Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! #1 The World's Mightiest Mortal! & #2 Magic Words! by Mike Kunkel

The World's Mightiest Mortal! by Mike Kunkel
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Hardcover, 28 pages
Published July 1st 2014 by Capstone
Source: Review copy thanks to Capstone Pub/DC Comics

Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! (#1)


I loved this! I've not read Shazam in the comics yet, only run across him a couple times on teams but surely do remember watching the TV Show in the '70s! What a fun comic for kids! Lots of story, the pages are full of frames, text is smaller than what you usually find in these kid comics. The art is fantastic, not as cartoony as normally seen either, but more sketchy, stylized and obviously recognizable as the illustrator's own. This first issue in the series doesn't have a main supervillain, though it ends with his introduction, instead the book has Captain Marvel and Mary Marvel off saving a few people while we get to know them, see how they became the superheroes and watch them live their lives. Well-written, fun, a delight!

Magic Words! by Mike Kunkel
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Library Binding, 30 pages
Published July 1st 2014 by Stone Arch Books
Source: Review copy thanks to Capstone Pub/DC Comics

Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! (#2)

What fun! I love this! Theo Adam is after Billy to give him the magic word so he can turn back into Black Adam. Shazam the wizard knows the evil has returned and is confident that Billy and Mary will be able to handle it. Great cliff hanger ending. Great art! I'll have to finish this series sometime.