Issue | #25 |
Published | September-October 1976 |
Frequency | bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.30 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Julius Schwartz; Joe Orlando; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor); Bob Rozakis (assistant editor); Paul Levitz (assistant editor) |
Notes | This issue bears a "DC TV Comic" logo, which will last through #33 (to tie in with then-current Shazam! TV show). |
Characters | Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Isis |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Inks | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Characters | Isis (origin); Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (cameo); Cindy Lee; Rick Mason |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Denny O'Neil |
Pencils | Dick Giordano |
Inks | Dick Giordano |
Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Notes | Tie-in with TV heroine connected with Captain Marvel; prior to spin-off into her own title. Credits for script and pencils confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008]. |
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. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Inks | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Editing | Joe Orlando |
Notes | Setting up a new trip by Billy and Uncle Dudley (inspired by TV format) visiting various American cities. |
Reprinted | in Shazam from the Forties to the Seventies (Harmony Books, 1977 series) #nn (1977); in Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1 |
Script | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Explains that Julius Schwartz edited the Isis story in this issue, while the incoming editor, Joe Orlando, wrote the Captain Marvel story. |
Pencils | Neal Adams |
Inks | Vince Colletta |
Letters | Milt Snapinn |
Notes | Artwork donated by Continuity Associates, Inc. |