Shazam! #16

Description

100-Page Super-Spectacular. Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family face off against the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man in a collection of new and classic stories about the Big Red Cheese and his super-powered buddies. First off, meet “The Man Who Stole Justice!” (written by Elliot S! Maggin and drawn by Kurt Schaffenberger). When a bitter criminal replaces a statue of justice outside the city court building with one of Injustice, the honest judge inside starts making crazy decisions including sending Captain Marvel to prison for flying through a red light while capturing crooks! Next, Pride takes a hand as the Managers of the World who are in charge of Earth, Air and Water vie to see who is most important to the safety of the planet. Watch as our heroes are run ragged fighting natural disasters as the Marvel Family “Battles the Sneaking Doom!” (art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza).

Next, Selfishness drives a billionaire to horde inventions that could benefit all of mankind in “The Invention Miser” (drawn by Costanza). And, Captain Marvel, Jr. battles Laziness as a feckless crook rubs an ancient lamp and encounters “The Lazy Genie” (art by Bud Thompson). Next, Captain Marvel battles “The World Hater” as Hatred drives a hermit to attempt mass murder (art by Beck and Costanza). Greed motivates “The Monarch of Money” as Carlton Clutch, the richest man in the world, is rebuffed in his attempts to buy Station WHIZ and won’t take “no” for an answer. Then, Captain Marvel takes on “King Kull and the Seven Sins” as the sinister strongman from the past animates the very statues from Shazam’s secret headquarters (art by Beck). And finally, in a new story, Envy gets a high school girl in trouble when Mary Marvel saves her boyfriend from thugs in “The Green-Eyed Monster” (written by E. Nelson Bridwell with art by Bob Oksner).