Shazam!
#14
(September-October 1974)
DC,
1973 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1974-06-18
- 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 #107.
Theme: Stories about books.
Theme: Stories about books.
A New Book-Length Shazam Family Thriller!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-1782
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Uncle Marvel [Uncle Dudley]]; Sivana Family [Dr. Sivana; Sivana, Jr.; Georgia]; Mr. Mind; Mr. Tawky Tawny (inset); Bluebeard (inset); King Kull (inset); Jeremy Thremm (inset)
- Reprints
-
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.
Due to litigation from Marvel, this is the last issue to carry the subtitle "The ORIGINAL Captain Marvel."
Contents
table of contents / 1 page
- Job Number
- N-1056
- Characters
- Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; Shazam (inset)
The Evil Return of the Monster Society
The Marvel Family / comic story / 20 pages
- Job Number
- S-1704
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Uncle Marvel [Uncle Dudley]]; New Monster Society of Evil [Dr. Sivana; Sivana Jr.; Georgia Sivana; Mr. Mind; Ibac] (villain)
- Synopsis
- Mr. Mind convinces Sivana to help him rebuild the Monster Society of Evil but they are easily stopped by the Marvel Family. Sivana escapes by capturing Uncle Dudley and uses his dreams about mythological creators to form another Monster Society of Evil made up of real monsters.
- Reprints
-
in Shazam! (Williams Förlags AB, 1974 series) #5/1975 ([22 oktober] 1974) [Två sidor bortredigerade.] -
in Shazam! (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1974 series) #5/1975 ([oktober] 1975) [minus 2 pages] - in Showcase Presents: Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([February] 2007)
- in Shazam! The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2008 series) ([June] 2008)
- 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 Evil Return of the Monster Society" (10 pages); Chapter II: "The Monsters Are Coming! The Monsters Are Coming!" (10 pages).
The Prophetic Book!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 12 pages
- Job Number
- N-986
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Professor Joel Brompton; Samuel Stone (villain); Gunner Gallo (villain)
- Reprints
- from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #57 (March 1946)
-
The Man Who Lived History!
Captain Marvel Jr. / comic story / 9 pages
- Job Number
- N-987
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Jeremy Thremm
- Reprints
- from Captain Marvel Jr. (Fawcett, 1942 series) #83 (March 1950)
-
Mr. Tawny's Fight for Fame
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- N-988
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mr. Tawky Tawny
- Reprints
- from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #126 (November 1951)
-
Shazam Trivia Quiz
activity / 1 page
- Job Number
- N-1058
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [as Billy Batson]; Sivana Family [Beautia; Sivana, Jr.; Georgia; Magnificus]; Lieutenant Marvels [Fat Marvel [as Fat Billy]; Hill Marvel [as Hill Billy]; Tall Marvel [as Tall Billy]]
- Reprints
- in Shazam! (Williams Förlags AB, 1974 series) #1/1976 ([28 januari] 1976)
- in Shazam! (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1974 series) #2/1976 ([april] 1976)
-
1. Solomon
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / text article / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-1792
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Solomon
- Reprints
- in Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal (DC, 2019 series) #2 ([June] 2020)
-
Curse of the Books!
Mary Marvel / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- N-984
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Mrs. Bromfield; Joshua Joad; John Elson; Arthur Archer (villain)
- Reprints
- from Mary Marvel (Fawcett, 1945 series) #2 (June 1946)
-
The Magic Mix-Up
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- N-985
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Professor Tweedle
- Reprints
- from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #102 (November 1949)
-
The Word Wrecker!
The Marvel Family / comic story / 16.67 pages
- Job Number
- N-983
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; King Kull (villain)
- Reprints
- from The Marvel Family (Fawcett, 1945 series) #86 (August 1953), #86 (August 1953), #86 (August 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
Chapter One: "Burn, Books... Burn!" (6 pages); Chapter Two: "The Peril of the Paper Pyres" (6 pages); Chapter Three: "Battle of the Books" (4.67 pages)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
A New Book-Length Shazam Family Thriller!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
1.
Contents
-
2.
The Evil Return of the Monster Society
The Marvel Family -
3.
The Prophetic Book!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
4.
The Man Who Lived History!
Captain Marvel Jr. -
5.
Mr. Tawny's Fight for Fame
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
6.
Shazam Trivia Quiz
-
7.
1. Solomon
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
8.
Curse of the Books!
Mary Marvel -
9.
[no title indexed]
Shazamail! -
10.
The Magic Mix-Up
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
11.
The Word Wrecker!
The Marvel Family -
12.
Answers to the Shazam Trivia Quiz on Page 61
-
13.
[no title indexed]
Superman-Shazam Battle Page
This issue was modified by, among others
- Martin Burch
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Lou Mazzella
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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