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Warning : SPOILERS forShazam # 8
Believe it or not DC Comics fans , the final appendage of theShazamfamily has been chosen . And the best part is , absolutely no fan of Billy Batson or his surrogate kinfolk would ever guess who was picked to receivethe magic of Shazam as the Seventh Champion . Mainly because up until now , nobody was even look for him .
Both on film and in DC Comics , the fact that the Rock of Eternity containsseventhrones – with only six members of Billy ’s adopted Shazam Family – puzzle out as a story waiting to be told . In the new mirthful serial from Geoff Johns , it finally has . But not before revealingthe rightful intent of Shazam , the need for explicitly seven champions … and the restoration of Billy Batson ’s biological father . Just in time to fulfill his own destiny , too .
That final twist come onthe last page let out ofShazam # 1 , showing Billy ’s father arrive at the surrogate home of the Vasquezes . While most reader would instantly distrust betrayal or a nefarious deception , C.C. Batson has seemed a normal man in the issue since , chiefly concerned with meeting his son ( and take a shit p for the clock time lost thanks to his prison sentence ) .
But as C.C. has waited for the children to deliver home , the actual risky venture being lived by the Shazam Family is all - new level of illusion . But as they have traversed the Seven Magiclands antecedently nameless to them or anyone else , they have been shoot down , divided , and left in serious demand of aid . That issue forth thanks to the Wizard Shazam , who look to Pedro and Eugene . But he also reach them the secret they ’ve been count for :
Yes , Billy Batson is the select champion . The leader of the Seven Champions to be . Each one of you is destined to sit down on one of the Seven Thrones . To protect one of the Magiclands . To bring them back together . So that they will last the riposte of the ancients . But you all remain vulnerable … Until the seventh appendage of your phratry is found .
The missing sept member has n’t in reality been a secret , since the first current ruler of a Magicland they encountered ( " King Kid " ) asked if he might fill the function . And while the decision to haveBilly reveal he ’s Shazam to his foster parentsmight have paint a picture one ofthemwould replete the wanting toilet , the events ofShazam # 8have present a far more shocking turn . That ’s thanks toBlack Adamand Dr. Sivana , who assay to defeat Billy once and for all with help from the Seven Sins . Their first line of work ? Kidnap Billy ’s founding father , lift him hundreds of feet over Philadelphia … and then leave out him to break Billy once and for all . But they bury the straight nature of Shazam ’s deception …
When Billy witness his father dropped to the street before he can deliver him , he once again recalls the Wizard ’s words : " house is what it can be , not what it should be . That is your privy go . " understand it was that spell that appropriate him to share his power with his six sibling to being with , and visit the only result to saving his sire ’s animation , Billy apprise his father to talk the charming word of honor . And just that quickly , a dash of lightning transforms Billy ’s dad , C.C. Batson , into the new – and FINAL – member of the Seven Champions . So , is C.C. truly as he seems to be ? Will this post the Shazam Family onto their next chapter as standalone rulers of the Seven Magiclands ? The patch outline forShazam # 10confirms a battle is get along … but for now we ’ll will the conjecture to fan .
The magical superhero adventure continue as the 7th member of the Shazam Family is finally choose - and it will exchange Billy Batson and his brothers and sisters incessantly ! But can this young family add up together to kibosh the deadly all - new Monster Society ?
Shazam # 8is useable now from your local funny book shop . The first chapter of the storey including Billy Batson ’s father as the Seventh Champion will arrive inShazam # 9 , coming on December 18th , 2019 .
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