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admonition ! Spoilers ahead for Shazam # 12!The full extent ofShazam’spowers has been revealed and he ’s far mightier than his lover thought . Things have been nerve-racking for Billy Batson as of late and the late development in his life is accept vast ramifications for the DC Universe .
Thanks to a boost in wisdom , a split has occurred within the Earth ’s Mightiest Mortal . Now Billy and his heroical alter ego , the Captain , see one another as altogether separate mortal . This new dynamic is having apowerful gist on Shazamand it ’s take him more potent and more of a terror than he ever cogitate possible .
Shazam’s Emotions are Causing Magic to Leak Into the World
InShazam ! # 12by Josie Campbell , Mike Norton , Emanuela Lupacchino , Trish Mulvihill , and Troy Peteri , Billy meets with the Captain in the Rock of Eternity . Billy is furious at Shazam , who has mess with Billy ’s memories and tried to prevent him from being reunited with his estranged female parent . Shazam tells Billy he was essay to protect him , but refuses to tell apart the young humans why . Billy storm out of the Rock and traps the Captain in it . ButShazam admonish Billy his actions could cause the recent magical leaks to uprise worse .
Billy is overwhelmed by electronegative feelings and his angriness induce a undulation of illusion to pour into the creation …
Despite the Captain ’s warning , Billy head off to encounter his nativity female parent , Marilyn Batson . Meanwhile , Billy ’s step - sib Pedro , Darla , and Eugene , unintentionally fall into the Rock of Eternity which is slowly crumbling . The Captain is there and he explains that the magic leakage that ’s been endangering the world is actually Billy . The Rock of Eternity reacts to what Billy learn , experiences , and feel . Whenever Shazam ’s human half has more intense emotions , the Rock reacts with a surge of powerthat causes more magic to leak into the globe .
As the Captain explains his understanding for control Billy , the young man verbalize things out with his female parent . regrettably , the conversation takes an unpleasant twist when Billy realizes his mother had another tiddler after him . feel intense jealousy and ire at his female parent and the life he was strip of , Billy go aside . Billy is overwhelmed by damaging smell and his ira causes a wave of magic to pour into the world , turning masses into monsters and causing unknown horror to pelt into the DC Universe .
Shazam’s Journey to Becoming a Danger to the DC Universe
thing seemed to be going alright for both half of Shazam . Both the Captain and Billy were in perfect harmony and the rest period of the Shazamily was getting along great . unluckily , things took a turn when the fabulous figures the Captain soak up his mogul from commence influencing him . stock of not being study seriously by mortals any longer , the figures decide to utilize Billy as their superstar and re - demonstrate themselves in the modern world . gratefully , Shazam was capable to broker a deal with the wisest anatomy , Solomon .
Billy and the Captain ’s divide is search inShazam ! # 1 - 6 ( 2023 ) !
Solomon boost the Captain ’s wisdom but warned that this could have a muscular impression on both sides of Shazam . Rather than seeing themselves as two halves of the same someone , they ’d start to see one another as private entities . Solomon ’s prediction come to pass as both Billy and the Captain even started refer to one another as separate citizenry . The intragroup part they faced only develop bad as Billy ’s foster familyannounced that they make up one’s mind to officially dramatize the Shazam Family .
As the Vasquezes readied to confab with CPS , Billy began losing short flow of time . Unbeknownst to him , the Captain was influencing his deadly half and even conceal things from him , like letter from Billy ’s mother . As the stresses in Billy ’s life pop to grow , powerful illusion start leaking into the world . The Shazam Family ’s home was invaded by teras and their neighbor were turn into terrifying bat - corresponding creaturesknown as Jeepers . As if Billy ’s stress were n’t bad enough , his mother evidence up on the day CPS ’s inspection putting the adoption process on hold .
Shazam’s Godlike Power is Putting the DC Universe in Danger
Shazam ’s business leader in the DC Universe is scarcely in query . With the combined powers of Solomon , Hercules , Atlas , Zeus , Achilles , and Mercury , Billy Batson ’s more powerful half has gone toe - to - toe with some of the most brawny beings in the DC Universe . He ’s also one of the few people Superman see as an equal . However , for all the mightiness he possesses , no one ’s ever really dread the possibility of Shazam go roguethe same way the people often fear the Man of Steel suddenly tear .
… if the Rock of Eternity is completely destroyed , there ’s nothing holding back the DC Universe ’s hidden monsters from taking this human beings for themselves .
But now Shazam , or rather Billy Batson , is causing the human race to be exposed to illusion it is n’t organize for . Because of these change to Billy ’s association to the Rock of Eternity , he ca n’t express electronegative emotions any longer ( a tall rescript for a teenager ) . The more he afford into anger and pain , the more rogue magic starts to pour in , causing lusus naturae to pop up from every street corner of the world . Shazam ’s godlike power is usually a good matter , but this split is having a drastic effecton the DC Universe .
It is true interesting to see that Billy can have such a herculean core on the cosmos around him . unluckily , if the Rock of Eternity is completely destroy , there ’s nothing holding back the DC Universe ’s out of sight monsters from taking this world for themselves . Sure , Shazam and Mary Marvel may be capable to keep these colossus at bay for a while , but even heroes as powerful as them ca n’t save a world swarmed with monster . With Billy ’s excited DoS out of whang , Shazam ’s divine power is exacerbate the DC Universe by the second .
Billy Batson and the Captain Need to Realign
This whole mess got started after Solomon boost the Captain ’s wisdom . While that helped the Shazam Family get out of a tight spot , this unexampled situation is indefensible . Billy require to be able-bodied to finger and process his emotion without worrying that his awing magical power could doom the DC Universe . But the only shot he has at make that chance is if he comes back together with his more heroic one-half . Until that happens , the mighty power ofShazamis only plump to play devastation to the world , not redemption .
Shazam # 12is available now from DC Comics .
Shazam # 12 ( 2024 )
