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JSA #48
Cover Date: July 2003
Cover Price: $2.50
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Carlos Pacheco (signed)
Inks: Jesus Merino (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Geoff Johns, David S. Goyer |
| Pencils | Leonard Kirk |
| Inks | Keith Champagne |
| Lettering | Ken Lopez |
| Colors | John Kalisz |
| Color separations | Heroic Age |
| Associate editing | Stephen Wacker |
| Editing | Peter J. Tomasi |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
Guest Appearance(s):
- Nabu (as a spirit inside Doctor Fate's amulet; next in issue #51)
- Fate (as a spirit inside Doctor Fate's amulet; next in issue #58)
- Kent Nelson (as a spirit inside Doctor Fate's amulet; next in issue #58)
- Inza Nelson (as a spirit inside Doctor Fate's amulet; next in issue #63)
- Kid Eternity (as a spirit inside Doctor Fate's amulet)
- Eric Strauss (as a spirit inside Doctor Fate's amulet; next in issue #58)
- Linda Strauss (as a spirit inside Doctor Fate's amulet; next in issue #58)
- Shade (last in Green Arrow Vol. 3 #17)
Comment(s):
- Story continues in the next issue.
- Although Kent & Inza Nelson, Eric & Linda Strauss, Fate and Kid Eternity are said to be constructs of Doctor Fate's imagination in this story, this does not square with events in the Starman series, where Kent Nelson played a significant role without Hector Hall's knowledge or involvement. This is later revealed to be a lie of Nabu's, so all are listed as a genuine appearance.
Synopsis:
Billy Batson and the Star-Spangled Kid are trapped in the Shadowlands, where Billy is unable to connect with Shazam's power and become Captain Marvel. And inside Doctor Fate's amulet, Hector Hall meets the previous bearers of the mantle of Fate, all of whom tell him that he must let go of the past and accept his wife's death before fading out. Nabu says that they were simply constructs of his imagination, and that he must face Mordru, who is currently using the body of Arion as a host. In the Shadowlands, Billy and Star encounter the Shade, who is distressed to tell them that Alan Scott, Sentinel is dead.