Shazam!
#25
(September-October 1976)
DC,
1973 Series
- Volume
- 4
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1976-06-29
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A DC TV Comic [character]
- Barcode
- 0709893068810
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz; Joe Orlando; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor); Bob Rozakis (assistant editor); Paul Levitz (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
This issue bears a "DC TV Comic" logo, which will last through #33 (to tie in with then-current Shazam! TV show).
On-sale date from Comic Reader #131.
On-sale date from Comic Reader #131.
[no title indexed]
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)
- Inks
- Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Workman ?
- Job Number
- J-4350
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Isis
- Reprints
-
in Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal (DC, 2019 series) #2 ([June] 2020)
-
Isis... As in Crisis!
Isis / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Denny O'Neil
- Pencils
- Dick Giordano
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz
- Job Number
- S-2381
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Isis (origin); Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (cameo); Cindy Lee; Rick Mason
- Reprints
-
in Hercule (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #4 (juillet 1977) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] - in Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal (DC, 2019 series) #2 ([June] 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script and pencils confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Tie-in with TV heroine connected with Captain Marvel; prior to spin-off into her own title.
The Bicentennial Villain
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Inks
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Joe Orlando
- Job Number
- J-4347
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Whitey Murphy; Dr. Sivana (villain); Shazam (cameo); Sterling Morris (cameo); Benjamin Franklin (Flashback, Cameo); Captain John Smith (Flashback, Cameo); Pocahontas (Flashback, Cameo); Kit Carson (actor posing as the original); Buffalo Bill Cody (actor posing as the original)
- Synopsis
- Billy and his friend Whitey are making a documentary of young adults throughout history, but their production is sabotaged by Dr. Sivana.
- Reprints
- in Shazam from the Forties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, 1977 series) ([September] 1977)
- in Showcase Presents: Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([February] 2007)
- in Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal (DC, 2019 series) #2 ([June] 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Setting up a new trip by Billy and Uncle Dudley (inspired by TV format) visiting various American cities.
[no title indexed]
Shazamail! / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-4351
Indexer Notes
Explains that Julius Schwartz edited the Isis story in this issue, while the incoming editor, Joe Orlando, edited the Captain Marvel story.
Letters from: Brian McPhail, Mickey Eury, Donald Girovasi, and Don Glut.
Justice for All Includes Children 6
Superman / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Artwork donated by Continuity Associates, Inc.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
1.
Isis... As in Crisis!
Isis -
2.
The Bicentennial Villain
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
3.
[no title indexed]
Shazamail! -
4.
Justice for All Includes Children 6
Superman
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- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Allen Ross
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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