Shazam! #11 Preview

[Hypo]

Shazam! #11 Preview
Writer: Josie Campbell
Artist: Emanuela Lupacchino

[Digifiend]

Ugh, we've had that plot twist before.
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Billy's Mom turns up. Just like his Dad did once.

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[Will Evans]

Ugh, we've had that plot twist before.
spoilers:

Billy's Mom turns up. Just like his Dad did once.

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Haven’t read it yet.
How does she look?
Milfy? lol.
Or haggard?
Looking like Mary, maybe?

[Digifiend]

Bleeding Cool posted about it.

[Will Evans]

Bleeding Cool posted about it.

I saw it.
She doesn’t look like Mary. So the twins thing is definitely no longer existing.

[Mantis-Ray]

So this explains the Captain's actions and makes them a lot more understandable.

He most likely felt that not knowing about the letters was better for Billy so he doesn't get his heart broken again by the possibility of his mother coming back only to be disappointed by her again.

He probably didn't expect for her to ever clean herself up. Seeing how terrible she was back then and the decision to abandon her child, its a reasonable guess that that type of parent wouldn't ever come back into their child's life.

[GamerSlyRatchet]

Yeah, that was a nice surprise. I was expecting the Captain to be a bit more sinister than that.

Good issue, overall. I liked the shenanigans going around between the CPS visit and the Jeepers fight. Speaking of, cool to see more obscure Captain Marvel/Shazam villains in general. Also like Tawky Tawny's very brief appearance.

[Digifiend]

I saw it.
She doesn’t look like Mary. So the twins thing is definitely no longer existing.

They're certainly not twins - Mary is 18 and Billy isn't - but it is still possible for a blood relationship to be restored. What if Mrs Batson had previously given up another child (and the letters might have mentioned that), a baby girl who got adopted. Hence why Mary's surname is Bromfield instead of Batson. It would be easy to say that the Bromfields were in fact a previous adoptive family, not her biological one, who gave her up when she ran away. Mary's looks could come from her father, who wouldn't be the same person as Billy's father CC Batson, who we saw in the Seven Magic Lands storyline by Geoff Johns. That would make Mary Billy's older half-sister. The closest they can get to the original twin relationship without a full reboot, I think.

[Knightmare]

Here's a random thought. Why doesn't Mary who is now powered by her own gods, share her power with the rest of the family?

[Digifiend]

I assume she can't? I doubt that she hasn't tried.

[dswynne]

Liked this issue, but it seems that we're still trying to find a "voice" for this comic. But, I will give JC the benefit of a doubt for now.