Chronicles of Shazam

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Chronicles of Shazam: 1998-2000 Miscellany

By | Oct 16, 2019 | Columns

After an unplanned week off last Wednesday, I’m back with the penultimate installment of the Chronicles of Shazam! This brings us to the very end of 2000, aside from “Shazam: The Power of Hope,” which will be covered next week. Let’s dig into all the Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel, CM3, Black Adam, and Wizard Shazam […]

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The Chronicles of Shazam: “Genesis”

By | Sep 4, 2019 | Columns

We’ve reached the next crossover in this big re-read, and let me tell you…I already forgot half of what I read, and I read some of it earlier today. Today’s snoozefest is called “Genesis” and, like “The Final Night,” it was a month-long event that saw most DC books play along, though also like “The […]

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The Chronicles of Shazam: “The Final Night”

By | Aug 21, 2019 | Columns

The first major crossover since “The Power of Shazam” started, ‘The Final Night’ is an anomaly among big crossover events, as there isn’t a villain at the core of it. The Earth’s sun is engulfed by some sort of naturally occurring ‘sun-eater’ which has wiped out lots of other civilizations before. There’s no negotiating, there’s […]

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“The Power of Shazam” #1-12

By | Aug 7, 2019 | Columns

The first year of “The Power of Shazam” is a long set up to get to the ‘new’ Captain Marvel status quo, which involves setting up the immediate and extended Marvel family, giving some explanation for certain aspects of the story, and provide a plan going forward. These first twelve issues do all of that, […]

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