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Shazam: The New Beginning #3 (1987) · The Collector

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Shazam: The New Beginning (1987)
#3

DC Comics#3

Shazam: The New Beginning

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Shazam: The New Beginning #3

Shazam! The New Beginning Part Three "A" Is for Stamina... "Z" Is for Power...

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: June 1987
On sale: Feb 24, 1987
Cover price: $0.75
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Printing not stated · $0.75
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Printing not stated · Newsstand · CA market · CA$1.00

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Grand Comics Database issue 42937

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Billy and Uncle Dudley arrive back in San Francisco, where Billy decides to contact Emily Thickert at station K-WHIZ to warn about the threat of Black Adam, however she attempts to turn Billy over to Beautia and Magnificus. Changing to Captain Marvel, Billy goes to the abandoned subway station where he finds the spirit of Shazam, who tells him of the origins of Black Adam.

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Printing not stated · $0.75

Credits

Writers: Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas
Penciller: Tom Mandrake
Inker: Tom Mandrake
Colorist: Carl Gafford
Letterer: Agustin Más
Cover: Tom Mandrake
Assistant editor: Greg Weisman
Other: Roy Thomas

Characters

Beautia Sivana
Black Adam
Captain Marvel
Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana
Dudley Batson
Emily Thickert
King Menes
Magnificus Sivana
Mrs. Peebles
Wizard Shazam

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