Shazam!
The return of the DC’sDCeasedzombie Revelation of Saint John the Divine also hail the return of the series ’ rendering of Cassandra Cain’sBatgirlin her unexampled Mickey Charles Mantle as the heroShazam . Recently , DC disclose the concluding installment in the trilogy -DCeased : War of the Undead Gods- was coming to shelves , as the stay wedge fight for the fate of the macrocosm against a resurrected Darkseid .
set forth as a six - issue miniseries in 2019,DCeased , created by Tom Taylor and Trevor Hairsine , is set in an alternative DC creation where a corrupted version of Anti - Life Equation has guide rampant across the earth , transform the majority of the population into zombie - like monsters . In the subsequence serial publication , DCeased : Dead Planet , Cassandra Cain AKA Batgirl join a team of heroesled by John Constantine , search the scourge globe for powerful wizardly items . During the squad ’s trip to the Rock of Eternity , to site the star Shazam ’s faculty , they came up against an septic Captain Marvel Junior . During the struggle Cain took up the stave and spoke the magic word of honor , transforming her into the newest Shazam . With her novel mogul and trademark savagery , Cain killed Captain Marvel Junior and rescue her team .
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Cassie Cain ’s Shazam has seemingly been affirm to be returning forDCeased : state of war of the Undead Gods , asterisk in an epic variant cover from artist Dan Mora for the series ' first issue ( which will come from Taylor and Hairsine . ) The art features Cain in her Shazam redesign alongside fellow surviving heroes Cyborg , Lobo , and theDCeasedGreen Lantern AKA Dinah Lance . The cover showsCain ’s redesigned Batgirl / Shazam costume : her iconic all - black , astomatous bat - suit emblazon with the Shazam family lightning bolt of lightning and glowing workforce packed with sorcerous power .
It ’s hard to imagine that DC will ever be capable toproduce a cooler Shazam designthan thisDCeasedversion . The addition of the classic lightning bolt to Cain ’s definitely grim Batgirl costume is the perfect blend of the two Hero ' iconic looks and is perfectly in - guardianship with the aesthetic of theDCeaseduniverse . A traditionally category - friendly superhero , Shazam is an early comical - book creationwith a brilliant , friendly excogitation . Much of the charm of making Cassie Cain the latest to bear this business leader is in how drastically the zombie apocalypse has change the world that the current Shazam is a black - garb vigilate who was raised as the perfect assassin .
The decision to go around a member of the grim - and - gritty Bat - Family into the role makes perfect common sense in the revulsion - breathe in ( yet promising ) storytelling ofDCeased . Cassandra Cain’sBatgirlisn’t an obvious candidate to become the Champion of Magic , but in a world gone made , she ’s proving she ’s worthy of theShazammantle .
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DCeased : War of the Undead Gods # 1is coming from DC Comics August 9 .
