Shazam! (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1978. It was published on December 6, 1977.
Synopsis for "The Führer of Chicago"
Captain Nazi, who has been voluntarily in suspended animation since the Marvel Family got stuck in Suspendium, takes the Sears Tower in Chicago and activates a force field that will prevent any outside signal ... including Captain Marvel's lightning.
Appearing in "The Führer of Chicago"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:]
- Captain Nazi (Flashback and main story)(Origin)
- Neo-Nazis
Other Characters:
- Weldon Stone, Chicago station manager
- Dr. Sigmund Krieger (Single appearance)(Flashback only)
- Hitler (Flashback only)
- Spy Smasher (Flashback only)
- Bulletman (Flashback only)
- Minute-Man (Flashback only)
- Nazis (Flashback only)
- Shazam the Wizard (Flashback only)
- King Kull (Cameo)
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Notes
- This is the first appearance of Captain Nazi since the Golden Age/Fawcett Publications, and his origin is told by the first time since the creation of this character.
- This is the first DC issue where Captain Marvel is no longer drawn in C.C. Beck's style.
Trivia
- Dudley wears a mustache in order to look like Mentor, character of the series Shazam!; other elements were also incorporated due to the influence of the TV series, such as the van and the fact that he and Billy are traveling.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Marvel Family Recommended Reading
- Whiz Comics (Volume 1)
- Captain Marvel Adventures (Volume 1)
- Captain Marvel, Jr. (Volume 1)
- Mary Marvel (Volume 1)
- Master Comics (Volume 1)
- Wow Comics (Volume 1)
- The Marvel Family (Volume 1)
- Hoppy the Marvel Bunny (Volume 1)
- Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Shazam!: The New Beginning (Volume 1)
- The Power of Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Superman/Shazam!: First Thunder (Volume 1)
- Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil (Volume 1)
- The Trials of Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Shazam! (Volume 2)
- Shazam! (Volume 3)
- Shazam! (Volume 4)
- The New Champion of Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Shazam! (Volume 5)