tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623956572866546967.post791577438002850042..comments2023-09-07T10:04:40.852-04:00Comments on SHAZAMAHOLIC!: Review: Curse Of Shazam, part 4Shazamaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11745015382822203379noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623956572866546967.post-12362458655492781812012-07-03T09:06:11.823-04:002012-07-03T09:06:11.823-04:00@CMFan
It's already been covered that this is ...@CMFan<br />It's already been covered that this is a new interpretation of our favourite characters. You can't produce material styled after the pre 1985 versions because that style has no more relevance. They must give a series new life with new ideas to keep it fresh. Almost every DC/ Marvel Hero has gone through this so why should Captain Marvel be any different? Besides, you forgot to mention the Power Of Shazam series which was the closest to homage the original series, while keeping it current with the modern DCU. If you like the old Captain Marvel, then buy the Shazam Archives (That's what I did).<br /><br />Aside from that, another great issue with extending possibilities for the next few issues. Perhaps when Billy and Freddy go to the Bryers home, the juvenile hijinks will entertain. Johns definitely hit the mark for creating a reason for Billy and Freddy to become closer through an act of pure teenage rebellion. <br />As for Black Adam finally entering the fray, one could say that he may catalyze the action the series has been lacking thus far. I was so pleased to be wrong about my theory of a Sivana/Adam combo, and loved the costume design of Adam.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06442585664478382219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623956572866546967.post-5479213498344876262012-06-29T23:23:27.476-04:002012-06-29T23:23:27.476-04:00Geoff Johns may be good at constructing a narrativ...Geoff Johns may be good at constructing a narrative, but in my opinion he's a little over-rated. My problem is he is not writing Billy Batson and Freddy Freeman. These are new characters. Billy and Freddy are not troubled teens, they are not "dead end kids", they are not the characters in "Curse of Shazam". These are fakes. The real characters were published by Fawcett and even by DC pre-1985. The only post-1985 appearances of the real characters were in Alex Ross' "Power Of Hope" and "Justice". That is what I want, not Johns' fakes loosly based on the originals.CMfannoreply@blogger.com