Shazam: The New Beginning #1 (1987) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Tom Mandrake; inks: Tom Mandrake; letters: Todd Klein	Captain Marvel; Billy Batson
1	Shazam! The New Beginning	text article	1	script: Roy Thomas
2	Shazam! The New Beginning [Part One]	comic story	24	script: Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas; pencils: Tom Mandrake; inks: Tom Mandrake; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Agustin Más	Billy Batson [Captain Marvel]; Dudley Batson [Uncle Dudley]; Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana; Beautia Sivana; Magnificus Sivana; Jocko; Wizard Shazam; Black Adam; Mary Marvel (in Shazam's vision); Captain Marvel, Jr. (in Shazam's vision)

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.75 USD; barcode 0709893223204
Canadian	price 1.00 CAD; barcode 0709893223204

Collection	Year
Hawkman #8	1987	On eBay ›
Legends: The Collection #[nn] ISBN 1-56389-095-X	1993	On eBay ›
Shazam!: The New Beginning 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-7484-9	2018	On eBay ›

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