Falling a bit behind, so I will be reviewing issues 12 and 13 this time. Issue 12 has Billy and the Captain becoming separate beings, and they argue with each other. Mary and Freddy then take Billy to see his real mom, while the Captain tells the Flashpoint kids and Hoppy the Rabbit that Billy is the one who caused this magical leak. Meanwhile Billy finds out his mom is married and has another son. That crushes Billy, which causes the magical leak to explode. Billy changes to the Captain, and in stopping the leak, apparently become obliterated.
Issue 13 is narrated by Freddy, as he and Mary go searching for Billy. Freddy whines about not having powers any more. Mary as Mary Marvel fights monsters that are attacking a subway station. Billy is at that station, the monsters coming from the leak he has caused. Again, Billy and the Captain argue with each other. Billy says the way to stop the leak is for the power of Shazam to go to someone else. Mary continues to fight the monsters while Freddy attempt to get a runaway subway train under control. Mary is about to be defeated, when she is saved by....
...SPOILER ALERT.....
Uncle Marvel! Meanwhile Freddy's train lands him in King Kull's realm, thanks to the intervention of a mysterious, magical powered girl.
Both these issues, written by Josie Campbell are slightly better than her previous efforts, but still have a Saturday morning sit-com tone to them. The artwork by Emanuella Luppacchino and Mike Norton in issue 12 is the same as their previous issues, but issue 13's art is by Norton alone, and is a step better. Both these issues earn a C.
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