself shanghaied aboard the pirate ship "Sea Witch", heading for an isolated island where the Captain of the ship seeks the sunken treasure of Tamungu just off shore.

Reprints

• from 64 Pages of New Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #2 (Summer 1941)

Keywords

"Sea Witch" (ship); Shazam; Station WHIZ

[The Arson Fiend] (Table of Contents: 7)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

Rod Reed

Pencils

George Tuska

Inks

George Tuska

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

A terrible menace descends on a frightened people...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Mr. Barclay (introduction, death); Mike (introduction); The Arson Fiend [George D. Tweedle] (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis

Captain Marvel investigates reports of a strange little man carrying a small black bag, selling fire insurance. When a business fails to buy it, a strange arsonist appears on the scene and sets the place on fire.

Reprints

• from 64 Pages of New Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #2 (Summer 1941)

Keywords

Shazam

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Back cover.