The Earth-S Index
Isis
Isis No. 1
Oct.-Nov. 1976
Cover: Isis vs. Scarab on wing of jetliner //Kurt Schaffenberger
Story: “Scarab–the Man Who Would Destroy” (17 pages)
Editor, writer: Denny O’Neil
Penciller: Ric Estrada
Inker: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Isis (Andrea Thomas; last appearance in SHAZAM! #25; origin retold in flashback)
Supporting Characters: Cindy Lee, Rick Mason (last appearance for both in SHAZAM! #25), Joshua Barnes (first appearance)
Intro: Tut (a mynah bird), Gerald Ford of Earth-S (first appearance)
Villain: Scarab (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: The movement of a small ancient pyramid from Egypt to America releases an ancient sorceror imprisoned within, and Isis must fight him.
Isis No. 2
Dec. 1976 / Jan. 1977
Cover: Isis, Gini, and creature
Story: “The Creature From Dimension X” (12 pages)
Editor: Denny O’Neil
Writer: Steve Skeates
Penciller: Mike Vosburg
Inker: Vince Colletta
Feature Character: Isis
Supporting Character: Rick Mason
Intro: Gini, Roger (only appearance for both)
Villains: Four energy-creatures (first and only appearance for all)
Synopsis: Two students perform an experiment that releases an energy-creature from another dimension, and Isis must try and drive it back.
Story: “Lost and Found” (5 pages)
Editor: Denny O’Neil
Writer: Steve Skeates
Penciller: Mike Vosburg
Inker: Denny O’Neil
Feature Character: Isis
Supporting Characters: Rick Mason, Joshua Barnes, Cindy Lee
Synopsis: When Cindy Lee endangers her life in a scavenger hunt, Isis appears to save the day.
Isis No. 3
Feb.-Mar. 1977
Cover: Set vs. Isis //Mike Nasser
Story: “The Wrath of Set” (12 pages)
Editor: Denny O’Neil
Writer: Steve Skeates
Penciller: Mike Vosburg
Inker: Vince Colletta
Colorist: Liz Berube
Feature Character: Isis
Supporting Characters: Cindy Lee, Rick Mason, Joshua Barnes (miscolored white in this story)
Intro: Jeffrey Carter (only appearance)
Villain: Set (first appearance)
Synopsis: The Egyptian god Set comes to Earth to demand that Isis switch her “worshippers’” allegiance to him, or see her city destroyed.
Story: “Political Rally Panic” (5 pages)
Editor: Denny O’Neil
Plotter: Steve Skeates
Scripter: Jack C. Harris
Penciller: Jose Delbo
Inker: Vince Colletta
Feature Character: Isis
Supporting Characters: Joshua Barnes (miscolored white in this story), Cindy Lee, Rick Mason
Intro: Lattimer, Bob Carver (only appearance for both)
Villain: Watkins (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: A political rally is threatened by a tornado, but a spiked punch Andrea Thomas has drunk leaves her speech-impaired and almost unable to turn into Isis.
Isis No. 4
Apr.-May 1977
Cover: Isis vs. giant squid //Mike Vosburg / Vince Colletta
Story: “Treasure of Lost Lake” (12 pages)
Editor: Denny O’Neil
Writer: Jack C. Harris
Penciller: Mike Vosburg
Inker: Vince Colletta
Feature Character: Isis
Supporting Characters: Cindy Lee, Rick Mason
Intro: Moccinivo (a ghost; first and only appearance; dies in this story)
Villain: Marra (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: An ancient Indian legend of a monster in a lake appears to come true for Isis.
Story: “Avalanche!!” (5 pages)
Editor: Denny O’Neil
Writer: Steve Skeates
Penciller: Mike Vosburg
Inker: Bob Smith
Feature Character: Isis
Villain: Big Roy (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: A careless hunter causes an avalanche with a shot, and Isis intervenes to teach him a lesson.
Isis No. 5
June-July 1977
Cover: Isis in space, fighting Aten’s spaceship //Mike Vosburg / Vince Colletta
Story: “Perilous Pyramid Power” (17 pages)
Editor: Denny O’Neil
Writer: Jack C. Harris
Penciller: Mike Vosburg
Inker: Vince Colletta
Feature Character: Isis
Supporting Characters: Rick Mason, Joshua Barnes (miscolored white in this story), Cindy Lee
Intro: Akenaten (of Earth-S; in flashback; dies in this story), Nefertiti (Nofrete; of Earth-S; in flashback)
Villain: Aten (first and only appearance)
Comments: Story continues in part in next issue.
Isis abandons her Andrea Thomas identity in this story.
Synopsis: An Egyptian “god” from outer space appears on Earth in search of the power within a pyramid, and Isis seeks to block him from it.
Isis No. 6
Aug.-Sept. 1977
Cover: Isis, Rick Mason, Viola Thomas, and the Ooze //Rich Buckler / Vince Colletta (signed)
Story: “The Ominous Ooze” (17 pages)
Editor: Denny O’Neil
Writer: Jack C. Harris
Penciller: Mike Vosburg
Inker: Vince Colletta
Feature Character: Isis (origin details revealed in this story)
Supporting Characters: Rick Mason, Cindy Lee, Viola Thomas (Andrea’s mother; first appearance)
Villains: The Ooze (first appearance; destroyed in this story), Emal, Gen. Abdel, Munch (first appearance for all; all die in this story), and their cohorts (first and only appearance)
Comment: Story continues in part in next issue.
Synopsis: Isis has abandoned her Andrea Thomas identity, and Rick Mason goes to her mother’s house in search of answers. But both are soon endangered by an amoebic, flesh-destroying creature called the Ooze.
Isis No. 7
Oct.-Nov. 1977
Cover: Serpenhotep and giant serpent endangering chained Isis //Mike Vosburg / Vince Colletta
Story: “Feel the Fangs of the Serpent King” (17 pages)
Editor: Denny O’Neil
Writer: Jack C. Harris
Penciller: Mike Vosburg
Inker: Frank Chiaramonte
Feature Character: Isis (origin details revealed)
GS: Shazam (in flashback)
Supporting Characters: Rick Mason, Viola Thomas
Intro: Isis (an Egyptian woman), Corey (only appearance)
Villain: Serpenhotep (first appearance; merges with Rick Mason in this story)
Comment: Story continues in part in next issue.
Synopsis: Rick Mason learns that the original Isis, an Egyptian woman, was given magic powers by the wizard Shazam to save Egypt and himself from a sorceror named Serpenhotep. But Serpenhotep awakens, possesses Rick’s body, and comes after the modern Isis.
Isis No. 8
Dec. 1977 / Jan. 1978
Cover: Isis, Micheal Alexander Droman IV, Paul Lawrence, and Rennie Roberts //Mike Vosburg / Vince Colletta
Story: “Darkly Through the Mutant’s Eyes” (17 pages)
Editor: Denny O’Neil
Writer: Jack C. Harris
Penciller: Mike Vosburg
Inker: Al Milgrom
Letterer: Ben Oda
Colorist: Liz Berube
Feature Character: Isis (last appearance)
Supporting Characters: Viola Thomas, Rick Mason, Joshua Barnes, Cindy Lee (last appearance for all)
Intro: Paul Lawrence, Rennie Roberts, Roger Poindexter, Steve, Charlie (only appearance for all)
Villains: Serpenhotep (last appearance), Michael Alexander Droman IV, his parents, Duncan, Conrad, Micky (first and only appearance for all)
Comments: This is the last issue of ISIS.
Isis resumes her Andrea Thomas identity in this story.
Synopsis: A young mutant with mind-controlling powers enrolls in Andrea Thomas’s school, and Serpenhotep, merged with Rick Mason’s body, hopes to use him as a pawn.
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