Shazam returns in a new ongoing by Geoff Johns and Dale Eaglesham.

[Black_Adam]

Well about damn time! But I was kinda hoping since they gave Superman his trunks back, Cap would get some elements of his old costume back namely the cape. Maybe he will get a costume change in the book.

[Vanguard-01]

Long past due! Glad to see it's finally happening!

[scary harpy]

It looks black?

Yeah it was some kind of black or dark grey the first time too.

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Black is Black Adam's color.

And dark grey looks drab.

I hope they reconsider. Silver would be better. Or dark blue.

[Rakzo]

Eaglesham is a pretty nice replacement for Gary Frank, his characters are really expressive and appealing while his storytelling is top-notch.

The premise of exploring different worlds is quite interesting and fits Johns' classic take on worldbuilding perfectly. Promising, promising, promising.

[Frontier]

Well about damn time! But I was kinda hoping since they gave Superman his trunks back, Cap would get some elements of his old costume back namely the cape. Maybe he will get a costume change in the book.

Yeah, I think the Big Red Cheese having a unique cape by Superhero standards would be nice to have acknowledged again.

(And, really, what does the hood even accomplish as part of the costume?).

[Rod G]

Interesting.


Simply interesting.

[MajorHoy]

It was never that dark to begin with. Outside of Black Adam, who's supposed to be dark. But Billy pretending to be a jerk for all of a couple issues as a defense mechanism was always greatly exaggerated in its awfulness. It took no time at all for it to be revealed his heart was as big as previous iterations, and his brothers and sisters were light-hearted in tone from the word go.

However, some people had given up on John's Justice League (where the back-up feature was) before they really showed whether Billy was truly a jerk or not.

[Ying Ko]

This is a must have. Looking forward to it.

[SiegePerilous02]

It was never that dark to begin with. Outside of Black Adam, who's supposed to be dark. But Billy pretending to be a jerk for all of a couple issues as a defense mechanism was always greatly exaggerated in its awfulness. It took no time at all for it to be revealed his heart was as big as previous iterations, and his brothers and sisters were light-hearted in tone from the word go.

Yes. I've always been weirded out by people dismissing New 52 Billy as a jerk who was no longer "innocent." It's really not fair, IMO, and not a realistic expectation to have towards a child who grew up in the flawed foster system who had to experience disappointment after disappointment. There are many real life kids who have those attitudes and they shouldn't have adults dismiss them or give up on them because they are not behaving in an "acceptable" way by adults who do not deem them "good" kids worthy of love.

[astro@work]

However, some people had given up on John's Justice League (where the back-up feature was) before they really showed whether Billy was truly a jerk or not.

Exactly, because by the end of that short little story Billy really wasn't a jerk. Nor was he when we (briefly) saw Billy in JLA appearances.

[Jim Kelly]

What magic word would get Dan Mishkin and Gary Cohn to write this series?

[Black Manta]

"Each one of his siblings has a piece of his power now." Does this mean that Mary has the strength of Hercules, Billy has Solomon's wisdom, etc.?

[MajorHoy]

However, some people had given up on John's Justice League (where the back-up feature was) before they really showed whether Billy was truly a jerk or not.

Exactly, because by the end of that short little story Billy really wasn't a jerk. Nor was he when we (briefly) saw Billy in JLA appearances.

Actually, I'm one of those people who did give up before Billy may have been shown not to be an overall jerk.
Billy's feature was in issues #7-11 (5 issues worth) before I quit the book after reading Justice League #12. He may not have been acting as quite a big a jerk by the end of the 5th installment, he hadn't really shown it was only an act at that point yet. (And I couldn't be bothered to buy issue #0.)

[scary harpy]

"Each one of his siblings has a piece of his power now." Does this mean that Mary has the strength of Hercules, Billy has Solomon's wisdom, etc.?

An Asian-American boy named Eugene Choi possesses the wisdom of Solomon, an overweight Latino boy named Pedro Pẽna possesses the strength of Hercules, Mary Batson possesses the stamina of Atlas, Freddy Freeman possesses the power of Zeus, Billy Batson possesses the courage of Achilles, and an African-American girl named Darla Dudley possesses the speed of Mercury.

From Captain Thunder - Flashpoint.

[Thor2014]

YES!!!!!!! Finally I am getting one of my favorite characters back from limbo!

One down and a few dozen to go.