Shazam! (1973)

Shazam! (1973)

Shazam! (1973)

Shazam! (1973)

Volume 1

Name:

Shazam!

Start year:

1973

Publisher:

DC Comics

Aliases:

First issue:

Shazam! #1 ...In the Beginning.../The Worlds Wickedest Plan/The Endless String

Last issue:

Shazam! #35 Backward, Turn Backward, O Time in Your Flight!

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In the late 1940's and early 1950's, Superman was being outsold by C.C. Beck's Captain Marvel line of comics - until DC sued Fawcett for plagiarism and won. Some 20 or so years later, DC obtained the rights to Captain Marvel and co. but by this time, Marvel had produced their own character called Captain Marvel! Hence, the only way this comic could hit the stands was if it was called Shazam! It was - and it ran for 35 issues.

Collected Editions

Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal Vol. 1 (#1-18)
Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal Vol. 2 (#19-20 & 25-35)

Non-U.S. Collected Editions

Shazam! Anthologie (#14) (German)

Issues

#1 ...In the Beginning.../The Worlds Wickedest Pl… February 1st, 1973

#2 The Astonishing Arch Enemy/The Nicest Guy in t… April 1st, 1973

#3 A Switch in Time/The Wizard of Phonograph Hill… June 1st, 1973

#4 Ibac the Cursed/The Mirrors that Predicted the… July 1st, 1973

#5 The Man Who Wasn't!/The World's Toughest Guy!/… September 1st, 1973

#6 Better Late Than Never / Dexter Knox and His E… October 31st, 1973

#7 The Troubles of the Talking Tiger / What's In … November 1st, 1973

#8 December 1st, 1973

#9 Worms of the World, Unite! / The Mystery of th… January 1st, 1974

#10 Invasion of the Salad Men! / The Thanksgiving… February 28th, 1974

#11 The World's Mightiest Dessert! / The Incredib… March 1st, 1974

#12 The Golden Plague! / The Longest Block in the… June 1st, 1974

#13 The Case of the Charming Crook! / The Haunte… August 1st, 1974

#14 The Evil Return of the Monster Society! October 1st, 1974

#15 Captain Marvel Meets Lex Luthor!?! / The Man … December 1st, 1974

#16 The Man Who Stole Justice! / The Green-Eyed M… February 1st, 1975

#17 The Pied Un-Piper April 1st, 1975

#18 The Celebrated Talking Frog of Blackstone For… June 1st, 1975

#19 Who Stole Billy Batson's Thunder? / The Secre… August 1st, 1975

#20 The Strange and Terrible Disappearance of Max… October 1st, 1975

#21 December 1st, 1975

#22 February 1st, 1976

#23 March 1st, 1976

#24 April 1st, 1976

#25 The Bicentennial Villian October 1st, 1976

#26 The Case of the Kidnapped Congress November 1st, 1976

#27 Fear In Philadelphia! February 1st, 1977

#28 The Return of Black Adam ; That Dirty Beach April 1st, 1977

#29 Ibac Meets Aunt Minerva! June 1st, 1977

#30 Captain Marvel Fights the Man of Steel August 1st, 1977

Characters in volume

Billy Batson Appeared in 35 issue(s)

Freddy Freeman Appeared in 23 issue(s)

The Wizard Appeared in 23 issue(s)

Mary Marvel Appeared in 20 issue(s)

Dr. Sivana Appeared in 18 issue(s)

Uncle Marvel Appeared in 15 issue(s)

Tawky Tawny Appeared in 13 issue(s)

Sterling Morris Appeared in 10 issue(s)

Mr. Mind Appeared in 8 issue(s)

Sunny Sparkle Appeared in 6 issue(s)

Cissie Sommerly Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Joan Jameson Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Atlas Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Dexter Knox Appeared in 4 issue(s)

King Kull Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Pa Potter Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Solomon Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Thaddeus Sivana Jr. Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Achilles Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Georgia Sivana Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Hercules Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Ibac Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Mercury Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Superman Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Aunt Minerva Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Benjamin Franklin Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Black Adam Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Cape-Man Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Zeus Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Anne Bonny Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Concepts in volume

DC Multiverse Appeared in 23 issue(s)

Earth-5 Appeared in 23 issue(s)

Bronze Age of Comics Appeared in 6 issue(s)

DC Explosion and Implosion Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Magic Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Photo Cover Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Bondage Cover Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Dimensional Travel Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Doppelganger Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Earth-0 Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Retcon Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Simians Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Sports Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Suspended Animation Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Locations in volume

Rock of Eternity Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Fawcett City Appeared in 1 issue(s)

New York City Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Washington D.C. Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Objects in volume

Suspendium Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Authors in volume

E. Nelson Bridwell Appeared in 20 issue(s)

Kurt Schaffenberger Appeared in 20 issue(s)

Julius Schwartz Appeared in 19 issue(s)

Elliot S! Maggin Appeared in 14 issue(s)

Bob Oksner Appeared in 12 issue(s)

C. C. Beck Appeared in 12 issue(s)

Dennis O'Neil Appeared in 10 issue(s)

Vince Colletta Appeared in 8 issue(s)

Tatjana Wood Appeared in 6 issue(s)

Ernie Chan Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Jerry Serpe Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Ben Oda Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Jack C. Harris Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Joe Orlando Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Teny Henson Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Alan Weiss Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Bob Smith Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Bob Wiacek Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Cory Adams Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Curt Swan Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Dave Cockrum Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Dick Giordano Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Don Newton Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Erick Santos Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Jack Adler Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Jack Binder Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Joe Rubinstein Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Milt Snapinn Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Nick Cardy Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Pete Costanza Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Teams in volume

Marvel Family Appeared in 8 issue(s)

Lieutenant Marvels Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Merry Men Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Sivana Family Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Characters first appearance

Bonzo In issue #9

Cape-Man In issue #11

Echidna In issue #35

Isis In issue #25

Rowdy Sparkle In issue #5

Shagg Naste In issue #3

Sunny Sparkle In issue #2

Zazzo In issue #19

Concepts first appearance

Earth-5 In issue #1

Objects first appearance

Suspendium In issue #1