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1 dated observation—one point does not establish a trend. Last recorded 2026-10-06. Source record #2411393
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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | $161.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | 1973-10-01 |
| 4.0 | $2.96 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1973-10-01 |
| 6.0 | $16.24 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1973-10-01 |
| 8.0 | $50.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1973-10-01 |
| 9.2 | $65.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1973-10-01 |
| 9.4 | $49.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_4_valueguide | 1973-10-01 |
| 9.6 | $136.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | 1973-10-01 |
| 9.8 | $123.84 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | 1973-10-01 |
| RAW | $3.56 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1973-10-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 148 graded copies for Shazam #6 (1973). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Captain Marvel: "Better Late Than Never!"
Billy Batson finishes his noon broadcast and is admired by Mr. Morris and Miss Jameson and a “watchmaker” offers him a special new watch, which he enjoys, not knowing this man was *Dr. Sivana* in disguise and that the watch is part of a sinister plan from the World's Maddest Scientist. Hearing the South Side Bridge has collapsed and closed for repairs, so Billy goes to call SHAZAM… but doesn't recognize that it now takes him *two minutes* to do so, making him inherently a little bit late, finding the bridge already collapsed. Dr. Sivana snickers, as the watch is made of Suspendium, putting him in a suspended animation for 2 minutes, which is enough time for Sivana to laugh at him, mock him and then leave. Billy soon finds his watch is seemingly two minutes slow and instead sets the watch ahead by two minutes. However, a custodian notes that the clock is actually running *fast* and fixes it. Soon, Dr. Sivana jams the wavelengths and is on all stations, readying his Universal Will-Power Paralyzer. Billy quickly calls SHAZAM and the Suspendium watch *blows up* due to being set a different way, so Captain Marvel now transforms instantly and flies half the speed of light to get to Sivana's lab, saying that his show has been canceled and stomps the Universal Will-Power Paralyzer. He soon drags him to prison, almost seemingly *enjoying* a punch to the face “for old times' sake.”
| StoryTitle2 = Captain Marvel: "Dexter Knox and His Electric Grandmother!" | Synopsis2 = Billy Batson's brainy friend, genius Dexter Knox, is at his Private Laboratory and Billy asks what his grandmother thinks of his inventions. Dexter says that she doesn't mind, as long as he keeps things tidy and that she fixes his bed for him even if he gets up for a midnight snack. She goes dusting around and cleans up his lab, but finds herself charged with electricity after dusting a large machine. She finds herself energized enough that she keeps cleaning and can vacuum the floor *without plugging the vacuum in*, but ends up racing into the boys while they're playing chess due to the vacuum being overcharged. Billy calls SHAZAM and becomes Captain Marvel, finding he can't seemingly turn it *off*, so he instead just does the vacuuming himself. Dexter figures that they were both charged with electric power and his *grandmother* is the origin of it! They soon find her iron going nuts, so Captain Marvel does this for her too and Dexter points out that if she *did* dust one of his new inventions, she has enough electricity to *light the whole of Fawcett City*! He suddenly hears on the radio that Miami, FL is having a sudden power failure, so Captain Marvel offers to fly her there… only to find that she *only* travels by rail as Captain Marvel *pushes* the train there at top speed as she touches the Miami Light and Power company, relighting them! Dexter calculates that she's out of energy now and Dexter decides to stay in Miami for a bit to help redesign their power grid for them, sending Billy a postcard.
| StoryTitle3 = Marvel Family: "The Marvel Family Battles the Man Who Changed the World" (Part 1) | Synopsis3 = The Marvel Family Vol 1 53
| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Captain Marvel/Billy Batson) **Supporting Characters:** * Joan Jameson) * Sterling Morris) **Antagonists:** * Dr. Sivana) Also appears in disguise as a watchmaker **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * Earth-S ** Fawcett City *** Station WHIZ *** The South Side Bridge **Items:** * Sivana's Universal Will-Power Paralyzer * A Suspendium wristwatch **Vehicles:** *
| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Captain Marvel/Billy Batson) **Supporting Characters:** * Dexter Knox, Boy Scientist) * Grandmother Knox) **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * Earth-S ** Fawcett City *** Dexter Knox's House **** Dexter Knox's Private Laboratory ** Miami, Florida *** Miami Light and Power **Items:** * An Electrical Invention **Vehicles:** * A Train
| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Marvel Family) ** Captain Marvel/Billy Batson) ** Captain Marvel, Jr./Freddy Freeman) ** Mary Marvel/Mary Batson) **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * Miss Baker An organist employed at WHIZ Radio * Mrs. Barstow Mary Batson's neighbor * Professor Martin Mason An "eminent atomic scientist" **Locations:** * Earth-S ** Fawcett City *** WHIZ Radio ** Echo Valley **Items:** * Professor Martin's Expander Ray **Vehicles:** *
| Notes = * "Better Late Than Never!" and "Dexter Knox and His Electric Grandmother!" were reprinted in Showcase Presents: Shazam! Vol. 1 (Collected) and Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal Vol. 1 (Collected). * Only the first half of "The Marvel Family Battles the Man Who Changed the World" was reprinted in this issue. The second half was reprinted in the next issue. | Trivia = * Formerly, Dexter Knox had *parents*; a supportive mother and a slightly older father facing some nonspecific disability that made him an invalid. It is unknown if they were sealed in the Suspendium Globe or if they are no longer in the picture. | Recommended = | Links =
Creative credits
Writers: Dennis O'Neil, Elliot S. Maggin, Otto Binder
Interior art: C.C. Beck, C.C. Beck, Kurt Schaffenberger
Source records & attribution
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GCD: 26736
PANEL PROFITS: 2411393