Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil
Written by Jeff Smith Art and cover by Smith Reoffered to coincide with SHAZAM: THE GREATEST STORIES EVER TOLD, this volume collects the award-winning 4-issue miniseries by Jeff Smith, the award-winning creator of BONE, tells the story of young orphan Billy Batson who finds himself transformed...
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Written by Jeff Smith Art and cover by Smith Reoffered to coincide with SHAZAM: THE GREATEST STORIES EVER TOLD, this volume collects the award-winning 4-issue miniseries by Jeff Smith, the award-winning creator of BONE, tells the story of young orphan Billy Batson who finds himself transformed into the World's Mightiest Mortal whenever he says the magic word "Shazam!" after being granted the magical powers of the gods by an ancient wizard. In this hardcover collecting the acclaimed 4-issue miniseries, Billy must use these extraordinary abilities to face an invasion of alien creatures as well as stop mad scientist Dr. Sivana and his Monster Society of Evil from taking over the world!
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781401214661 (1401214665)
Publish date: October 17th 2007
Publisher: DC Comics
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Middle Grade,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Graphic Novels Comics,
Comic Book,
Superheroes,
Dc Comics
Orphan Billy Batson lives in an abandoned building, when his life is changed completely. An ancient wizard grants him the ancient powers of seven legendary heroes and gods, and whenever Billy utters the magic word: "Shazam!" he turns into Captain Marvel (never named as such in the comic due to licen...
This could be a really good movie... DC should consider it honestly, with how they are hurting for super hero films.. This is a pretty good, wholesome outline for a really neat movie about Captain Marvel, Shazam!, etc... Definitely enjoyed this way more than I thought I would. The art is phenomenal,...
Great fun. It updates the Captain Marvel mythos without doing so in a ridiculous ultra-modern or "hip" way. Genuinely all-ages, which is a rare thing. The political satire comes kinda out of nowhere and is a bit too blatant--but there's never too much of it, so it's fine.I actually read this in issu...
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