| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Alex Ross; inks: Alex Ross; colors: Alex Ross | Billy Batson, Captain Marvel |
| 1 | - | credits, title page | 1 | pencils: Alex Ross; inks: Alex Ross; colors: Alex Ross | Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] |
| 2 | - | credits, title page | 1 | pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck | Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] |
| 3 | Contents | table of contents | 1 | pencils: Alex Ross; inks: Alex Ross; colors: Alex Ross | |
| 4 | Introduction by Jeff Smith | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 2 | script: Jeff Smith; pencils: C. C. Beck, Kurt Schaffenberger, John Delaney; inks: Ron Boyd, C. C. Beck, Kurt Schaffenberger | Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson] |
| 5 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Alex Ross; inks: Alex Ross; colors: Alex Ross | |
| 6 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner; colors: Sol Harrison | Captain Marvel; Billy Batson |
| 7 | Introducing Captain Marvel | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Parker; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck; colors: Bill Parker | 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 flashb |
| 8 | The Monsters of Saturn | comic story | 15 | script: Manly Wade Wellman, Joe Simon; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Briefer | Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Hargo (scientist); the Dragon Men (villains, giant lizards, all die); un-named ruler of the Dragon Men (villain, death); Ghoppo (villain, spy among the slaves, death) |
| 9 | The Trio of Terror | comic story | 8.67 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck | Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Satyr (first appearance); Hydra (first appearance); Argus (first appearance) |
| 10 | King Kull and the Seven Sins | comic story | 8 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck | Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam; Dexter Knox; Doc Quartz; King Kull (villain); Seven Deadly Enemies of Man (villains) |
| 11 | Captain Marvel Battles the World | comic story | 10 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck | Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] |
| 12 | The Primate Plot | comic story | 16.67 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger | Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson] |
| 13 | ...In the Beginning ... | comic story | 6 | script: Denny O'Neil; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck; letters: C. C. Beck | Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Otto O. Binder; The Mysterious Stranger; The Seven Deadly Enemies of Man [Pride; Envy; Greed; Hatred; Selfishness; Laziness; Injustice]; Shazam |
| 14 | The World's Wickedest Plan | comic story | 10 | script: Denny O'Neil; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck; letters: C. C. Beck | Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson] (flashback); Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman] (flashback)]; Sivana Family [Dr. Sivana; Georgia; Sivana, Jr.] (villain); Uncle Marvel [as Uncle Dudley] (cameo); Miss Joan Jameson (cameo); Sterling Morris (cameo); Cissie Somme |
| 15 | Shazam & Son | text article | 1 | script: E. Nelson Bridwell | |
| 16 | Make Way for Captain Thunder! | comic story | 20 | script: Elliot S! Maggin; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Bob Oksner | Captain Thunder (villain); Superman; Willie Fawcett; Clark Kent; Merokee (flashback); Lois Lane; the Monster League of Evil (flashback); a Dr. Sivana lookalike (flashback) |
| 17 | The Evil Return of the Monster Society | comic story | 20 | script: Denny O'Neil; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger | Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Uncle Marvel [Uncle Dudley]]; New Monster Society of Evil [Dr. Sivana; Sivana Jr.; Georgia Sivana; Mr. Mind; Ibac] (villain) |
| 18 | With One Magic Word | comic story | 40 | script: Roy Thomas, Julius Schwartz, Gil Kane, Joey Cavalieri; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Gil Kane; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Ben Oda | Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel]; Superman (Earth-1); Superman (Earth-2); Dr. Sivana [also as Captain Sivana] (villain); Shazam; Lana Lang |
| 19 | Where Dreams End | comic story | 12 | script: Barry Kitson, Alan Grant; pencils: Barry Kitson; inks: Barry Kitson; colors: Lovern Kindzierski; letters: Gaspar Saladino | Vril Dox; Stealth; Phase; Telepath; Strata; Garv; Lobo; Captain Marvel (guest star) |
| 20 | Yeah -- This Is a Face Only a Mother Could Love ... | comic story | 22 | script: Jerry Ordway; pencils: Pete Krause; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Glenn Whitmore; letters: John Costanza | Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson; Mary Bromfield]; Victor Khusaf; Arson Fiend [George Tweedle] (flashback); Sinclair Batson; Aunt Minerva; Muscles McGinnis; Nick Bromfield; Nora Bromfield; Jose Delgado; Bull Bronsky; Tonisha; Mrs. Khusaf |
| 21 | Out of the Dark Cloud | comic story | 12 | script: Steve Vance; pencils: John Delaney; inks: Ron Boyd; colors: Bob Le Rose; letters: Janice Chiang | Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] |
| 22 | - | promo (ad from the publisher) | 2 | pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset | |
| 23 | With One Magic Word...! | illustration | 1 | pencils: Alex Ross; inks: Alex Ross; colors: Alex Ross | Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] |