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Warning : SPOILERS forThe Infected : King Shazam
The birth ofthe evilKing Shazamis promising all kinds of carnage for Batman and Superman , the paladin trying to cross him down . But the debauch Billy Batson is n’t just embracing darkness by destroying iconic gods ofDC’suniverse – he just ask downThor , the god of skag , too .
For any comic fans who missed the momentShazam turned into a supervillain , it ’s all part of a growing plot by the Batman Who Laughs , a twisted parallel Earth Bruce Wayne . Billy Batson is just one of several DC heroes turning evilness to form the Darker Knight ’s army , but wasted no time in showing thathe could kick Superman ’s assall too easily . And now Billy is making up for lost time , essay out every demigod he can find to pound them into the soil . And that includes Marvel ’s most notable Asgardian , as well .
This one - sided result is obviously die to be controversial for Marvel devotee , since the effectiveness of ' thaumaturgy ' against an Asgardian is ill-defined , at good . In the earth of Marvel movies , Thor is arguablylessmystically empowered than his risible book counterpart ( just one more waythe MCU Thor ca n’t compare to the comics ) . In the flick , Thor and the Asgardians are more or less exotic beingsmistakenas deity . secure than man , with technology far beyond Earth ’s … but neither inspired nor magic trick . The Thor of comics , on the other handwriting , is a true warrior god possess of greater essence than mortals , like ar , Zeus , or Hercules . But when King Shazam come calling , that does n’t help him one bit .
Some comic book readers will be surprised to learn thatThor exists in DC ’s Universe , too , but he was introduced by Jack Kirby years before Marvel come after suit ( with the rest of the Norse pantheon finally following ) . And lest anyone take over the DC adaptation of the god of thunder is less sinewy , when John Byrne brought Thor into the epicJack Kirby ’s Fourth Worldsaga in 1997 he distinguished him from even the iconic New Gods like Darkseid . As a oddment of theOld Gods , Thor was revered as a champion on his own level . But even he has proven no match for the straight magic channeled by Shazam .
Who knows : peradventure Thor put up a valiant effortbeforetheKing Shazamcomic showed his lost licking . perhaps the competitiveness would go differently if it was a Marvel writer penning the action ( obviously ) . But the competitiveness simply sustain what many comic Word of God sports fan , if they ’re being honest , already eff to be true . Thor may muster the lightningthanks to Mjolnir in his hand … but Shazam isthe chosen championof the lightning , commanding it with a spoken word . Odin ’s Logos never stand a chance .
To see this competitiveness for yourself , be trusted to find fault up an issue ofThe Infected : King Shazam . give Billy Batson his own story before conjoin the Batman Who Laughs for the epicYear of the Villain : Hell Arisenshowdown , the issue ’s full credit and plot abstract can be found below :
The infect : King Shazamis available now from your local comic book shop .
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