Every childs dream becomes a reality for one downonhisluck foster kid in shazam. It contained both new stories and reprints from the 1940s and 1950s. Djimon hounsou played the ancient wizard, shazam, in the theatrical film. Not to be confused with marvel comic s character with the same name. The new beginning the original captain marvel stars. View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. The world needed heroes and the boy became the wizards new champion, able to transform himself into an adult superhero by calling down a magical bolt of lightning. He was inducted into the comic book industrys will eisner comic book hall of fame in 1993 and the jack kirby hall of fame in 1997.
A new shazam ongoing began in december 2018, with the new 52 shazam family figuring out the secrets of the rock of eternity and how their powers work. Beck, dave cockrum, bob oksner, vince colletta, kurt schaffenberger, dick giordano, pat broderick and tex blaisdell. Earth one, unite to reinvent captain marvel as a part of dc comicsthe new 52. Originally, ron cephas jones was to play the character and had step down due to schedule conflicts. Shazam 12 dc comics 2020 comic books and video games. Composed of comic book professionals and initially formed as an honorary society focused on discussing the comic book craft and hosting an annual awards banquet, the acba evolved. Its not a movie about one kid superhero, its about six kid superheroes. A realm where animals walk like humansand where humans live in zoos. In billy batsons case, by shouting out one word shazam. When freddie and darla are captured and paraded around like oddities, its up to billy and the others to rescue them from the greedy crocodile men. Billy and his family have seen so many marvelous things in their journey through the magiclands, while facing tough opponents and even tougher questions about family, loyalty, and integrity. Shazam, also known as captain marvel, is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by the american publisher dc comics.
Beck, the original artist from the bestselling comics of the 1940s, with the modern, tongueincheek sensibility of writers including dennis oneil as the entire marvel family reunite for allnew adventures. Sivana steals the power of shazam from captain marvel and proves too much for superman to handle alone. In the wake of crisis on infinite earths, dc decides to revamp and reinvigorate their universe, and their heroes. It reverts to the original gods but adds a seventh. Harvey kurtzman series showcase presenta shazam b planeta deagostini 0 issues in 2008 series shazam. Now theyre about to face an onslaught of all their greatest foes.
Beck and writer bill parker created the character in 1939. Now, whenever evil must be stopped or people are in need of help, earth can rely on the power of shazam. By 1991, the company had acquired all of the shazam characters. He is also known for transforming green lantern into one. The dc extended universe movie may not have been the best comic book film of 2019. Highly entertaining story with awesome artwork by the great gil kane showcases the best of both legendary comics icons and shows how much raw power captain marvel really has access to. The film adaptation is said to take inspiration from the new 52 and preflashpoint comic book versions and there was a reference to a previous champion who went rogue. Shazam formerly known as captain marvel is a superhero in the dc comics universe and the protector of fawcett city. Shazam and the seven magiclandscontinues as billy batson and the other foster kids are lost in the dangerous wildlands.
An awesome book that reprints the original stories from the comic book series of 1939. The balance of power story and cover by jerry ordway. Ending his hiatus from comics since the early 1950s, captain marvel made a triumphant return in his own, allnew ongoing franchise. The superstar team of writer geoff johns and artist dale eaglesham reunite to launch the first allnew shazam. Writer geoff johns and artist dale eaglesham reunite for the first shazam. Someone from comic books and video will get back to you soon. The academy of comic book arts acba was an american professional organization of the 1970s that was designed to be the comic book industry analog of such groups as the academy of motion picture arts and sciences. Billy batson recalls his, and captain marvels, origin. We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out.
We strive to make every single visit that anyone makes to our shop a comfortable and fun experience. The original captain marvel, now referred to as shazam due to reasons we wont go into here, is one of those characters ive always wanted to read more of. Sivana is the secretary of heartland security, the wizard, shazam, is much more enigmatic than hes ever been in the mainstream comics, and, perhaps most importantly, billy batson is all of 7 or 8 years old when he becomes captain marvel. Increase your comic book collection and enjoy reading this comic book featuring dcs shazam our newer comic books for sale are usually high grade, unread, mostly flat, and glossy dealer back stock. These new adventures combined the cartoony art of c. After watching the filmation shazam series as a kid, i kept my eyes open for more shazam. In his secret identity, he is known as william joseph billy batson, a young boy who was chosen to be a champion of good by the wizard shazam. We sell all types of golden silver bronze copper modern and current books as well as vintage toys tmnt gi joe motu ghostbuster transformers and retro video games atari nintendo sega. Find out in the penultimate chapter of shazam and the seven magic lands. Beck splash with lone star comcis certificate of uathenticity. Captain marvel, also known as shazam, is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by the american publisher dc comics.
Expect a deterioration in condition for older comics. Collected here for the first time ever is the series of backups that ran in the pages of. The 1970s adventures of shazam now the star of his very own movieare collected in color for the first time. Diehard comic fans may be rejoicing that johns is bringing the character of shazam back to the page after such a.
Johns is the author of the new york times bestselling graphic novels aquaman. Shazam comics and toys buy sell and trade comic toys and video games. Kimball montpelier, vt usa an awesome book that reprints the original stories from the comic book series of 1939. This is the original captain marvel from fawcett comics now ownedbought by dc. With dozens of comic books to choose from, let us show you which are the. With the appropriate villain to spice things up, shazam is looking like a comic on the rise. I can very highly recommend this as an inexpensive way to recapture the captain marvel shazam memories. In 1985s crisis on infinite earths, the shazam family was introduced into main dc comics continuity. Epic comic book collection garage sale haul silver age bronze age key issue video duration. Charles clarence beck june 8, 1910 november 22, 1989 was an american cartoonist and comic book artist, best known for his work on captain marvel today known as shazam. Sixty years of the worlds favorite comic book heroes little, brown, 1995 series 1995 received award academy of comic book arts shazam hall of fame.