The cover art for the first issue showed Captain Marvel throwing a vehicle at a wall, and was inspired by the cover of Action Comics #1, which shows Superman lifting a car. The whole first issue was written by Bill Parker who also wrote several other issues before Whiz became popular and others were hired to do the writing.
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Published: February 1940
Price: 0.10 USD
Pencils: C. C. Beck
Inks: C. C. Beck
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Story: Introducing Captain Marvel (13 pages)
Script: Bill Parker
Pencils: C. C. Beck
Inks: C. C. Beck
Colors: Bill Parker
Featuring:
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (introduction, origin); Shazam (wizard, death)
Sterling Morris (President of Amalgamated Broadcasting Company)
Hammond (Amalgamated Broadcasting Company receptionist)
Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana [aka The Phantom Scientist] (villain)
Ebenezer Batson (villain, in flashback)
This is the 3rd reprinting of this story (with five added pages), first being in ashcan Flash Comics #1, then ashcan Thrill Comics #1. In all respects, the characters are not introduced in this story, except possibly for Captain Marvel (known as Captain Thunder in the ashcans). So the term "introduction" has been removed from all characters except our hero.
Synopsis: After being taken by a mysterious stranger to meet the ancient wizard, Shazam, and gaining the powers of Captain Marvel, Billy Batson learns of a mysterious boss called the Phantom Scientist, and decides to report it to the head of Amalgamated Broadcasting Company.
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