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Issue: Flashback #15

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Publication Date: January 1974

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Issues: #15 of 38 Issues

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Publisher: Flag

DynaPubs Enterprises

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Indicia Publisher: Special Edition Reprints

On Sale Date: 1974

Volume:

Pages: 68

ISBN:

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Price: $3.00 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color cover; black and white interior

Dimensions: 7.35" x 10.4"

Paper Stock:

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was on-going series

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7 Content Items from other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:

64 Pages of New Captain Marvel Adventures #2 published January 1941 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

64 Pages of New Captain Marvel Adventures #2 published January 1941 was World of the Microscope [Story on Interior Page(s)]

64 Pages of New Captain Marvel Adventures #2 published January 1941 was [untitled] [Activity on Interior Page(s)]

64 Pages of New Captain Marvel Adventures #2 published January 1941 was Invasion from Mars [Story on Interior Page(s)]

64 Pages of New Captain Marvel Adventures #2 published January 1941 was The Curse of the Scorpion [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]

64 Pages of New Captain Marvel Adventures #2 published January 1941 was The Pirate's Treasure [Story on Interior Page(s)]

64 Pages of New Captain Marvel Adventures #2 published January 1941 was The Arson Fiend [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Content Items (10 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Captain Marvel; Billy Batson; Nazi soldier

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Pages: 1

[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): various

Inker(s): various

Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: espionage, superhero

Character(s): Minute-Man; Bulletman; Spy Smasher

First Line: Coming your way soon!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover.

World of the Microscope

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Beautia Sivana; Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain); The Germ-People (villains, introduction for all)

First Line: Only Captain Marvel could have come through this adventure alive, folks...

Synopsis: Sivana uses his latest discovery to shrink Captain Marvel and Beautia in size, landing them in a microscopic world, where they face an array of dangers, including Sivana himself.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 17

Notes: Script credit from Bob Hughes: excessive use of passive voice, run on sentences held together by ellipses, limited use of sound effects, including OHHH, OOOP and the phrase "peerless strength".

Play Square

Activity on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, superhero

Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]

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Pages: 1

Notes: game

Invasion from Mars

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Henderson (astronomer); The Spider Men from Mars (villains, introduction for all, all on Earth die); unnamed King of Mars (villain, introduction, reforms)

First Line: The long awaited moment arrives, an invasion from Mars!

Synopsis: Captain Marvel battles the Spider Men from Mars, who have invaded the Earth, and whom, he discovers, are robots.

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Pages: 12

The Curse of the Scorpion

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam [aka High Priest of Siam]; Betty Wallace; Howell (Billy's boss); Dr. Stephen Lang (archaeologist); Professor Luther Bentley (archaeologist); James Malcolm (backer of expedition)

Synopsis: Billy joins a group of archaeologists who are involved in tomb excavations and are just about to obtain information about the ancient Scorpion Dynasty when the expedition discovers the Golden Scorpion and adjusts its lenses, causing an explosion. When the smoke clears, Billy stands before the ancient High Priest of Siam named Shazam, who gives Billy strange powers which transform him into the mighty Captain Marvel! After the group divides the lenses up among themselves, with one being given the Scorpion itself, they flee the tomb and begin crossing a swinging bridge, which suddenly collapses.

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Pages: 2

Notes: This text story recounts the first episode of "The Adventures of Captain Marvel" movie serial.

The Pirate's Treasure

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; unnamed sailor (death); Captain Thaddeus Heth (villain, introduction, death); Mozo (villain, introduction, death); Esau Grommett (villain, introduction, death)

First Line: Ship ahoy, mates!

Synopsis: Mr. Morris sends Billy out to discover the truth behind the strange murder of a poor sailor, and Billy finds himself shanghaied aboard the pirate ship "Sea Witch", heading for an isolated island where the Captain of the ship seeks the sunken treasure of Tamungu just off shore.

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Pages: 14

The Arson Fiend

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Mr. Barclay (introduction, death); Mike (introduction); The Arson Fiend [George D. Tweedle] (villain, introduction, death)

First Line: A terrible menace descends on a frightened people...

Synopsis: Captain Marvel investigates reports of a strange little man carrying a small black bag, selling fire insurance. When a business fails to buy it, a strange arsonist appears on the scene and sets the place on fire.

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Pages: 18

[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Penciller(s): various

Inker(s): various

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

First Line: Flashback $3.00 each or any 4 for $10

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside back cover.

[untitled]

Blank Page(s) on Interior Page(s)

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Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover.