Price history & market evidence
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1 dated observation—one point does not establish a trend. Last recorded 2026-10-06. Source record #2411345
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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | $198.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | 1973-06-01 |
| 4.0 | $11.82 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1973-06-01 |
| 6.0 | $14.25 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1973-06-01 |
| 8.0 | $55.80 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1973-06-01 |
| 9.2 | $73.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1973-06-01 |
| 9.4 | $37.91 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_4_valueguide | 1973-06-01 |
| 9.6 | $168.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | 1973-06-01 |
| 9.8 | $152.50 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | 1973-06-01 |
| RAW | $7.99 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1973-06-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 237 graded copies for Shazam #3 (1973). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Captain Marvel: "A Switch in Time"
Having been in suspended animation for decades, Billy feels out of touch with the youth of the 70's. Becoming Captain Marvel, he flies to Shazam's cave and asks the wizard's ghost if he could turn Billy to his proper age to help him fit in better. The wizard complies, but warns it might have unforeseen side effects.
Meanwhile, wizard school dropout Shagg Nasté tries to blackmail Sterling Morris into giving him his own TV show, supposedly demonstrating his magic powers by turning Freddy Freeman to stone with a spell. What he doesn't reveal is his incomplete training means his magic only works on children and teenagers. Seeing Morris being threatened, Billy changes to Captain Marvel, only to find out that being turned into an adult has changed Marvel into a kid. Marvel goes out of control until he changes back to Billy. Since his adult body makes him immune to the wizard's magic, Billy beats him into submission, then heads back to Shazam's cave to reverse their ages.
| StoryTitle2 = Captain Marvel: "The Wizard of Phonograph Hill" | Synopsis2 = Dr. Kilowatt comes on Billy's broadcast and announces that he's made an incredible scientific breakthrough, but doesn't say anything about what it is. Several groups of foreign spies try to kidnap the scientist to steal his invention but are foiled by Captain Marvel. An agent from the US government comes to Kilowatt's house to have him demonstrate his invention, and the good Captain convinces him it's his patriotic duty to comply. Kilowatt fires up the machine, which makes the house and the hill it's on levitate into the air. The government agent declares that a machine that makes houses fly is useless, and all the foreign spies go home with no hard feelings.
| StoryTitle3 = Marvel Family: "The Witches Tale!" | Synopsis3 = The Marvel Family Vol 1 4|1
| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Captain Marvel/Billy Batson) **Supporting Characters:** * Freddy Freeman) * The Wizard Shazam) * Mr. Sterling Morris) **Antagonists:** * Shagg Nasté A wizard **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * Earth-S ** Fawcett City *** Station WHIZ **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *
| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Captain Marvel/Billy Batson) **Supporting Characters:** * Sterling Morris) * Dr. Thomas Kilowatt) A world-famous inventor and former associate of Dr. Sivana **Antagonists:** * Foreign agents ** Two Japanese Agents ** Abdul and Ali, Arab Agents ** Yuri and Raskolnikov, Russian Agents ** Cecil and Cyril, British Agents ** Jules Noir and Nelsonne Oiseau-Bain, French Agents **Other Characters:** * Unnamed agent of the United States Government * Dr. Sivana) **Locations:** * Earth-S ** Fawcett City *** WHIZ Radio ** Heidelberg University ** Phonograph Hill **Items:** * Dr. Killowatt's Anti-Gravity Machine **Vehicles:** * A French Pastry Truck * A Taxicab
| Appearing3 = The Marvel Family Vol 1 4|1
| Notes = * "A Switch in Time" and "The Wizard of Phonograph Hill" were reprinted in Showcase Presents: Shazam! Vol. 1 (Collected) and Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal Vol. 1 (Collected). | Trivia = * Somewhere between the two stories, it is implied that Billy Batson regains his job working at Station WHIZ. * The names "Noir" and "Oiseau-Bain" translate to Jules **Black** and Nelsonne **Bird-Bath**. In Shazam!# 6, Editor E Nelson Bridwell confirms that these are French translations of himself and Julie Schwartz. | Recommended = | Links =
Creative credits
Writers: Dennis O'Neil, Elliot S. Maggin
Interior art: C.C. Beck, C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza
Source records & attribution
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GCD: 26289
PANEL PROFITS: 2411345