As with his previous history, Billy is eventually chosen by the wizard Shazam to be his champion, and is given the power of Captain Marvel. Adam places Mary into the care of Primm, who at the time is working as a maid for Nick and Nora Bromfield. Mary looses her memory, both of her life as a Batson, and of the murder of her parents. Adam kills the Batson parents when they unearth a priceless jeweled scarab, and steals Mary back to. An associate of the Batsons is a man named Theo Adam, who happens to be the half-brother of Sarah Primm. At the age of nine, Mary goes with her parents on a Sivana-sponsored expedition and Billy stays at home. Mary and Billy Batson's parents are now archaeologists and Egyptologists. She takes on the name Mary Marvel and fights crime alongside her new friends.įollowing the reboot of the DC Universe after the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths, the origin story of the surviving Marvel family members is slightly retold. She then meets the wizard Shazam who reveals her powers are not the same as Billy’s, though they are similar. Through necessity, after Billy and Freddy are captured, she discovers that the magic phrase operates with her as well. (the alter ego of Freddy) the family connection is revealed to her as well. Mary, soon after, is kidnapped and upon being rescued by Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr.
#MARY SHAZAM SERIES#
Through a series of revelations, it becomes clear that Mary and Billy are siblings. Before attaining any superpowers, she met Billy and Freddy Freeman at a game show hosted by Batson. Mary’s story is inherently linked with that of her namesake, Captain Marvel, known as Billy Batson in his alter ego. She rescued the bunny from cosmetic testing and named him Hoppy. She tells Billy early on when introducing herself that she has a bunny that she rescued from The Puppy Mill Animal Farm. She tells Billy that her parents are dead and Freddie's are in prison. It also seems that Mary and Billy are no longer related biologically, though it is still too soon in their story to determine this conclusively. Although their origin is not yet clear, Billy, Freddy and Mary have all come together in the same foster home with the Vazquez family. GeekDad received this comic for review purposes.The Marvel family have been re-imagined in the new 52. To find reviews of all the DC issues, visit DC This Week. This four-issue miniseries has been a long time in coming, but it might be the best new Shazam content in ages.
Josie Campbell is new to comics, I think, but the former She-Ra writer shows an incredible handle on dialogue and fits in seamlessly with the new format. The art seems a little more painted, a little less old-school than usually but no less beautiful. The action is good, but this series wouldn’t work nearly as well without the creative team.
#MARY SHAZAM TRIAL#
Mary’s trial by fire-or bunny-pits her against a new villain named Disaster Master, who seems to be nothing more than a destructive and cruel idiot and makes a good starter villain as she’s thrown back into the hero game against her will. She’s not enthusiastic about this… so Hoppy takes matters into his own hands. It’s weird and embarrassing-and making it worse, he was sent by Billy and wants her to take on the mantle of Shazam once more. And it seems to be going well-until Hoppy sneaks into her bag and starts speaking to her in the middle of freshman orientation. A flashback at the start of the issue pulls the reason she’s so determined about this into heartbreaking focus. So she says goodbye to her foster parents and heads to Vassar, where she gives herself a new name of Marina, meets up with two roommates-one of whom has a bunny named Hoppy-and tries to settle into normal life and not give away her connections to anything strange. Mary’s headed for college, only a few months after Billy locked himself away in the Rock of Eternity and the power of Shazam went away, and she’s determined to make the most of this new start. But this series is sort of a second chance on that front, both in and out of the story. The overall changes to the franchise had their plus, but Mary was the one whose character struggled the most because of them. The reboot changed her from Billy’s twin sister and his closest confidant to the oldest of a group of five adopted kids, who spent most of her time trying to wrangle them and be the responsible one. Ray: I was always going to be a hard sell for this series, simply because I’ve never vibed with this version of Mary Marvel. The New Champion of Shazam! #1 – Josie Campbell, Writer Evan “Doc” Shaner, Artist Ray – 9.5/10 The New Champion of Shazam #1 variant cover, via DC Comics.
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