In 1994, Jerry Ordway rebooted the Marvel Family with Power of Shazam! 1 / 8
Ordway then launched a Power of Shazam ongoing series with artist Peter Krause. 2 / 8
After Krause left, DC wanted Ordway to draw other series. He wanted to stay. 3 / 8
So he took over as writer/artist on Power of Shazam. 4 / 8
Ordway signed a deal for 12 issues, presumably meaning that he'd get a 50th issue. 5 / 8
The sales went up with Ordway's debut, but not enough for DC's sake. 6 / 8
They wanted him to get everything done by issue #46. He asked for more. 7 / 8
They gave him through #47, plus a special One Million issue, ostensibly #48. 8 / 8