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Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Shazam’s most gruesome fate exposes the dark side of his dual nature. When Billy Batson says the magic word “Shazam,” he is transformed into a great hero, possessing the Wisdom of Solomon and the Stamina of Atlas, among other amazing powers. Over the years, fans have debated if Billy and Shazam are two different people, and 2005’s Plastic Man #19 offers a dark take on the character’s dual nature.
Readers learn that Shazam, in his dimension, was distracted and missed Billy’s cry. The action then cuts back to a dead Billy Batson. In his column “When We First Met” in Comic Book Resources, noted comics' historian Brian Cronin addressed the issue of Shazam’s duality, tracing it through the character’s history. Cronin points out that when Shazam debuted in Whiz Comics #2, by Bill Parker and CC Beck, the issue was not outright addressed, but shortly after Billy’s first transformation, he addressed the Wizard as “sire,” an odd choice of words for an orphan from the street.
This arrangement held for the rest of the character’s Golden Age tenure. The character’s success drew the ire of DC Comics, who engaged in a decades-long lawsuit against Fawcett, Shazam’s original publisher. This lawsuit, which dragged on for years, drained Fawcett’s resources. This reversal in fortunes coincided with a downturn in interest in superhero comics, resulting in Fawcett ceasing publication in 1953.
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