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Shazam! #1: Meet the Captain! Chapter One
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superboyprime
'The challenge is mixing the light aspect of the character and the fun of it with real stakes because as much as I love the original Golden Age Captain Marvel stories, they were zero-stakes stories. They were kid stuff, which is what they should have been. But they were all about, "Oh, Captain Marvel finds a piece of thread that leads into another dimension, or Captain Marvel finds Sivana the 51st time, and he's busy wiping out language," or something like that, rather than trying to take over the world in a reasonable way. So, I don't want to go dark with it. I don't want to go evil, heavy, or horrific with it, but at the same time, there will be stakes.' - Mark Waid
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NS: Shazam - Fury of the Gods discussion
Mar. 17th, 2023 07:34 pmcyberghostface 
I just came back from seeing this and had a good time. If you liked the first one it’s the same kind of film, a (mostly) self-contained superhero romp intended for younger audiences. There are lots of funny moments but they come off as genuine as opposed to cynical or self-deprecating and it knows when to keep things dramatic. It’s not perfect but I enjoyed it more than Black Adam, Multiverse of Madness, Love and Thunder or Quantumania.
Given that this is flopping (my theater was mostly empty) and the DCEU is headed for a reset it seems unlikely that we’ll get a third film which is a real bummer to me as I would like at least one more film with these characters.Well... guess who came back in the DCU...
Feb. 13th, 2020 09:04 pmsilverzeoYeah... guess who has a cameo in the recent issue of Shazam....
Long story short:
Mr. Mind and Dr. Sivana enter the Monsterlands, formerly the God Realmss before the original SHAZAM council sealed up all the magic up... in this is prison consisting some of the classic Captain Marvel baddies and some new faces too.
( One page from Shazam #10 under the cut )
Long story short:
Mr. Mind and Dr. Sivana enter the Monsterlands, formerly the God Realmss before the original SHAZAM council sealed up all the magic up... in this is prison consisting some of the classic Captain Marvel baddies and some new faces too.
( One page from Shazam #10 under the cut )
Convergence - Shazam #1
May. 4th, 2015 02:48 pmicon_ukI may object to the concept, but darn it if the first issues of the Convergence titles have been a whole heap of fun, like visiting old friends in their comfortable familiar homes, though knowing that those familiar homes might well be bulldozed the following day/issue.
Shazam is a case in point, with great writing from Jeff Parker (writer on Batman '66) and sublime art from Evan "Doc" Shaner.
( With one magic word! )
Shazam is a case in point, with great writing from Jeff Parker (writer on Batman '66) and sublime art from Evan "Doc" Shaner.
( With one magic word! )
laughing_tree
"I tried to think 'what would Pixar do with this concept?' We tried to create a really nice, complete adventure that says everything about Captain Marvel that's pure and great and non-ironic." -- Grant Morrison
"Grant mentioned it to me as this is the 'All-Star Superman' for Shazam/Captain Marvel." -- Cameron Stewart
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icon_ukThe preview for Flashpoint introduces us to a new iteration of the Marvel Family; six kids, each with one power of Shazam in their mortal form.
That reminded me, sort of, of this story, where Captain Marvel has to deal with a team of villains who share a similar sort of concept.
Well, he IS a 12 year old in an adults body...
From Shazam! The World's Mightiest Mortal #31 in 1977 I bring you
( Rainbows are always signs of acceptance, and joy, and equality... well... most of the time )
That reminded me, sort of, of this story, where Captain Marvel has to deal with a team of villains who share a similar sort of concept.
Well, he IS a 12 year old in an adults body...
From Shazam! The World's Mightiest Mortal #31 in 1977 I bring you
( Rainbows are always signs of acceptance, and joy, and equality... well... most of the time )
