![]() ![]() Am I supposed to call her Billy Batson’s sister Mary? Gross!Īnd so, every time DC Comics writers prep for a new take on Billy Batson, his family, and Shazam - as they did in this week’s Lazarus Planet #4 - I wait with bated breath. If I call her Mary Bromfield nobody knows who I’m talking about. She used to be Mary Marvel, but it isn’t any more, for obvious reasons. But most frustratingly for me, a person who writes about comics - if his name is Shazam, what do I call his sister? For another, Shazam is already the name of the wizard who gave him his powers. For one, he can’t have a name that forces him to transform every time he says it out loud. But it’s simply not feasible that we call him Shazam. ![]() We used to call him Captain Marvel, and I accept that this is no longer an option ( even though he had it first). Genuinely, he’s a great classic character who’s had some really sensible tweaks to transform him into a really smart modern found family superhero story for all ages. I love the DC Comics superhero who is a little boy who shouts “Shazam!” and turns into an adult-size superhero in a red suit. ![]()
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