The first superhero movie ever was based on a DC character, who years later caused huge legal issues with Marvel, and was ...

Superman and Shazam have a long history in the comic book medium, with a new theory revealing how their first comic cover ...

With Shazam noticeably absent from DC's upcoming ... I wouldn't go so far as to say great — we're not breaking any new ground in the superhero genre here — but it's an enjoyable two hours ...

(By the way, Zachary Levi does an excellent job portraying superhero-Billy as confused, exultant, angry, and sometimes cowardly.) But the best part of “Shazam!” is Billy’s foster family.

His 1938 debut in "Action Comics #1" essentially gave birth to the superhero genre and what is now referred to as the "Golden Age of Comics." He was everywhere, in his own national radio program ...

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and finds himself selected by the Wizard Shazam to be his new champion. Now endowed with the ability to instantly become an adult superhero by speaking the wizard's name, Billy gleefully explores ...

This is similar to how a group of goddesses agreed to sponsor Mary Bromfield as Mary Marvel after she also lost her Shazam powers. In terms of classical mythology, it makes sense that Hephaestus ...