The Heroes of Fawcett Comics

Captain Marvel: Bibiliography and Further Reading

You can find lists of Fawcett-related comic book series in the Introduction.

Collections by DC Comics

» SEE ALSO: Introduction, for lists of DC's Marvel Family comic books

Fawcett reprints

  • DC Archives:
    • The Shazam! Archives Volume 1 (1999). Collecting Whiz Comics #2-15.
    • The Shazam! Archives Volume 2 (1999). Collecting Special Edition Comics #1, Captain Marvel Adventures #1, Whiz Comics #16-20.
    • The Shazam! Archives Volume 3 (2002). Collecting America's Greatest Comics #1, Captain Marvel Adventures #2-3, and Whiz Comics #21-24.
    • The Shazam! Archives Volume 4 (2004). Collecting Captain Marvel Adventures #4-5, Master Comics #21-22, Whiz Comics #25 and America's Greatest Comics #2.
    • Shazam! Family Archives, Volume 1 (2006). Collecting Master Comics #23–32, Captain Marvel Jr. #1 and Captain Marvel Adventures #18!
  • Shazam! and the Shazam Family! Annual (2002); 100-page special reprinting Captain Marvel Adventures #18, Captain Marvel Jr. #12, Marvel Family #1, 10, Captain Marvel Adventures #75
  • Shazam!: A Celebration of 75 Years (2015). Reprints two dozen Marvel tales from all eras.
  • Shazam!: The Greatest Stories Ever Told. DC Comics, 2008. Reprinting Whiz Comics #2, Captain Marvel Adventures #1, 137, 148, Marvel Family #21, 85, Shazam! #1, 14, DC Comics Presents Annual #3, Superman #276, L.E.G.I.O.N. '91 #31, Power of Shazam! #33 and Adventures in the DC Universe #5.

Early DC

  • Showcase Presents Shazam (2007). Black-and-white reprints of Shazam! #1–33.
  • Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal Vol. 1 (2019). Reprints Shazam! #1–18.
  • Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal Vol. 2 (2020). Reprints Shazam! #19–35.
  • Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal Vol. 3 (2021). Reprints World’s Finest and Adventure Comics stories.
  • Shazam! Visits Portland Oregon in 1943! (1989). Reprinting Limited Collectors' Edition #C-27 and Captain Marvel Adventures #29.
  • Superman vs. Shazam! (2013). Trade paperback reprinting All-New Collectors' Edition #C-58, DC Comics Presents #33-34, 49, and DC Comics Presents Annual #3.

Post-Crisis

  • The Power of Shazam! Book 1: In the Beginning (2020). Reprints #1–12.
  • The Power of Shazam! Book 2: The Worm Turns (2023). Reprints #13–23.

New 52 / Rebirth

  • Shazam!: Origins (2019). Collecting the back-up feature from Justice League #7–21.
  • Shazam and The Seven Magic Lands (2020). Reprints Shazam! vol. 3 #1–14.
  • Shazam!: To Hell and Back (2022). Reprints the Shazam! vol. 4 mini-series.
  • Shazam! Vol. 1: Meet the Captain! (2024) Reprints Shazam! vol. 5 #1–6.

Other

  • Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! (2010). Collecting issues #1–6.
  • Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam!: Mr. Mind over Matter (2011). Collecting issues #7–12.
  • Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil, by Jeff Smith. Reprinting the 4-issue limited series:
    • Deluxe hardcover (2007).
    • Trade paperback (2009).
  • Shazam! Power of Hope (2000), by Paul Dini and Alex Ross.

Books

A hard-to-find deluxe collection, The Monster Society of Evil by Mike Higgs (1989).
  • All in Color for a Dime. Ace Books, 1970 (out of print). Contains the essays, “The Big Red Cheese” and “The Whiz-Bang Gang.”
  • The Best of Captain Marvel.Nostalgia, Inc., 1975. Black-and-white reprints of Captain Marvel Adventures #22, 24, 35, 42.
  • Comic Reprints #[10]. Nostalgia, Inc. , 1975. Reprints Wow Comics #1.
  • Comics Feature #12/13 (Sept./Oct. 1981), pp. 132–139. "Shazam in the 1970s: The return of the original Captain Marvel," by Rich Morriseey.
  • The Monster Society of Evil. Mike Higgs, ed. American Nostalgia Library, 1989. A deluxe reprint volume of the entire Monster Society serial. Oversized, slipcased hardcover book, limited to 3,000 numbered copies.
  • Myth, Magic & a Mortal by Jackson Bostwick.
  • Shazam!: The Golden Age of the World's Mightiest Mortal, by Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear. Harry N. Abrams, 2010.
  • Shazam from the Forties to the Seventies. Harmony Books, 1977.
  • Shazam! Thundercrack by Yehudi Mercado. Youyng adult paperback, 2023 (Author
  • Words of Wonder: The Life and Times of Otto Binderby Bill Schelly. Hamster Press, 2003 (out of print).

TwoMorrows

TwoMorrows publishes Alter Ego magazine, which contains a regular feature by the Fawcett Collectors of America (FCA). Some issues are fully Fawcett-themed.

  • Alter Ego #3 (Winter 2000). Fawcett Collectors of America (FCA) special, with Marc Swayze, C.C. Beck, plus Alex Ross' Shazam!
  • Alter Ego #16 (June 2002). FCA section with Alex Ross on Shazam! The Power of Hope.
  • Alter Ego #20 (Jan. 2003). FCA with Marc Swayze, C.C. Beck, Mac Raboy, Kurt Schaffenberger, Bud Thompson & more!
  • Alter Ego #22 (April 2003). Double-size Fawcett Collectors of America with C.C. Beck, Marc Swayze, Kurt Schaffenberger, Dave Cockrum & more!
  • Alter Ego #37 (June 2004). Spotlight on Captain Marvel.
  • Alter Ego #41 (Oct. 2004). Golden Age Captain Marvel artist Emilio Squeglio interviewed
  • Alter Ego #55 (Dec. 2005). Special Fawcett and Christmas issue.
  • Alter Ego #64 (Jan. 2007).
    • "The Monster Society of Evil" by Roy Thomas, pp. 3-19.
    • "Maybe 'Shazam!'—or Maybe 'Schmeling!'" by Roger Dicken, p. 20.
    • "Emilio Squeglio Adventures—Part I" by P.C. Hamerlinck, pp. 68-72.
    • "Mac's Marvel & Mongo" by Jay Disbrow, pp. 74-78.
    • "Bud Thompson & the Boy in Blue" by P.C. Hamerlinck, pp. 80-85.
  • Alter Ego #75 (Jan. 2008). FCA special.
  • Alter Ego #85 (May 2009). Captain Marvel vs. Superman.
  • Alter Ego #87 (July 2009). Covering "The Marvelman Age": One U.K. publisher's response to the end of Fawcett Comics, and the predecessor to Alan Moore’s Miracleman.
  • Alter Ego #91 (Jan. 2010).
    • "The Return of Emilio Squeglio" by Emilio Squeglio, pp. 73-79.
    • "Researching the Red Cheese" by Jerry Ordway, pp. 80-82.
    • "Frank Coghlan, Jr. (1916-2009)" by P.C. Hamerlinck, pp. 83-84.
    • "Black, Blacker, Blackest: Fawcett's Dark Dopplegängers" by P.C. Hamerlinck, pp. 85-88.
  • Alter Ego #98 (Dec. 2010). Captain Marvel cornucopia in the FCA section.
  • Alter Ego #110 (June 2012). A special Shazam!/Fawcett issue.
    • "Captain Marvel" radio show
    • Commentary by C.C. Beck re the 1939 origin of the Big Red Cheese
    • Roy Thomas on the 1980s Secret Origins "Shazam!" origin
    • Marc Swayze's Golden Age memoirs
  • Alter Ego #130 (Jan. 2015). A FCA Christmas special.
  • Alter Ego #138 (Mar. 2016).
    • "'Nay, Never Will I Serve Thee, Mr. Mind!' Or, 'I Think I Was A Fawcett Kid': An Interview with Harlan Ellison" by Brian Cremins, pp. 4-16.
    • "Captain Marvel's Day(s) in Court: C.C. Beck's 1944 DC vs. Fawcett Deposition" by P.C. Hamerlinck with J.T. Go, pp. 17-23.
    • "The World's Mightiest Waste of Time and Money: by C.C. Beck, edited by P.C. Hamerlinck, pp. 24-26.
  • Alter Ego #147 (July 2017).
    • "Otto Binder's Big Look Back" by Bill Schelly, pp. 3-4.
    • "The Early Comics Years of Eando Binder" by Roy Thomas, pp. 5-16.
    • "Otto Binder's Fawcett Universe" by P.C. Hamerlinck, pp. 20-69.
  • Back Issue #30 (Oct. 2008). Spotlight on 'Saturday Morning Heroes,' with three articles about the Shazam! television series.
  • Back Issue #93 (Dec. 2016). Bronze Age history of Shazam!
  • The Fawcett Companion. P. C. Hamerlinck, ed. TwoMorrows, 2001 (160 pp.).
  • Hero Gets Girl! The Life and Art of Kurt Schaffenberger by Mark Voger. Two Morrows, 2004 (128 pp.).
  • Kimota! The Miracleman Companion by George Khoury. TwoMorrows, 2001. Out of print.
  • Modern Masters Volume 13: Jerry Ordway by Eric Nolen-Weathington. Two Morrows, 2007 (120 pp.).
  • RetroFan #4 (Spring 2019). Saturday morning live-action Shazam! TV show, featuring interviews with John (Captain Marvel) Davey and Michael (Billy Batson) Gray.

Live Action + Animation

  • Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941), 12-chapter film serial starring Tom Tyler.
  • Spy Smasher (1942), 12-chapter film serial starring Kane Richmond.
  • Shazam! TV Series (1974–1977). 3 seasons, 28 episodes. Starring Michael Gray and Jackson Bostwick
  • Challenge of the Super-Heroes (1979). 2 special episodes with Shazam.
  • The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! TV series (1981–1982). 2 seasons, 38 episodes.
  • Superman/Shazam! The Return of Black Adam, home video (2010).
  • Shazam! (March 2019), feature film starring Zachary Levi, directed by by David F. Sandberg
  • LEGO DC: Shazam! Magic and Monsters, home video (2020)
  • Black Adam (2022), feature film starring Dwayne Johnson and directed by Jaume Collet-Serra.
  • Shazam!: Fury of the Gods (March 2023)

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