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Secret Origins#3
Cover: Jerry Bingham & Steve Mitchell
Secret Origins #3
“Secret Origin of Captain Marvel”
writer Roy Thomas · artist Jerry Bingham · inker Steve Mitchell · colorist Carl Gafford · letterer David Cody Weiss · cover Jerry Bingham, Steve Mitchell
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Full credits
writer Roy Thomas
artist Jerry Bingham
inker Steve Mitchell
colorist Carl Gafford
letterer David Cody Weiss
cover pencils Jerry Bingham
cover inks Steve Mitchell
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Young Billy Batson is led to a cavern beneath a Fawcett City subway station and meets the wizard Shazam, who gives Billy the power to transform into Captain Marvel whenever he speaks the wizard's name. His first mission as a super-hero is to stop Dr. Sivana from destroying the United States Radio system.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).