Shazam!
Warning : contains spoiler forThe New Champion of Shazam # 1 !
Big alteration are happening forMary Marvel , and it ’s not just that she ’s taking over the mantle ofShazam . DC has made a significant development in Mary ’s character reference , one which will impact the Shazam family indefinitely - she ’s fit to college ! With new roommates , anew costume , and a raw buddy , Mary Bromfield has a lot on her plate . And by the looks of things , it might be more than she bargained for .
Now that Billy Batson is trapped in the Rock of Eternity , the reality needs a Shazam , and Mary Marvel is taking up the mantle with a whole new status quo . Shifting the ages of characters in the DC existence is basically irreversible unless aCrisis - horizontal surface rewrite is thrown in the mix . For example , when lineament like Robin and Kid Flash grew up and became Nightwing and the Flash , those were both permanent changes . In DC ’s principal persistence , both character are now adult superheroes , leave their sidekick pasts well behind them . The same is now find for Mary Marvel , as becoming a fledgling at college marks a fresh level of life that DC ca n’t easy reverse .
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InThe New Champion of Shazam # 1 , by Josie Campbell and Evan " Doc " Shaner , Mary Marvel embarks on her own journeyas the hero Shazam in a 4 - part miniseries . This series aims to reinvent Mary ’s identity element , senesce the character up to a college starter . Leaving behind her past in foster - homes and as the smart honest-to-god sister , Mary is experiencing a young starting time for both her hero and civilian identities . In the first issue of the serial publication , Mary hops off a motorbus outside of Vassar College , her dream school , eight hours aside from her home in Philadelphia . Here , she meets her new roommates , introducing herself as " Marina " to try out to seem nerveless to the pair , who seem to already be close .
Playing the erstwhile sis role for most of her life , Mary has seldom had the chance to research her identity . Now that she ’s away from the Shazam family , she ’ll also be working unaccompanied as a hero for the first time . For many characters in DC Comics , ageing up is a infrequency . Tim Drake has never made it pasthis teen year and Barry Allen refuses to grow old . With the Shazam phratry being made up of children and stripling , it ’s notable that DC has allowed a major life history milepost like Mary going to college , hopefully show the publishing house ’s committal to her newfangled earned run average .
Mary set about college is an exciting change for DC . She ’s a Pisces - out - of - H2O in New York , still endeavor to figure out who she is . This miniseries is creating a strong instauration forMary Marvel ’s adult superhero vocation asShazam .
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The New Champion of Shazam # 1is available now from DC Comics digitally and in photographic print .
