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Issue: Shazam! #4
Publication Date: July 1973
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Issues: #4 of 35 Issues (37 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [circle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/17/1973
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #95.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #8, 12-17)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Mirrors That Revealed the Future!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagShazam ! #4 published January 1975
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Shazam #1 published February 2007
as Shazam! #4 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1500
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Ibac the Cursed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShazam! #4/1974 published April 1974
as Ibac den skrekkelige [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Shazam #1 published February 2007
as Ibac the Cursed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-1489
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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The Mirrors That Predicted the Future

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShazam! #2/1974 published February 1974
as Speilene som avslørte fremtiden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Shazam #1 published February 2007
as The Mirrors That Predicted the Future [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-1464
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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The Junior Bullpen Project

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): 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.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1512
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Otto Binder, Manly Wade Wellman and David Micheline.
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The Ownerless Diamond!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Professor Bright; Sam Skowl [also as Pierpont J. Van Dyke; also as 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.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCaptain Marvel Adventures #97 published June 1949
was The Ownerless Diamond [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-1504

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