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Shazam !#1
Cover: C. C. Beck & Nick Cardy & Murphy Anderson

Shazam ! #1

Apr 1974 · Arédit-Artima · 2,00 FRF; 20 BEF; 1,80 CHF; 0.40 CAD
📊 ~18,394 copies sold its debut month
🌐 French edition · synopsis shown in English
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"Le retour de Captain Marvel" marks the long-awaited return of the Marvel Family in a 1974 adventure written by Denny O'Neil and illustrated by C. C. Beck, whose iconic art defines the character’s classic look. After vanishing for two decades, Captain Marvel reemerges to confront the lingering threat of Dr. Sivana, whose scheme had placed the entire Marvel family in suspended animation. The story revisits the hero’s origins while setting the stage for a dramatic reunion, all rendered with the bold, dynamic style of Beck and the legendary team of cover artists including Nick Cardy and Murphy Anderson.

Contains 3 stories
Le retour de Captain Marvel
16 pp · Superhero
Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]Mary Marvel [Mary Batson] (flashback)Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman] (flashback)]Sivana Family [Dr. SivanaGeorgiaSivana, Jr.] (villain)Uncle Marvel [as Uncle Dudley] (cameo)Miss Joan Jameson (cameo)Sterling Morris (cameo)Cissie Sommerly (cameo)Pa Potter (cameo)Ma Potter (cameo)Professor Edgewise (cameo)Beautia Sivana (cameo)Mr. Tawky Tawny (cameo)Charlie (crook)Julie (crook)Mr. Mind (cameo in "next issue" blurb)

After vanishing for two decades, Captain Marvel returns to Earth, his past briefly recalled as he escapes the trap set by the Dr Sivana that once put the Marvel family into suspended animation. The story rekindles the mystery of his disappearance and the lingering threat of the villain who shaped his absence.

La corde sans fin
7.67 pp · Superhero
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]old man (string collector)King of ZoozlandKing's guardsDr. Grenn

In "La corde sans fin," a chance discovery of a forgotten spool of string pulls an old man through a hidden portal into the strange realm of Zoozland—a place where the ordinary bends into the extraordinary. The story unfolds with quiet wonder, tethering the familiar to the fantastical through a single, unbroken thread.

L'impossible exclusivité
3.67 pp · Humor, Teen

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Full credits

artist, inker C. C. Beck
cover pencils, inks C. C. Beck
cover pencils, inks Nick Cardy
cover inks Murphy Anderson

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↩ Reprints Date with Debbi #7 (1970), Shazam! #1 (1973)

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