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The Shazam! archives / [illustrated by] C.C. Beck.

Title: The Shazam! archives / [illustrated by] C.C. Beck.
Author: Beck, C. C. (Charles Clarence), 1910-1989
Publication: New York, N.Y. : DC Comics, 1992-

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Description

volumes : color illustrations; 27 cm.

Summary

The wisdom of Solomon. The strength of Hercules. The stamina of Atlas. The power of Zeus. The courage of Achilles. The speed of Mercury. Put them together and they spell ... SHAZAM! By speaking that magic word, newsboy Billy Batson was instantly transformed into the incredible Captain Marvel, The World's Mightiest Mortal ... and one of the most popular comic book heroes of the 1940s Golden Age of Comics.

Series Statement

DC archive editions

Uniform Title

DC archive editions

Subjects

Genre/Form

superhero comics.
Superhero comics
Graphic novels
Comics (Graphic works)
Fiction
Superhero comic books, strips, etc.
Bandes dessinées.
Bandes dessinées de superhéros.

Note

Originally published in single magazine form as issues of various comic book serials.
"The comics reprinted in this volume were produced in a time when racism was more overt in society and popular culture both consciously and unconsciously . They are reprinted without alteration for historical reference." -- preliminary pages, volume 4.
Some stories were originally untitled and given titles for reader convenience.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Volume 1: Foreword / Richard Lupoff -- Flash comics #1, ashcan edition (January 1940) -- Thrill comics #1, ashcan edition (January 1940) -- Whiz comics #2 (February 1940): Captain Marvel -- Whiz comics #3 (March 1940): the return of Sivana -- Whiz comics #4 (April 1940): make way for Captain Marvel -- Whiz comics #5 (May 1940): Captain Marvel crashes through -- Whiz comics #5 (June 1940): Captain Marvel scores again! -- Whiz comics #6 (July 1940): Captain Marvel and the circus of death -- Whiz comics #7 (August 1940): Captain Marvel and the squadron of doom -- Whiz comics #8 (September 1940): saved by Captain Marvel! -- Whiz comics #9 (October 1940): Captain Marvel on the job! -- Whiz comics #10 (November 1940): Captain Marvel battles the winged death -- Whiz comics #11 (December 1940): hurray for Captain Marvel! -- Whiz comics #12 (January 1941): Captain Marvel rides the engine of doom! -- Whiz comics #13 (February 1941): Captain Marvel, world's most powerful man! -- Whiz comics #14 (March 1941): Captain Marvel boomerangs the torpedo! -- Whiz comics #15 (March 1941): with the British plane streaking to a fiery doom, Captain Marvel dives to the rescue!
Volume 2: Foreword / R.C. Harvey -- Special edition comics #1 (1940) -- Captain Marvel adventures #1 (1941) -- Whiz comics #15 (March 2, 1941) -- Whiz comics #16 (April 18, 1941) -- Whiz comics #17 (May 16, 1941) -- Whiz comics #18 (June 13, 1941) -- Whiz comics #19 (July 11, 1941) -- Whiz comics #20 (August 8, 1941).
Volume 4: Foreword / P.C. Hammerlinck -- Captain Marvel Adventures #4 (October 1941): Silvana's revenge on the lieutenant Marvels; The runnel of invasion; The secret submarine base; The lawless legion -- Captain Marvel Adventures #5 (December 1941): Frontispiece ; Captain Marvel's double trouble; The king of the crater; Captain Marvel solves the swamp mystery; Sivana's strange chemical potion -- Master Comics #21 (December 1941): The coming of Captain Nazi -- Whiz Comics #25 (December 1941): The origin of Captain Marvel Jr -- Master Comics #22 (January 1942): Dr. Eternity's wax death -- America's Greatest Comics #2 (February-May 1942) : The park robberies -- Biographies.

ISBN

1563890534
9781563890536
1563895218
9781563895210
1563898322
9781563898327
1401201601
9781401201609

LCCN

93180689

OCLC

29914254
SCSB-11805242

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library