Limited Collectors’ Edition C-63 Shazam Cover
Another tabloid cover featuring the Shazam show from Filmation and ABC on Saturday mornings in 1974. A production still of Jackson Bostwick in his Captain Marvel costume becomes a compelling cover.
On the back cover we have the Elders that advised Billy. The images were extracted from a high-res video source and cleaned up. I always thought the Elders were a bit cheesy, and their heavy-handed simplistic moral messages and foreshadowing made even a little kid’s eyes roll.
For those not familiar with the lore of Captain Marvel in the comics, the wizard Shazam gave Billy his powers and then a huge block of granite crushed the old guy like a bug a moment later. The gods that made up Shazam’s name were listed on a wall, but weren’t characters in the stories.
Layout and trade dress by me.
Promotion still found on the web made production ready.
Re-created trade dress added.
Captain Marvel Adventures logo swapped in.
Back cover featuring the Elders – Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury.
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