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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published July 1973
Frequency monthly (with the exception of Mar., May, Aug., and Dec.)
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)

Cover Details - "The Mirrors That Revealed the Future!"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck (signed)
Inks C. C. Beck (signed)
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [August 2007]
Reprinted In Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1

8 page Shazam! story "Ibac the Cursed!"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam (flashback); Ibac the Cursed [Mr. Printwhistle] (villain); Ivan the Terrible; Borgia; Attila the Hun; Caligula
Synopsis Mr. Printwhistle has reformed but the villains who give him his powers convince him to change to Ibac one more time.
Genre superhero
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Letters C. C. Beck
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008].
Reprinted in Shazam! (Williams Forlag A/S, 1974 series) #4/1974; in Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1

8 page Shazam! story "The Mirrors That Predicted the Future"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam (flashback); Conway Mann; John Dingling; Uncle Dudley (cameo); Miss Joan Jameson (cameo); Sterling Morris (cameo); Cissie Sommerly (cameo); Pa Potter (cameo); Ma Potter (cameo); Professor Edgewise (cameo); Mr. Tawky-Tawny (cameo); Captain Marvel, Jr. [as Freddy Freeman] (cameo); Mary Marvel [as Mary Batson] (cameo)
Synopsis Conway Mann can see into the future in a mirror. He tries to use Billy to make some money but is ultimately thwarted.
Genre superhero
Script Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Letters C. C. Beck
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008].
Reprinted In Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Behind the Scenes at the DC Comic World"

Synopsis The announcement of the Junior Bullpen Project, an attempt to get more young people entering the comic industry.
Letters Typeset

1 page Shazamail! letters page

Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters Typeset
Notes Includes letters from Otto Binder, Manly Wade Wellman and David Micheline.

6 page Shazam! story "The Ownerless Diamond!"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Professor Bright; Sam Skowl [also as Pierpont J. Van Dyke and Chauncey Spinwheel] (villain)
Synopsis When Billy Batson finds a large diamond in the street, Captain Marvel gets the task of trying to find its owner.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks Pete Costanza
Reprinted from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #97 (June 1949)