Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal Vol. 3
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- Author：E. Nelson Bridwell
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Summary
With one magic word。。。he becomes the World's Mightiest Mortal。。。SHAZAM！
In 1973 DC brought back one of the most beloved superheroes of all time: Shazam！ With the wisdom of Solomon， the strength of Hercules， the stamina of Atlas， the power of Zeus， the courage of Achilles， and the speed of Mercury， Shazam is one of humankind's most powerful champions！
Alongside superheroes like Superman and Batman， the World's Mightiest Mortal will fight against villains。。。including Satan！
Collects World's Finest Comics #253-270， World's Finest Comics #272-282， and Adventure Comics #491 and #492
In 1973 DC brought back one of the most beloved superheroes of all time: Shazam！ With the wisdom of Solomon， the strength of Hercules， the stamina of Atlas， the power of Zeus， the courage of Achilles， and the speed of Mercury， Shazam is one of humankind's most powerful champions！
Alongside superheroes like Superman and Batman， the World's Mightiest Mortal will fight against villains。。。including Satan！
Collects World's Finest Comics #253-270， World's Finest Comics #272-282， and Adventure Comics #491 and #492
Reviews
Dlotempio
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A delightful volume of Bronze Age All-Ages heroics。 E。 Nelson Bridwell was a perfectly competent writer。 If that's damning with faint praise， so be it。 I am sincerely impressed with his command of pacing， quick character development and brevity。 This guy did NOT mess around with his plotting！ Don Newton elevated all of these stories from pablum to engaging。 Newton's art successfully translates the fantastical and in-offensive milieu of Captain Marvel into the 70s and 80s。 I LOVED every story inv A delightful volume of Bronze Age All-Ages heroics。 E。 Nelson Bridwell was a perfectly competent writer。 If that's damning with faint praise， so be it。 I am sincerely impressed with his command of pacing， quick character development and brevity。 This guy did NOT mess around with his plotting！ Don Newton elevated all of these stories from pablum to engaging。 Newton's art successfully translates the fantastical and in-offensive milieu of Captain Marvel into the 70s and 80s。 I LOVED every story involving Satan。 My gosh， Newton made the character radiate malevolence and Newton frequently employed interesting panel layouts whenever Satan shows up。 The Silencer adventure was pretty good too with its thriller tension。You could buy a lot worse collections of 70s/80s era material。 This was light-hearted fun， well-told tales。 Very satisfied with this collection。 。。。more
Mark
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Stupid silly fun with some remarkable artwork out of the 70s。
Michael Emond
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Third time's the charm？ All I can say - out of the three volumes of this nostalgic inducing series - this was hands down my favorite read。 I will even say this collection has my favorite Captain Marvel stories of all time （yeah - it's called Shazam！ because of copyright issues with Marvel but we all know the character is Captain Marvel）。 Why？ Let's start at the top - with Don Newton。 This artist is so under rated， partly because he wasn't prolific and didn't draw on any "big runs" and partly be Third time's the charm？ All I can say - out of the three volumes of this nostalgic inducing series - this was hands down my favorite read。 I will even say this collection has my favorite Captain Marvel stories of all time （yeah - it's called Shazam！ because of copyright issues with Marvel but we all know the character is Captain Marvel）。 Why？ Let's start at the top - with Don Newton。 This artist is so under rated， partly because he wasn't prolific and didn't draw on any "big runs" and partly because he died too young at the age of 50， just when he was about to start drawing Infinity Inc。 He is best known for Batman but this is his best work。 I attribute that because he loved the character so much and that love shines through in every page。 There is only one story not drawn by him （Gil Kane is the artist - not too shabby for a fill-in :） and the rest is page after page of gorgeous Captain Marvel family。 Don was a genius at capturing motion and when he drew the Marvels flying it was like a painting from the renaissance。 Even the quiet moments were well done - a panel with the Marvels as Billy， Freddy and Mary， just walking in the snow could be framed and put on a wall。 Every panel is a joy。 I don't normally gush so much but I don't think Don Newton ever got his proper due as an artist。 I talked n earlier volumes how I loved Kurt Shaffenburger's art on this series and that definitely hearkens back to Cap's more cartoonish roots。 But with Don， the squinty eyes are dropped， the wavy hair is soon replaced with more realistic strands and it helps elevate the tension and drama of the stories。 The whole atmosphere changes thanks to Don's art。 It also gives me a chance to see how different inkers can really affect a penciller's outcome。 Shaffenburger starts on inks and he does a solid job giving Don't pencil's more weight to them but he can't capture the flow of Don。 But overall - one of the better inkers。 But， for my money， Dave Hunt was the perfect match for Don。 Getting the shading right and not overpowering Don't faces like many inker's did。 Frank Chiaramonte also deserves honorable mention - his inks on the last stories are genius。 You can see why Don requested certain inkers （Josef Rubinstein）near the end of his career。 He deserved to have someone who could elevate his pencils and not ruin them。 Okay - what about the stories？ E。 Nelson Bridwell did them so that means you get a writer who knows the history of these characters and his love of the character shines through。 We get the classic villains we get new additions to the history we get Kid Eternity。 Now， poor Nelson was working within the constraints of 7-10 page stories because this was a back-up feature in World's Finest and later in Adventure comics （a small digest - so this is the first time these stories are in normal size - yay！） but he did admirably within these constraints。 They are fun adventures。 Not five star ones but fun。 The other constraint is Captain Marvel is invulnerable so it is hard to put these heroes in danger so the best you can do is build fun adventures around them and Nelson does this。 We don't get any character development but we get some fun adventures。 On the negative side - Nelson missteps a few times trying to build up drama that doesn't exist - there is an off panel character that appears for three issues and the "payoff" is he is the brother of Billy's secretary。 Not a bad guy as we were led to believe and barely appears in the story featuring him。 On the other hand - the build up to the Kid Eternity reveal is pretty good。 From the production side of things - DC actually got this right。 You get matted paper not glossy but I am slowly becoming a fan of that paper。 It is less thick/strong BUT captures the art better and FEELS more like reading an old comic book。 Also it has page numbers！ - I know that sounds sarcastic but you would be shocked how many DC editions don't even have page numbers。 This one has a great table of contents and pages numbers - good job DC。 No extras - but that's okay。 Also only two covers because the World's Finest covers didn't feature Shazam。 Overall - I have gone on too long - but I loved this collection。 If you are a Captain Marvel fan - you will too。 。。。more
Dan Schwent
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Shazam！ The World's Mightiest Mortal Volume 3 collects stories from World's Finest Comics #253-270， 272-282 and Adventure Comics #491 and 492。The original Captain Marvel is one of those characters I've always been interested in but there's never much material in print at any given time。 The other two Shazam collections were fun so I picked this one up。E。 Nelson Bridwell writes all the stories in this collection and with the exception of a Gil Kane fill in issue， Dandy Don Newton handles the penc Shazam！ The World's Mightiest Mortal Volume 3 collects stories from World's Finest Comics #253-270， 272-282 and Adventure Comics #491 and 492。The original Captain Marvel is one of those characters I've always been interested in but there's never much material in print at any given time。 The other two Shazam collections were fun so I picked this one up。E。 Nelson Bridwell writes all the stories in this collection and with the exception of a Gil Kane fill in issue， Dandy Don Newton handles the penciling chores， backed by a whole slew of inkers。 E。 Nelson Bridwell is adept at cranking out short but compelling stories。 I don't think there's a single story in this collection longer than 15 pages and most of them were shorter， as befits the small page count available in DC's anthology books in the late 1970s。 Officially， I prefer a more CC Beck influenced style to my Marvel Family adventures but Don Newton draws a great looking book。 I didn't realize how much ENB did to flesh out Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family during the Bronze Age。 A lot of what I read in Who's Who back in the day actually happened during E。 Nelson Bridwell's run rather than Cap's original adventures at Fawcett。One thing this volume shows is that when the rest of the DC universe isn't in the picture， the Marvel Family really shines。 Captain Marvel is presented as the top dog， not a second banana to Superman as he has been depicted in the last thirty or so years。Shazam！ The World's Mightiest Mortal Volume 3 might be the last time the Marvel Family was really given time to shine prior to The Power of Shazam twenty years later。 Four out of five lightning bolts。 。。。more
Shannon Appelcline
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This third volume of Shazam！ reprints contains the short stories published in World's Finest Comics and the first few from the Adventure Comics digest。 Running at 8-17 pages， this volume has lots of stories that are really a great length for Shazam！ （though the DC Shazam！ comic often ran shorter stories too。） Just enough space to tell a fun story and offer a little characterization and a few laughs without overstaying its welcome。The vast majority of stories in here are charming in some way。 Bil This third volume of Shazam！ reprints contains the short stories published in World's Finest Comics and the first few from the Adventure Comics digest。 Running at 8-17 pages， this volume has lots of stories that are really a great length for Shazam！ （though the DC Shazam！ comic often ran shorter stories too。） Just enough space to tell a fun story and offer a little characterization and a few laughs without overstaying its welcome。The vast majority of stories in here are charming in some way。 Billy needing to save the soul of his evil Uncle Ebenezer in "The Devil and Capt。 Marvel" is terrific morality of the sort that you didn't find often even in the era of the Comic Code。 Two longer arcs are also strong。 One sets the Marvels against the Monster Society， showing off their greatest foes a few at a time。 The other introduces Kid Eternity， formerly from Quality comics， into the Fawcett-created Marvel Family。 As the creators at the time knew， it was a good combination because of their similar theming， but the revelation of Kid's relationship to the Marvels is surprising even today （and a great little retcon worthy of Roy Thomas himself）。The author of this entire volume is E。 Nelson Bridwell。 He wrote a bit more than a third of DC's previous Shazam！ comic， including the year or so just prior to Shazam's jump to World's Finest and Adventure Comics。 He really gets the unique theming and fell of Shazam！ and it shows here。 。。。more
Kevin
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