Shazam!
Audiences of the movieShazam!know the witching word as the name of the wizard who makes Billy Batson his genius . But the comic fans make out that it ’s not just a name , but a watchword exemplify the six idol and hero that grant the hero is powers . But even the devoted lover may not know that the letters in the SHAZAM acronym can representdifferentmagical benefactors … depending on which character shouts out the word .
In the modern cartoon strip , " Shazam ! " is also Billy Batson ’s factual identity as the superhero – he was actuallythe original Captain Marvel , but buff confusion and Marvel ’s own version ofCaptain Marvelcaused DC Comics switch the name to Shazam . In the appendage , placing more significance than ever on what the name actually means .
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With Dwayne " The Rock " Johnson about to portrayShazam ’s bane Black Adam , who also gains his powers from the same charming Son , there ’s no better fourth dimension to take a closer look at this witching word and discover all the different gods , heroes , and animate being it draws its power from .
Billy Batson
The hero ofShazam!,young Billy Batson probably has the most well - known batting order of magical benefactors when he shouts out the sorcerous Word of God . When Billy yells , “ Shazam ! ” he gets the be gifts from the benefactor below :
Most of these being are Grecian god , heroes , and behemoth ( although Mercury is the Roman name for the Grecian god Hermes ) . The one exception is Solomon , a biblical queen who appear in the Hebrew Bible , Old Testament , Quran , and Hadith . agree to these texts , Solomon was also a seer known for his great wisdom ( which he acquire as a gift from the biblical God ) . Thanks to this gift , Billy finds he has an immediate grasp of aperient , languages , history , mathematics , and other useful knowledge when he ’s superpowered .
Curiously , Billy also credit his “ Wisdom of Solomon ” with hold him reliable and complete hearted . The scriptural Solomon , however , committed sinfulness of idolatry and had 700 wife and 300 concubine . In the comics , Billy really draw to meet Solomon , who tells Billy if he really was as wise as the legend claim , he would n’t have had so many wife !
Mary Marvel
In the picture , Billy share his magnate with his foster Brother and sisters , enable them to become adult superheroes like himself . In the comics , however , Billy discovers he has a blood relative – a twin sister diagnose Mary Batson ( renamed Mary Bromfield by her adopted parents ) . When Mary shouts the word , “ Shazam ! ” she also set out powers . in the beginning , Mary gained the accompany ability from the god and heroes below :
Like Billy , most of Mary ’s goddesses amount from Grecian or Roman mythology ( with Hippolyta being the Queen of the Amazons – and mother of DC ’s Wonder Woman ) . Oddly , while Mary ’s benefactors were said to be female , Zephyrus is the male Greek god of the west wind . Later , some of Mary ’s goddesses were switch , and she gained her skill from Artemis ( the Greek goddess of the hunt ) and beauty from the Grecian goddess of sexual love Aphrodite . This last gift seemed redundant since Mary originally looked very to her normal teenage self even when transformed into “ Mary Marvel . ”
Later , when the Shazam comics were rebooted inThe Power of Shazam!Mary gains her powers from the same benefactor as Billy . She also ages to adulthood , like in theSHAZAM!movie , and assert on being call off “ Captain Marvel ” like her brother .
Black Adam
Before Billy and Mary , the Wizard Shazam permeate an ancient Egyptian , Teth - Adam , with his business leader . Teth - Adam becamethe hero Black Adam , before being corrupted and becoming a villain(and later anti - hero ) for Billy , Mary , and the sleep of the Marvel category . Although Black Adam ’s “ Shazam ” shout to begin with draw exponent from the same gods as Billy Batson , he later put on the follow Egyptian deities :
As with many movies adapt from risible account book , Dwayne Johnson ’s movie version of Black Adammay not be superposable to his comic Bible counterpart . Thus , he may not pull out power from the same deities . In the funnies , however , the Egyptian gods make Black Adam supremely knock-down . He profit strength , speed , and invulnerability on equality with Shazam or Superman . He ’s also almost immortal , having survived over 5000 years after being cast out to inscrutable space . Moreover , he can transplant his powers to another , as he did with Mary Marvel during DC’sCountdown to Final Crisisevent , set aside her to draw power from his gods alternatively of her common helper . ( However , this power proves subvert ) .
Captain Marvel Jr.
In both the comics and film , Billy Batson gives his protagonist Freddy Freeman some of his magnate , letting him transform into Captain Marvel Jr. Since Billy ( and not the Wizard Shazam ) give Freddy the powers , in the mirthful Quran , Freddy shouts the word “ Captain Marvel ” or else of “ Shazam . ” Later , however , the comic is reboot and Freddy just shout “ Shazam ! ” like everyone else .
While “ Captain Marvel ” is n’t an acronym like “ Shazam , ” in averystrange storypublished by both Marvel and DC Comics , the universe - hopping character Access once flux Freddy with Marvel Comics hero Captain America and transformed them into the “ Amalgam ” Cuban sandwich “ Captain America Jr. ” alternatively of gods , Captain America Jr. draws his great power from U.S. President of the United States . By yelling out the patriotic charming Word of God “ UNCLE SAM ! ” ( yes , really ) , Freddy gain the following ability :
fan were left to speculate what the other missive in Captain America Jr. ’s magic word stand for or what gifts they contribute ( Courteousness of Ulysses S. Grant ? Charity of Carter ? ) . Jokes apart , the power to depict major power from divine benefactors through magical words is a popular figure used by both fabulous figures and advanced mirthful book bomber like Doctor Strange . give this history , it ’s a sure wager the wordShazamwill cover playing a big persona in the forthcomingBlack Adammovie andShazam!comics for years to come .
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