Professor Edgewood "Edgewise" Smith was an absent-minded scientific genius who was a friend of the Marvel Family. Beginning in the early 1950s, he lived in Mrs. Wagner's Boarding House alongside Freddy Freeman and briefly Billy and Mary Batson.
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Professor Edgewise as he looked in his early appearances
- This version of Professor Edgewise, including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–86 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the Dark Crisis of 2022–2023. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.
- Shazam! #1 was Professor Edgewise's first appearance in a comic published by DC Comics.
- In Professor Edgewise's early appearances, he was slender, tall and balding. In his later appearances starting with Captain Marvel, Jr. #93 and The Marvel Family #55 (both cover-dated January, 1951), he was heavier, shorter and had a full head of hair.
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- 43 Appearances of Edgewood Smith (Earth-S)
- 4 Images featuring Edgewood Smith (Earth-S)
- 8 Quotations by or about Edgewood Smith (Earth-S)
- Character Gallery: Edgewood Smith (Earth-S)
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