Young orphan Billy Batson has bounced from foster home to foster home,
but he's far from the ideal child. Brash and rude, Billy is a troubled
teen that just can't seem to find a calling. But after a fateful night
on a subway car, that all will change.
Brought to the feet of the magical wizard Shazam at the Rock of
Eternity, Billy is imbued with powers beyond any mortal man. By shouting
the wizard's name--Shazam!--the young teen is mystically transformed
into the powerhouse known as Shazam! Now given abilities that make him
Earth's Mightiest Mortal at the utterance of a simple phrase, will Billy
make the right choices and do what it takes to become a hero? Or will he
succumb to the poor choices of youth--and the villainous Black Adam!
Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, the team behind the New York Times #1
best-selling graphic novel Batman: Earth One, unite to re-invent
Captain Marvel as a part of DC Comics' The New 52. Collected here for
the first time ever is the series of back-ups that ran in the pages of
Johns' critically acclaimed Justice League.
Collects Justice League #0, 21 and stories from Justice League#7-11,
14-16, 18-20.