Shazam!
#3
(June 1973)
DC,
1973 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, (with the exception of Mar., May, Aug., and Nov.)
- On-sale Date
- 1973-03-15
- 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 #94.
[no title indexed]
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-1476
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]
- Reprints
-
in The Comic Reader (TCR Publications, 1971 series) #94 [black & white copy] -
in Shazam! (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1974 series) #3/1974 ([mars] 1974) [edited reprint] -
in Shazam! (Williams Förlags AB, 1974 series) #3/1974 ([april] 1974) [Omslaget ändrat: Två blixtar tillagda.] -
in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #739 (17 de agosto de 1974) -
in Shazam ! (Arédit-Artima, 1974 series) #3 (octobre 1974) - in DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes (Little, Brown, 1995 series) (1995)
- 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.
A Switch in Time
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- S-1462
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam; Shagg Nasté (villain); Sterling Morris; Captain Marvel, Jr. [as Freddy Freeman] (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Shagg Nasté wants Sterling Morris to give him a show on his station. When he doesn't get the show he threatens Morris and turns Freddy Freeman to stone before he is stopped by Captain Marvel.
- Reprints
- in Shazam! (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1974 series) #7/1974 ([juli] 1974)
- in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #739 (17 de agosto de 1974)
- in Shazam! (Williams Förlags AB, 1974 series) #7/1974 ([22 augusti] 1974)
- in Shazam ! (Arédit-Artima, 1974 series) #3 (octobre 1974)
- 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.
The Wizard of Phonograph Hill
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- S-1423
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Thomas Kilowatt; Sterling Morris; Yuri; Raskolnikov; Cecil
- Synopsis
- When Dr. Kilowatt announces his new invention, he and Billy are captured by different sets of foreign spies.
- Reprints
- in Shazam! (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1974 series) #2/1974 ([februar] 1974)
- in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #739 (17 de agosto de 1974)
- in Shazam ! (Arédit-Artima, 1974 series) #3 (octobre 1974)
- 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.
The Witches' Tale
The Marvel Family / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Job Number
- S-1490
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; The Witches [Oswena (villain); Mirandy (villain); unnamed witch (villain); Elviry [aka Ellie Hawkins]]
- Synopsis
- The Witches try to track down their fourth witch, Elviry, who is living in the city under the name Ellie Hawkins.
- Reprints
- from The Marvel Family (Fawcett, 1945 series) #4 (September 1946)
- in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #739 (17 de agosto de 1974)
-
Shazamail Box
Shazamail! / letters page / 0.5 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- S-1482
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
1.
A Switch in Time
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
2.
The Wizard of Phonograph Hill
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
3.
The Witches' Tale
The Marvel Family -
4.
Shazamail Box
Shazamail!
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