Shazam! #19 (1975) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Who Stole Billy Batson's Thunder?	cover	1	pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Zazzo-Plus [Zazzo]
2	Who Stole Billy Batson's Thunder?	comic story	11	script: Elliot S! Maggin; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Zazzo-Plus [Zazzo] (villain); "Beef" Jerky (villain); Captain Marvel, Jr. [as Freddy Freeman] (cameo); Zazzo the Elder (cameo); Mr. Dockles (Cameo)
3	-	letters page	1	script: E. Nelson Bridwell
4	Secret of the Smiling Swordsman!	comic story	7	script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Uncle Marvel [Uncle Dudley]; The Smiling Swordsman (villain)

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Collection	Year
Shazam from the Forties to the Seventies #[nn] ISBN 0517531275	1977	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Shazam #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1089-2; 1-4012-1089-9	2007	On eBay ›
Comic Reader #117	1975	On eBay ›
Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal #2 ISBN 978-1-77950-117-2	2020	On eBay ›

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