The Shazam! Comic of the Week is Shazam! #7 which published on August 16, 1973 and had a cover date of November 1973.
This issue featured two new Captain Marvel adventures and the continuation and conclusion of a golden-age Marvel family story.
The first story features one of my favorite characters, Tawky Tawny, in "The Troubles of the Talking Tiger!' I won't go into detail as I have already written about that story in my article Captain Marvel and The Troubles of the Talking Tiger!
The second story is "What's in a Name? Doomsday!" A rumor gets started that if you simply say the name, Captain Marvel, it will bring on doomsday!
There are two additional features in this week's featured comic. First, we have Shazamail which had several readers commenting that they are happy to see the original Captain Marvel back in print!
The second feature is the Superman - Shazam Battle Page. The page lists the intent of the section, "Here's a sampling of the mail we've received on the great battle to see who'll be the top-selling hero of the 70's - Superman or the original Captain Marvel!" On this page are letters from readers either voting for Superman or Captain Marvel. I just don't understand why DC did this. Captain Marvel was just into his 7th issue after being out of print for decades. Why would you pit one against the other when you have barely given Cap enough time to build a following? Unfortunately, Cap's comics didn't last and it could be this gimmick was part of his demise.
This was another nice issue and my favorite story was with Tawky Tawny! DC was doing a good job of creating new stories and including some original stories to help people learn all about Captain Marvel.
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