Cover Credits: Jerry Bingham?/Steve Mitchell? ( pencils/inks )
Title: Secret Origins featuring Captain Marvel ..........22 pg.

Credits: Roy Thomas ( writer ); Jerry Bingham( pencils ), Steve Mitchell ( inks ); David C. Weiss( letters ); Carl Gafford ( colors )

Feature Characters: Captain Marvel ( Billy Batson, first appearance, appears in flashback to infancy in Whiz Comics #.., next Whiz Comic #3(2), see Comments below )

Guest Stars: Shazam ( a wizard, last in flashback ...., next .... )

Villains: Ebeneezer Batson ( Billy's uncle, steals his inheritance and throws him out in flashback, next... ), Dr. Thaddeous Bodog Sivana ( first appearance, last in flashback in ..., next .... ) and his gang ( first and only appearance for all )

Other Characters: Sterling Morris ( first appearance, owner of radio station WHIZ, appears next .... ), Hammonds ( Mr. Morris' assistant, first and only appearance )

Chronological Commments:

Comments: This story is a retelling of the story from Whiz Comics #2(1) by Bill Parker and C.C. Beck.
This takes place on Earth-Shazam, but mentions Metropolis and Gotham City.
Fawcett City is somewhere east of the Mississippi River.
This story is no longer in continuity.

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