DC Comics Presents: Shazam! #2

The second, and last, of the digital promotional collections tied to the Shazam! movie, DC Comics Presents: Shazam! #2 contains the last four issues of The Power of Shazam! series before it was cancelled. Issues 44 to 47 focus on Billy Batson and his siblings in the hospital after barely surviving a car accident, all the while a pair of villains plot to go after them. Due to Shazam, the wizard, now being a New God and a previous fight with Chain Lightning limiting their powers, the kids now need to use a Mother Box to aid them in their fight. This leads to Uncle Dudley and Tawky Tawny, friends of the Marvels, to try and seek help from the future but wind up finding Black Adam instead. Despite the Marvels and the Justice League still believing he's guilty of his past crimes, Adam wants to reform and help Batson and his family. With Shazam returning and Billy's powers at full strength but unhinged due to his anger towards Adam, the three must face off against the Three Faces of Evil before it can escape to Earth. These last four issues tell a very well told and engaging story that makes you wish that the series wasn't cancelled. While there may be a lot of information that has happened in other comics, Jerry Ordway's writing does a great job at explaining much. The story is well paced and filled with many surprises, including making Black Adam sympathetic and his redemption believable. Ordway's artwork, as well as his and Dick Giordano's coloring, is a lot more fresh and detailed than the ones done for issues 38-41. The art is more in keeping with at the time modern looks, though still having small touches to the Golden Age of Comics. Many of the fight scenes, whether between Captain Marvel and Superman or the team up between Marvel, Shazam, and Adam against the Three Faces, are amazing to look at. Of course, there are times when the art isn't always that perfect especially when there are closeups to certain characters that make them seem off. Whether or not the writers, and other staff, knew that these last four issues would be the end of the series, DC Comics Presents: Shazam! #2 gives us four very well told and epic stories with amazing artwork. Over all: 100%
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