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THE POWER OF SHAZAM! #1 (DC, March 1995); featuring Captain Marvel

Artist: Jerry ORDWAY (Painter)

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THE POWER OF SHAZAM! #1 (DC, March 1995); featuring Captain Marvel Comic Art

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The Power of Shazam! #1 - published comic

Shazam! #0 - published PORTUGESE Variant

Shazam! #0 - published PORTUGESE Variant (with Overfold)

The Power of Shazam! - published hardback (2020)

Jerry Ordway - photo (c) Luigi Novi

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Artwork Details

Title:	THE POWER OF SHAZAM! #1 (DC, March 1995); featuring Captain Marvel
Artist:	Jerry ORDWAY (Painter)
Media Type:	Paint - Watercolor
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	Not For Sale
Views:	5,814
Likes on CAF:	13 14
Comments:	30
Added to Site:	6/13/2014
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Description

With one magic word: SHAZAM!

S - the Wisdom of Solomon
H - the Strength of Hercules
A - the Stamina of Atlas
Z - the Power of Zeus
A - the Courage of Achilles
M - the Speed of Mercury
!

This is the CLASSIC Original Cover Art for THE POWER OF SHAZAM! #1 (March 1995). This beautiful Cover was painted by the incomparable Jerry Ordway. NOTE: The additional images features a very cool Foreign Variant.

Captain Marvel / Shazam! - created by C.C. Beck and Bill Parker.

SHAZAM! - is copyright (c) and trademark DC Entertainment.

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P A
Member Since 2013

Posted on 6/13/2014

AWESOME!!!!! Beautiful cover Fred!!! I've always been a huge Ordway fan!!!Congrats!!!

Wesley Dupont
Member Since 2010

Posted on 6/13/2014

Outstanding! I always loved this series! Ordway outdid himself on the covers, especially this one!

Adam Ianbarry
Member Since 2010

Posted on 6/13/2014

Wow! This cover is legen..... wait for it.... dary!!!

Mark Geier
Member Since 2013

Posted on 6/13/2014

Beautiful. Jerry had a lot of great covers on this series and this is definitely one of best of his great work.

Mike W
Member Since 2007

Posted on 6/13/2014

Fantastic cover!!! Congratulations!!!!!

Troy C. Punswick
Member Since 2008

Posted on 6/13/2014

Now THIS is an AWESOME Shazam cover!!!

Aidan (Re-Legion ) Lacy
Member Since 2005

Posted on 6/13/2014

Shazam Indeed.. a ..Spectacular, Historic, Awesome, Zinger, Action-filled Milestone of a cover

Kevin Currie
Member Since 2012

Posted on 6/13/2014

Sweet mother of pearl that's nice! My congratulations.

Duane Murray
Member Since 2005

Posted on 6/14/2014

Wellllll hellooooooo!!!

Lee Benaka
Member Since 2004

Posted on 6/14/2014

Spectacular! Congrats Fred!

Jovi Neri
Member Since 2011

Posted on 6/14/2014

I will consider this a grail! Ordway reinvented the character and had one of the most underrated runs in comic history ...EVER ..with this series and you have the cover to issue #1. WOW!

Brians Gallery
Member Since 2012

Posted on 6/14/2014

Love the perspective on this. Really well done.

J M
Member Since 2010

Posted on 6/14/2014

I love a great painting and this one is perfect , congrats

Greg Gross
Member Since 2006

Posted on 6/14/2014

Congrats on a "Marvelous" piece! Super cool!

FRED CRAMPTON
Member Since 2010

Posted on 6/15/2014

FANTASTIC COVER,CLASSIC,LOVE IT

Anthony F
Member Since 2004

Posted on 6/15/2014

Holy moly! A truly iconic Shazam cover!

Ben Bressel
Member Since 2003

Posted on 6/20/2014

wowowowow shazam is right!

E DLS
Member Since 2005

Posted on 6/20/2014

I've always wanted a painted Shazam cover by Ordway. This is a great one! Congratulations!

Little John
Member Since 2011

Posted on 6/24/2014

I miss this book. Such a great cover!

Sean Rutan
Member Since 2012

Posted on 6/29/2014

Fantastic!!!!

Ivan Costa
Member Since 2008

Posted on 7/7/2014

Amazing, classic cover. A true grail in any collection. Congrats!

Federica Manfredi
Member Since 2011

Posted on 7/15/2014

Great!! :D

Alex B
Member Since 2008

Posted on 8/1/2014

Wow ! Congrats for this incredible cover !

Lenny Da Collector
Member Since 2005

Posted on 8/21/2014

Wow. What a beauty Fred. Didn't know you were a Shazam guy also. Now I have to go out and buy the comic just because it's got such a cool cover!

Gal Schwartz
Member Since 2005

Posted on 10/5/2014

The magic word is "Ordway" ! Amazing, iconic painting "!

D. J. Peters
Member Since 2006

Posted on 4/10/2015

Wonderful!!

Da Mao
Member Since 2006

Posted on 6/5/2016

A classic cover ! I bought this series because of the covers !

Doug Hazlewood
Member Since 2009

Posted on 6/5/2019

All of the covers were gorgeous and this one is ESPECIALLY gorgeous!! A master at work!

Vito L
Member Since 2012

Posted on 8/16/2019

Loved the series and the painted covers. Congrats!

Sam H
Member Since 2007

Posted on 3/23/2020

Nice!

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