nesian 94
Love it. I find Shazam a very interesting character and abit of a break from the normally super serious dc character. I wish we would see more from Shazam, hes wasted potential right now for a guy as powerful as superman, but much more interesting there isn't much to read. hopefully after rebirth we get to see more from him and they dont turn him into a fully magic character. I personally love the blend of other worldly strength, durability, and magic. However this is a good start for the new 52 just a shame we didn't see anything else from this line. again DC comics this is wasted potential.
6 people found this review helpful
Joshua Greene
First of all, it is incredibly stupid to discard the captain marvel name in favor of the wizards. It makes the character a punch line, setting up way too many jokes and turning every issue into an episode of teen titans go. The jokes were lame when CM3 had to endure them but even worse for an adult such as CM. It also doesn't make sense to call himself shazam. Wouldn't Adam have also taken that name as well if that were the standard? there is a reason he calls Shazam the Wizard! Its the same reason naming himself Shazam makes no sense, and its certainly something that the knowledge of Solomon would preclude. Why is it most fans can figure this out instantly but DC cant? And the legal issue is non starter - we have all been smart enough to figure out who is who and why for a very long time. That didn't change so why mess with a legacy like CM? It just doesn't make any sense. One reason after another as to why this was a bad move come to mind; What about Mary and Freddie? We cant have Mary Marvel or CM Junior without a Captain Marvel!!! And again DC cant just pretend they never existed, the marvel family is a legacy and something we all will want back so unless they plan on calling her Mary Shazam and Shazam Junior as members of the shazam family, both of which are stupid, I don't see how they are going to fix this. Now with the movie there is a whole generation of kids thinking that his name is Shazam when anyone who read comics before new 52 which is the majority will always consider him to be CM, which will be more confusing than the legal issues with marvel. DC just cant seem to help screwing things up lately. First the debacle with Wally West, who has been the one and only flash for most readers, and active longer than Barry was the flash, they insisted on forcing Barry back down out throats despite no onw actually wanting him back. Then tossing 2/3 of the movie trinity, the only really great thing to come out of the JL movies was a Batman who actually looked acted and thought like Batman actually does in the comics and in cartoons. Finally I could watch a Batman and not only think about the differences and how prior actors were such poor choices, or a Kal-El that had the muscles and look of an actual Superman. The chemistry between the three of them was great and despite the humongous mistake of for some reason deleting Diana's ability to fly which shes been doing for a very long time now, the rest was great. The power of Shazam was a great title for the Marvel Family, I cant figure out why they made this blunder but it doesn't surprise me. After the blunder of what happened on the Kent farm, nothing they do will. Im done with them for a long while now. I cant take the disappointments anymore.
3 people found this review helpful
DJ Bothwell
I miss old boy scout Billy, and wish the powers of Shazam was touched on especially his wisdom of Solomon. Which always explained how a kid could fight, and be more mature as an adult. But the art was nice, so there's that.
2 people found this review helpful