Shazam: A New Beginning 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition: Issues 1-4

Roy Thomas · Danette Thomas

Dec 2017 · DC Comics

About this ebook

1987’s classic origin story for the World’s Mightiest Mortal is back in SHAZAM: A NEW BEGINNING 30TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION! He was one of the greatest heroes of comics’ Golden Age—a square-jawed colossus with a child’s optimistic spirit. Then a great crisis came that destroyed his world and erased his adventures from history. But even during the grim and gritty era that followed, this force of pure goodness continued to shine through the gloom like the bolt of lightning that strikes whenever young Billy Batson says the magic word… SHAZAM! Then, in 1987, the celebrated saga of the orphaned boy with godlike powers began anew. Under an all-new creative team, DC’s Captain Marvel was reimagined as a 15-year-old teenager—one who is fated to grow up much faster than he’d hoped. Arrayed against him are some of the most menacing villains the world has ever seen: Dr. Sivana, a scientific genius as evil as he is intelligent; Captain Nazi, an Aryan übermensch bent on building a new American reich; and Black Adam, a 5,000-year-old tyrant with the same powers as Captain Marvel and the cold-hearted ambition to rule the world! SHAZAM!: THE NEW BEGINNING 30TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION presents the complete Shazam! stories from legendary comics author Roy Thomas, his co-writer and wife Dann Thomas and acclaimed artists Tom Mandrake, Rick Stasi and Rick Magyar. Featuring a new introduction by the author, this special hardcover edition reveals a unique and never-before-reprinted chapter in the history of one of the most beloved and enduring superheroes of all time! Collects SHAZAM!: THE NEW BEGINNING #1-4 and the Captain Marvel stories from ACTION COMICS WEEKLY #623-626.

Ratings and reviews

This was the comic that fully established modern Shazam Captain Marvel: an adult superhero that has Billy Batson's youthful personality. Although the comic's art is nothing compared to masters like Don Newton, the story more than makes up for it with a powerful story of a child's dream come true in his darkest hour. Just that moment of when Billy was granted the power, only to be taken outside as if it was a dream is a keeper. The boy in utter desperation and despair hurls himself against the opening grate for the wizard's help with a terrible wail, "Can't you hear me, Shazam!" **Krakoom!** With that, the magic lightning comes down and shows Billy that it was no dream; it was real and he has the power of Shazam! That moment alone is worth reading!

I liked the story a lot but the art wasnt very good.