Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal - With One Magic Word...
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
With a single thunderous utterance — SHAZAM! — young Billy Batson transforms into Captain Marvel, the World's Mightiest Mortal, and in this classic DC Comics issue, the stakes have never been higher. The cover poses the gripping question: can Captain Marvel and his Marvel Family save Earth's population from being blown to atoms, all while confronting a formidable airborne threat that tests the very limits of their legendary power? This Winter 1976 issue, No. 23 is a prime artifact of the Bronze Age of comics, capturing DC's bold relaunch of the beloved Captain Marvel mythos — a character first introduced by Fawcett Comics in 1939 and revived by DC in the early 1970s. The series is celebrated for its blend of wholesome heroism, imaginative villainy, and a tone that balances wide-eyed optimism with genuine peril — a combination that made it a cornerstone of its era. Tied to the contemporaneous Saturday morning TV show, this issue represents a fascinating crossroads of pop culture, leaving the reader to wonder: just how much magic does one word truly hold?
Author: -
Format: Paperback
Published: 1976, DC Comics
Genre: Graphic novels
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
With a single thunderous utterance — SHAZAM! — young Billy Batson transforms into Captain Marvel, the World's Mightiest Mortal, and in this classic DC Comics issue, the stakes have never been higher. The cover poses the gripping question: can Captain Marvel and his Marvel Family save Earth's population from being blown to atoms, all while confronting a formidable airborne threat that tests the very limits of their legendary power? This Winter 1976 issue, No. 23 is a prime artifact of the Bronze Age of comics, capturing DC's bold relaunch of the beloved Captain Marvel mythos — a character first introduced by Fawcett Comics in 1939 and revived by DC in the early 1970s. The series is celebrated for its blend of wholesome heroism, imaginative villainy, and a tone that balances wide-eyed optimism with genuine peril — a combination that made it a cornerstone of its era. Tied to the contemporaneous Saturday morning TV show, this issue represents a fascinating crossroads of pop culture, leaving the reader to wonder: just how much magic does one word truly hold?