Issue | #2 |
Published | April 1973 |
Frequency | monthly (with the exception of Jan., March, July and Nov.) |
Cover Price | 0.20 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant) |
Characters | Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | C. C. Beck; Jack Adler |
Inks | C. C. Beck; Jack Adler |
Notes | Cover is a combination of artwork from C.C. Beck and a live-action photograph taken and assembled by DC Comics production director Jack Adler. The cover is also an infinity cover. |
Reprinted | In Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1 |
Characters | Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mr. Tawky Tawny; Mr. Mind; Herkimer; Ibac (cameo; on a poster); Shazam (cameo; flashback) |
Synopsis | Mr. Mind destroys the museum to retrieve his glasses that were stored there. He plans to destroy the United States but is stopped by Captain Marvel with the help of the Saint Louis Arch, which he uses as a tuning fork to drive all the worms in the area to the surface. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Denny O'Neil |
Pencils | C. C. Beck |
Inks | C. C. Beck |
Letters | C. C. Beck |
Notes | Mr. Mind revealed to have survived his "execution". 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) #3/1974; In Showcase Presents Shazam (DC, 2007 series) #1 |
Characters | Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sunny Sparkle (intro); Richard Revere; Lefty (villain); Lanky (villain); Boss (villain) |
Synopsis | Bank robbers give Sunny Sparkle their loot. |
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 |
Synopsis | Explains additions to the Marvel Family over the years. |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Wizzo the Wizard (first appearance); Niatpac Levram (first appearance; a mirror-image Captain Marvel) |
Synopsis | Wizzo uses magic to animate Captain Marvel's mirror image in an attempt to become a master magician. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Otto Binder |
Pencils | C. C. Beck |
Inks | C. C. Beck |
Reprinted | from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #139 (December 1952) |