Name: Shazam!
Rating: 3.888888888888889 (9 reviews)
ISBN: 9781401242442

Geoff Johns

Gary Frank

Fifteen-year-old orphan Billy Batson has been selected to wield ancient powers, but these same powers are sought by the villainous Black Adam, and he will do anything to obtain them.

Shazam!

Fifteen-year-old orphan Billy Batson has been selected to wield ancient powers, but these same powers are sought by the villainous Black Adam, and he will do anything to obtain them. Reprint.

Jay Carter

Reminded me of all the things I loved about Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family when I was a kid.

Colton Ray

Young orphan Billy Batson has bounced from foster home to foster home, but he's far from the ideal child. Brash and rude, Billy is a troubled teen that just can't seem to find a calling. But after a fateful night on a subway car, that all will change. Brought to the feet of the magical wizard Shazam at the Rock of Eternity, Billy is imbued with powers beyond any mortal man. By shouting the wizard's name--Shazam!--the young teen is mystically transformed into the powerhouse known as Captain Marvel! Now given abilities that make him Earth's Mightiest Mortal at the utterance of a simple phrase, will Billy make the right choices and do what it takes to become a hero? Or will he succumb to the poor choices of youth--and the villainous Black Adam! Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, the team behind the New York Times #1 best-selling graphic novel BATMAN: EARTH ONE, unite to re-invent Captain Marvel as a part of DC Comics--The New 52. Collected here for the first time ever is the series of back-ups that ran in the pages of Johns' critically acclaimed JUSTICE LEAGUE. Collects the Shazam! stories that originally appeared in Justice League #7-11, #0 and #14-17.

Shazam! Vol. 1 (The New 52)

Melissa Railey

Award winning creative team Geoff Johns and artist Dale Eaglesham reunite to tell Shazam's greatest tale. Forget what you thought you knew. Earth's Mightiest Mortal will be redefined for a new generation. Teenager turned superhero Billy Batson struggles to balance school and superheroics! (Guess which one is more fun?) But when Shazam unlocks a shocking secret deep within the Rock of Eternity, it challenges everything he knows about the worlds of magic and his family's future as its champions! Plus, witness the bizarre team-up of Dr. Sivana and Mr. Mind as they set off to build a society all their own! Don't miss the start of an epic in the making as Geoff Johns (Doomsday Clock, DC Universe: Rebirth, Blacket Night) and Dale Eaglesham rewrite the Shazam mythos by turning Billy Batson's world upside down! Collects Shazam! #1-6.

Shazam!

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