([May] 2009)

DC, 2009 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
19.99 USD; 22.99 CAD
Pages
212
On-sale Date
2009-03-04
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
ISBN
978-1-4012-0974-2 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781401209742 51999
Editing
Bob Harras (editor, collected edition); Mike Carlin (editor, original series); Tom Palmer Jr. (associate editor, original series)
Color
color
Binding
trade paperback
Publishing Format
collected edition

Issue Notes

Collects Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil (DC, 2007 series) #1-4.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jeff Smith
Inks
Jeff Smith
Colors
Steve Hamaker

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
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[Frontispiece] (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jeff Smith
Inks
Jeff Smith
Colors
?

Characters
Mr. Mind; Billy Batson
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Illustrated with details from Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil (DC, 2007 series) #4 [back cover, enlarged and modified] and #2 [Billy Batson figure].

Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Jeff Smith
Inks
Jeff Smith
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Title page illustrated with a detail from the cover of Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil (DC, 2007 series) #3, enlarged and modified.

Introduction (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Alex Ross
Pencils
Jeff Smith
Inks
Jeff Smith
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [also as Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel
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Indexer Notes

Editorial credits and publishing data also on these pages. Illustrated with details from Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil (DC, 2007 series) #4 [from cover, main image], #3 [Mary image], and #2 [Billy image].

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jeff Smith
Inks
Jeff Smith
Colors
Steve Hamaker

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

All trade elements removed.

The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 1: YROOB SZH Z HVXIVG! (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jeff Smith
Inks
Jeff Smith
Colors
Steve Hamaker
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [also as Billy Batson]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story title page illustrated with a detail from Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil (DC, 2007 series) #1.

[Billy Has a Secret!] (Table of Contents: 6)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Script
Jeff Smith
Pencils
Jeff Smith
Inks
Jeff Smith
Colors
Steve Hamaker
Letters
Jeff Smith

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [also as Billy Batson]; Talky Tawny; Lagreen; Shazam; Mary Batson
Synopsis
Homeless kid Billy Batson follows a cloaked figure he believes is his father into a closed subway station. A train pulls up and takes Billy to meet the old wizard Shazam, who gives him the power to become Captain Marvel. After a trip to the Rock of Eternity for instructions from the old wizard, Billy and Captain Marvel return to Earth and encounter alligator men, who point to the first signs of the arrival of Mr. Mind, giant footprints in in the middle of the town's park.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jeff Smith
Inks
Jeff Smith
Colors
Steve Hamaker

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

All trade elements removed.

The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 2: NZIB GZPVH GSV XZPV! (Table of Contents: 8)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jeff Smith
Inks
Jeff Smith
Colors
Steve Hamaker
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story title page illustrated with a detail from Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil (DC, 2007 series) #2.

[Mary Takes the Cake!] (Table of Contents: 9)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Script
Jeff Smith
Pencils
Jeff Smith
Inks
Jeff Smith
Colors
Steve Hamaker
Letters
Jeff Smith

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [also as Billy Batson]; Shazam; Mary Marvel; Dr. Sivana; Lagreen; The Great Carlini; Talky Tawny; Helen Fidelity (unnamed); Mr. Mind
Synopsis
Billy checks the circus to see if the alligators in the Monster Society are connected to the alligator men he met. Meanwhile, Dr. Sivana vows to get to the bottom of the mysterious footprints. At the circus, Billy saves his sister from the alligator men with the help of his new friend Talky Tawny, just as a giant humanoid appears at the site of the footprints. It announces itself as Mr. Mind and declares that when two companions join him, they will destroy the human race. When the first companion appears, Billy changes to Captain Marvel, but Mary is also hit by the lightning and given powers.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jeff Smith
Inks
Jeff Smith
Colors
Steve Hamaker

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

All trade elements removed.

The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 3: HREZMZ XLMVH LM HGILMT! (Table of Contents: 11)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jeff Smith
Inks
Jeff Smith
Colors
Steve Hamaker
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Sivana
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story title page illustrated with a detail from Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil (DC, 2007 series) #3.

[Sivana Comes on Strong!] (Table of Contents: 12)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Script
Jeff Smith
Pencils
Jeff Smith
Inks
Jeff Smith
Colors
Steve Hamaker
Letters
Jeff Smith

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [also as Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel; Helen Fidelity; Dr. Sivana; Lagreen; Talky Tawny; Sterling Morris
Synopsis
After Mary determines that the giant humanoids are robots, she and Captain Marvel flee from governmental forces. But attorney general Sivana tracks down Billy and Mary and forces Billy to help him investigate the giant robots. After escaping Sivana, Billy goes to the media to get help exposing him, but finds he has better luck as Captain Marvel. Meanwhile, Talky does some investigating of his own and discovers that Mary is now inside one of the giant robots.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jeff Smith
Inks
Jeff Smith
Colors
Steve Hamaker

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

All trade elements removed.

The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 4: NI NRMW NZPVH SRH NLEV! (Table of Contents: 14)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jeff Smith
Inks
Jeff Smith
Colors
Steve Hamaker
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mr. Mind
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story title page illustrated with a detail from Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil (DC, 2007 series) #4.

[Mr Mind Makes His Move!] (Table of Contents: 15)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Script
Jeff Smith
Pencils
Jeff Smith
Inks
Jeff Smith
Colors
Steve Hamaker
Letters
Jeff Smith

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [also as Billy Batson]; Talky Tawny; Mr. Mind; Dr. Sivan; Mary Marvel; Helen Fidelity; Sterling Morris
Synopsis
Sivana drags Mary to the top of the giant robot, just as the third and deadliest robot appears. Mr. Mind orders Sivana to strap Mary to the controls and throw himself off, but Sivana refuses and tosses Mary off instead. Billy, having reached the top of the second giant robot, changes to a giant Captain Marvel, saves Mary, and drives Mr. Mind and his robots through a black hole back to Eternity.
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The Monster Society of Evil: GSV VMW?* (Table of Contents: 16)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jeff Smith
Inks
Jeff Smith
Colors
Steve Hamaker
Letters
typeset

Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The coded part of this page's title translates to "The End?" Illustrated with a detail from Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil (DC, 2007 series) #4.

Jeff Smith (Table of Contents: 17)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Colors
? (photos)
Letters
typeset

Genre
biography
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)