Ok so the Wizard took his ball and went home

[Riffster]

Was Billy really to blame? Here's essentially a 10 year old boy who gave up at least a year sitting on top of a mountain. tricked and defeated by Black Adam and Isis and and evil version of his sister.

No thank you, just a you failed and off he went.(Granted i'd be ****y too after getting killed by the Spectre and having to come back to life but still) JR's running around with different magic, which sort of cleans up the who the heck are theses gods in the Trials of Shazam. I think it's time for another War of the Gods so that there's one set again. and it results in the marvel Family being back

[The Toyroom]

Not the ending I would've hoped for either but at least it put the Winick mess to rest...except for Capt Marvel Jr., who's still running around as "Shazam".

[Riffster]

I thought a good turn woulda been to have mary fight the evil and expel all her power fighting Adam and being left powerless.

[Earth 2 Chris]

To say DC has raped and pillaged these characters in the last few years would be a gross understatement.

Chris

[palitoy]

I only read this character when it's handled by folks like Art Baltazar or Jeff Smith these days.

[Riffster]

ah but as much as i like the kid version. I'm up for a good adult version of Shazam

[aquatroy]

What would an "adult" version of Cap be?

[knock, knock]
Who is it?
It's the plumber. I've heard that you've been having some problems with your ... [badjazz]pipes.[/badjazz]

That unfortunate comment aside, I ask because it seems to me the problem that modern, or adult, takes on Cap have is that they forget Billy Batson is the star of the book.

[Riffster]

I liked how they handled Cap in JSA, when he was flirting with Stargirl. 15 year old in an adult body but still thought like a 16 year old. But by adult i mean get rid of the golly gee thing, no 16 year old thinks like that.

[aquatroy]

See, I HATE the Super-Billy take. It seems to me that if you've got the attributes of 6 different god/demigods flowing through your mind and body, the last thing you're thinking about is taking your sweety out for a malt when the JSA meeting is over.
IMO, Cap might be the one character that I haven't liked John's take on. Make Billy the star with Cap the big brother that flies in and saves the day.

[Random Axe]

I'm pretty sure the Morrison All-Star Shazam will not be in normal continuity, but I'm willing to bet he does him right. I know most hated his RIP Batman and Final Crisis, but his AS SUperman was terrific. Hopefully he can recapture that same magic and get an artist worthy of the task. I'm thinking Gary Frank for that. I'm not a fan or Ordway's art, so keep him away.

WHen they bring Cap back into the regular DCU, I want him to be a main player like he deserves. You can leave out the rest of the Marvels, though. Just Billy and Black Adam.

Scott

[Earth 2 Chris]

Leave out Black Adam, please. The most over-used character of the last 10 years. Enough already.

Chris

[The Toyroom]

Yeah I agree....Cap has more classic foes than just Black Adam.....there should be a 5-year moratorium placed on the use of the character IMO.

[Riffster]

Yeah how about a non- idiot version of Ibac or Sabbac

[palitoy]

Morrison does get the character pretty well, I think he can do ti right.