Update: After a few months’ delay, DC’s four-issue series The New Champion of Shazam! debuts in August and Newsarama has a first look at the second issue – September’s The New Champion of Shazam! #2. The New Champion of Shazam! #2 cover (Image credit: DC) (opens in new tab) Written …
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Before Dwayne Johnson takes center stage as the titular villain in DC’s upcoming Black Adam movie, the character will star in a new ongoing series from writer Christopher Priest, artist Rafa Sandoval, colorist Matt Herms, and letterer Willie Schubert. This will be a new take on the character, both in …
Read More »Best Shots review – Future State: Shazam #2 overly grim
Every so often, a book comes out that reads as so antithetical to its lead character’s energy, personality, and tone that it’s truly baffling how anyone approved the story during its development. The overly grim Future State: Shazam #2 (opens in new tab) is one such slog of a book. …
Read More »DCs Shazam title ending in September
DC’s Shazam! title will be ending in September with issue #15. This was announced as part of the publisher’s full September 2020 solicitations. Guest writer Jeff Loveness (screenwriter of the upcoming Ant-Man & the Wasp sequel) and artist Brandon Peterson (Avengers, Justice League) will be wrapping up the run, with …
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Say hello to Captain Marvel (opens in new tab). No, not that Captain Marvel. Look, it’s confusing, but one of the latest DC Extended Universe movies (opens in new tab), Shazam, once went by that name too. He may even stand shoulder-to-shoulder with his MCU mirror, too, if these Shazam …
Read More »Professional bad guy Mark Strong promises DCs Shazam! will bring the laughs
Few people do villainy as well as Mark Strong, who you’ll instantly recognize from Kick-Ass, Kingsman: The Secret Service, and Stardust. So it’s good to know he’ll be giving us full bad guy in DC’s Shazam! movie, currently in production. In an interview with Total Film (opens in new tab), …
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