History ComicBook / Shazam2012

* DeconReconSwitch

* FiveTokenBand: The Vasquezes' foster kids prior to Billy showing up; even Freddy, the only other white male, was physically handicapped.

* KickTheDog:
** Billy snaps and yells at Darla that they're not family, making her run off and cry. A short time later he mutters that he didn't mean to.
** Seconds after getting out of his prison, Black Adam crushes one of Sivana's workers with a rock for no reason. Then he fries another with lightning just because he can't understand what he's saying.

* ComicBookDeath: Black Adam transforms back to human, ages thousands of years and dies. He comes back a few months later in ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil''.

* LampshadeTheObscureReference: When Billy calls the other kids Film/{{the Goonies}}, Darla asks what he's talking about. A young girl in the 2010s isn't going to know about a movie from the 80s, after all.

* NotSoDifferent:

* BigEater: Billy, in his transformed state. A bigger body [[RealityEnsues means he's going to be hungrier than he is as a pre-teen]].

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** [[spoiler:When they get some of Billy's powers, Mary and Freddy's outfits are just slightly updated versions of their previous Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Junior forms. Freddy tries calling himself King Shazam, a title he took in ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'']]

''Shazam!'' is a comic book series produced by DC comics, a reboot of [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] as part of their ''ComicBook/New52'' relaunch. It was written by Creator/GeoffJohns and drawn by Gary Frank, running as a back-up to ''Justice League'' through issues #7 through to #21 (except for issues 12, 13 & 17, which it skipped, along with being the main story of issues #0 and #21).

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Billy
** TheLancer: Freddy
** TheSmartGuy: Eugene
** TheBigGuy: Pedro
** TheChick: Mary
** TheSixthRanger: Darla

Shazam! is a comic book series produced by DC comics, a reboot of [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] as part of their ''ComicBook/New52'' relaunch. It was written by Creator/GeoffJohns and drawn by Gary Frank, running as a back-up to ''Justice League'' through issues #7 through to #21 (except for issues 12, 13 & 17, which it skipped, along with being the main story of issues #0 and #21).

** Mary's adopted parents are no longer the Bromfelds, but the Vasquezes.

* RaceLift: The Wizard no longer looks like an ancient white dude, instead looking like someone who's actually from the middle east.

* FiveTokenBand: The Vasquezes' foster kids prior to Billy showing up, even Freddy, the only other white male, was physically handicapped.

The [[Film/Shazam2019 upcoming movie]] will be based largely on this, with elements taken from other versions.

* SupernaturalSensitivity: [[spoiler:The blast of magic Sivana takes to the eye gives him the ability to see magic; unfortunately, he lacks the RequiredSecondaryPowers that would let him safely channel the magic, causing him to physically whither.]]

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Sivana, now starting to look more like his regular depictions, is still trying to get into the Rock of Eternity when Mister Mind speaks to him, offering an alliance.]] As yet, there's been no follow up on what happened next, though the 2018 Shazam ongoing is slated to feature [[spoiler:them]].

* FiveTokenBand: The Vasquezes' foster kids prior to Billy showing up, even Freddy, the only other white male was physically handicapped.

* FullyAbsorbedFinale: Justice League issue 21 is dedicated entirely to the conclusion of the story.

** Whatever it that's happened to Sivana's family, forcing him to look for magic to save them.

** Mary mentions that the Freedmans are locked up. Later on, Freddy tells Billy that they've never tried to get in contact with him.

** Black Adam is locked away in a tomb, fifty five miles north of Baghdad. Sivana lets him out.

!!Shazam! provides examples of the following tropes:

* AgeLift: Part-time, Freddy takes on an adult form when powered up in this version whereas all earlier versions of him remained a teenager.

* EyeScream: Sivanna's first encounter with magic gets him a faceful of lightning, and a burnt out eye.

** Seconds after getting out of his prison, Black Adam crushes one of Sivanna's workers with a rock for no reason. Then he fries another with lightning just because he can't understand what he's saying.

* TheMagicComesBack: The Wizard got rid of magic after Black Adam's fall. Sivanna's hope is to bring magic back so he can save his family.

* PunchClockHero: Billy initially takes rewards for his acts of heroism, the reaction of most people suggests that when they asked him "How can I ever repay you", they weren't expecting him to reply "Twenty bucks".

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Sivana, now starting to look more like his regular depictions, is still trying to get into the Rock of Eternity when Mister Mind speaks to him, offering an alliance.]] As yet, there's been no follow up on what happened next, though the 2018 Shazam ongoing is slated to feature [[spoiler:Mister Mind]].

* HeroForHire: Billy initially takes rewards for his acts of heroism, the reaction of most people suggests that when they asked him "How can I ever repay you", they weren't expecting him to reply "Twenty bucks".

The [[Film/Shazam2018 upcoming movie]] will be based largely on this, with elements taken from other versions.

Shazam! is a comic book series produced by DC comics, a reboot of [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] as part of their ''ComicBook/New52'' relaunch. It was written by Creator/GeoffJohns and drawn by Gary Frank, running as a back-up to ''Justice League'' through issues #7 through to #21 (except for issues 12, 13 & 17, which it skipped, along with being the main story of issue #0 and #21).

Once upon a time, there was a wizard known as Shazam, who was looking for someone to bear the power of the gods and be the champion of magic, Earth's mightiest mortal. And he found a champion in the kind and pure-hearted Billy Batson, who became Captain Marvel, fighting enemies such as Black Adam, Doctor Sivanna and Mister Mind.

This isn't that story. Billy Batson is a bad-tempered little jerk, who can't stand his adopted siblings, and the wizard has been searching among dozens of candidates for a new champion, to no luck. Which is a problem, as one Doctor Sivanna has freed the fallen champion Teth-Adam from his tomb in a desperate attempt to save his family. Billy might not be the best choice, but with the wizard running out of options, he'll just have to do. And maybe, hopefully, use his newfound powers for good.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Sivanna no longer has the gonky appearance of his usual depictions. No pointed ears, pronounced overbite, hunched posture and coke-bottle glasses, he just looks like... a normal guy. [[spoiler:At least, until the magic starts damaging his body.]]

* ChekhovsGunman: While wandering through the Rock of Eternity, Billy finds the plinth for the Seven Deadly Sins, which are empty. [[spoiler:Black Adam and Sivanna start gathering them up.]]

* ComicBookDeath: Black Adam transforms back to human, ages thousands of years and dies. He came back a few months later in ''Forever Evil''.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Billy is a rude jerk, at first, but he immediately leaps in to defend his adopted siblings from the Byers.

* LampshadeTheObscureReference: When Billy calls the other kids the Goonies, Darla asks what he's talking about. A young girl in the 2010s isn't going to know about a movie from the 80s, after all.

* MeaningfulName: The Byers, so named because they're used to buying their way through things.
* MissingStepsPlan: Black Adam's plan is; get magic, kill the other champions, murder lots of people, and somehow this will save the world from those who want to enslave it. When Billy gets confused by what he's saying, Adam sneers that he's "just a kid".

** [[spoiler:When they get some of Billy's powers, Mary and Freddy's outfits are just slightly updated versions of their previous Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Junior forms. Freddy tries calling himself King Shazam, a title he took in ''Kingdom Come'']]

** Whatever it that's happened to Sivanna's family, forcing him to look for magic to save them.

** Black Adam is locked away in a tomb, fifty five miles north of Baghdad. Sivanna lets him out.
** [[spoiler:Mister Mind is stuck in a jar inside the Rock of Eternity. And with the Wizard distracted, there's no-one to stop him reaching out to Sivanna...]]

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Sivanna, now starting to look more like his regular depictions, is still trying to get into the Rock of Eternity, when Mister Mind speaks to him, offering an alliance.]] As of 2018, there's been no follow up on what happened next.

* TautologicalTemplar: Adam insists he's a hero, as he murders people for no real reason left and right, or allies with the very creatures he was empowered to fight to burn down the world. Billy calls him on it,

* ThereCanOnlyBeOne: Black Adam is very insistent that only he can be the Wizard's only champion. [[spoiler:He previously murdered his own nephew to make sure of that.]]

* TheUnChosenOne: The Wizard initially rejects Billy for not being pure, but after a talk with him decides that while Billy isn't pure, he has potential in him to be good.

Shazam! is a comic book series produced by DC comics, a reboot of [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] as part of their ''New 52'' relaunch. It was written by Creator/GeoffJohns and drawn by Gary Frank, running as a back-up to ''Justice League'' through issues #7 through to #21 (except for issues 12, 13 & 17, which it skipped, along with being the main story of issue #0 and #21).