9. There’s A Good Reason Why Both Need To Shout “Shazam!”
Shazam was originally also known as Captain Marvel, but he was renamed possibly due to complaints from Marvel who gave that title to Ms. Marvel not too long ago. Regardless, Shazam is a lot more than what you might initially believe to be just another cheesy superhero name as both he and Black Adam must say it to fully take advantage of their powers and can call down incredibly powerful lightning by shouting it out.
Each letter has a meaning too and refers to the powers Shazam has. S is for the Wisdom of Solomon, H for the Strength of Hercules, A for the Stamina of Atlas, Z for the Power of Zeus, A for the Courage of Achilles, and M for the Speed of Mercury.
Shazam once tricked Black Adam into saying this, turning him back into his ancient self which was just dust after so many hundreds of years of staying as Black Adam.
One note: Superman does not have a weakness to magic. He just doesn’t have any special protection against it. He is as vulnerable to magic as any other person, but no more vulnerable.
Number 10 sounds like this is going to be a love-fest for Black Adam and a stroke-off to Geoff Johns’ ego.
Number 9 is complete and utter garbage. The only issue Marvel had with DC over Captain Marvel was the use of the name on comic book covers. Geoff Johns declared that “Shazam” was a “better known” name than Captain Marvel, which is crap. FYI, Johns GOT RID OF Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury, labeling them as “unnecessary to the mythos.”
Number 8: so what? I think, with some cosmetic appliances, Oded Fehr would make a better Black Adam. He can actually act. The Rock plays only one “character”: the Rock.
Number 7: ah, yes… ANOTHER book Johns “writes” (read: uses to PANDER to his fanboi base). FYI, if he has the “wisdom of Solomon,” it would COMPENSATE for any “inexperience.”
Number 6: THAT is NOT Billy Batson; he’s a pale, twisted imitation of Billy. Billy Batson was a GOOD KID who SAW the wrong path EVERY DAY and REFUSED to follow it.
I’m not even going to try to go through five through one. This whole article is proof that neither you, nor Johns, nor the people behind this crap knows the character (CAPTAIN MARVEL) OR his history.
Which is, in and of itself, pretty vulnerable. If I have a literally magic bullet, I could shoot him as dead as a normal person.
“Gave that title to Ms. Marvel not too long ago.” What? Was a LONG time ago.