Shazam recomendations

[comicstar100]

I've been thinking of reading some Shazam/Captain Marvel. I'm not sure where I should start, he seems to be relaunched several times over at this point. What do you recommend?

[jb681131]

I've been thinking of reading some Shazam/Captain Marvel. I'm not sure where I should start, he seems to be relaunched several times over at this point. What do you recommend?

Shazam! was rebooted during the New52 era.
But here are what I would recommand reading:

1940 - Here comces Captain Marvel - Whiz Comics #2 - First appearance of Captain Marvel
1942 - Attack of Captain Nazi - Master Comcis #21 + Whiz Comics #25 + Master Comics #22-23 - Birth of Captain Marvel Jr.
1942 - Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr. Proudly Present Mary Marvel - Captain Marvel Adventures #18 - Introduction of Mary Marvel
1945 - The Mighty Marvels Join Forces! - Marvel Family #1 - First appearance of Black Adam
1947 - The Sivana Family Strikes at the Marvel Family - Marvel Family #10 - A travel throu time
1953 - Captain Marvel Battles the World - Captain Marvel Adventures #148 - Captain Marvel has to convince the Humans to live in peace
1973 - The Greatest stories of the world's mightiest mortals - Shazam! #8 - including the origins of the Shazam! Familly
1974 - Make way for Captain Thunder! - Superman #276 - The fight to decide the Super-Hero Championship of the World
1977 - Ibac Meets Aunt Minerva! - Shazam! #29 - An aliance of all Shazam's vilains
1984 - With One Magic Word! - DC Comics Presents Annual #3 - Shazam! gets his powers stollen
1994 - The Power of Shazam! - One-shot - Graphic novel that re-establishes the origin of Captain Marvel. Its success spawned The Power of Shazam ongoing series.
1995 - Fade to Black - The Flash #107 - Flash and Captain Marvel have to team up - by Mark Waid
1998 - JLA: World Without Grown-Ups - JLA: World Without Grown-Ups #1-2 - Grown-ups disapear and the Young Justice asks Billy Batson for his help. Sets up the upcoming Young Justice ongoing
2000 - Shazam! The Power of Hope - One-shot - Origins of Shazam! by Paul Dini
2006 - Superman/Shazam!: First Thunder - Superman/Shazam! #1-4 - The first meeting of The Last Son of Krypton and Earth's Mightiest Mortal
2007 - Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil - Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil #1-4 - by Jeff Smith
2011 - That Holiday Feeling - All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold #2 - Captain Marvel has to come help Batman
2013 - Shazam! New52 - Justice League New52 #7-11, 0, 14-16, 18-21 - Backstory of Justice League and new origins of Shazam! by Geoff Johns
2015 - New Thunderworld Adventures - The Multiversity: Thunderworld Adventures - Journey to Earth-5 – A.K.A. Thunderworld! - Part of Multiversity by Grant Morrison
2015 - Return of the Thunder - Convergence Shazam! #1-2 - Fawcet City vs. Gotham by Gaslight
2019 - Shazam! And the Seven Magic Lands! - Shazam #1 - All new serie by Geoff Johns