Shazam and the Shazam Family Appreciation 2020

[Dog of War]

I just read Kingdom Come for the first time ever the other day (I know right). And Shazam in it really creeped me out. And I'm not easy to creep out like that lol

[MajorHoy]

A flashback to the way things use to be:

from Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Vol. XIV (April 1986)

[K7P5V]

A flashback to the way things use to be:

from Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Vol. XIV (April 1986)

Very Nice! But personally, I'd like to go even further back in time...

[MajorHoy]

. . . But personally, I'd like to go even further back in time...

And then there's this:

from Shazam! #13 (July-August 1974)

[Will Evans]

I just read Kingdom Come for the first time ever the other day (I know right). And Shazam in it really creeped me out. And I'm not easy to creep out like that lol

When I read it 24 years ago, before then it never occurred to me that Billy would eventually grow up to look exactly like Captain Marvel (Shazam).

Seeing Billy as Captain Marvel as just his normal self did indeed creep me out along with his demeaned in the story.

[Frontier]

And then there's this:

from Shazam! #13 (July-August 1974)

The many looks of Mary Marvel .

[Phoenixx9]

The many looks of Mary Marvel .

Yes. I would like to see an updated fashion parade from where this left off up to the present time.

[MajorHoy]

Yes. I would like to see an updated fashion parade from where this left off up to the present time.

You mean something covering the last 46 years?

[Phoenixx9]

You mean something covering the last 46 years?

Yes.

I am sure there have been changes, including costume colors as well as shoes and hair style.

[Digifiend]

The many looks of Mary Marvel .

The last one was definitely a justified change. That victory rolls hairstyle made sense in the 1950s, but definitely not by the time Captain Marvel came back in 1973. Had Shazam been published in the 60s, it's clear that Mary's look would've been updated within a few years, the only reason it waited until 1973 was the fact the Marvel Family wasn't published in the previous 15 years.

[K7P5V]

Yes.

I am sure there have been changes, including costume colors as well as shoes and hair style.

Correct. The Red Costume is an all-time favorite...





...while the White Costume would be my second favorite:

[MajorHoy]

We should probably give old-school Freddy a moment in the spotlight, too.

from Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Vol. IV (June 1985)

[13th Superman]

We should probably give old-school Freddy a moment in the spotlight, too.

from Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Vol. IV (June 1985)

Completely agree. His stories were so much darker than Cap's but loved it all the same. Mac Raboy's art was immaculate!

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