Dates
- Cover date
- [September] 1984
- On sale
- May 29, 1984
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #3 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition$1.25 cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Canadian price edition1.50 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 1.50 CAD.
Barcode 0709893180045 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition$1.25 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0709893180045 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- With One Magic Word · 40 pages
Sivana steals Shazam's magic lightning to power himself up and weaken Captain Marvel. After he imprisons Captain Marvel at the Rock of Eternity, Sivana decides to eliminate the only threat left to him: Superman. Accidentally arriving on Earth-2, he leaves the original Superman on a Kryptonite meteor before heading to Earth-1 to lure Superman there into another Kryptonite trap. But with the encouragement of his Elders, Captain Marvel escapes his imprisonment and saves Superman, who frees his doppelganger, and wakes Shazam, who removes Sivana's powers.
Reprinted in
Shazam! The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2008), Adventures of Superman: Gil Kane (2012), Superman vs. Shazam! (2013), Superman vs. Shazam! (2021)