Happy New Year everyone! Here you go, my first review of 2009 and it was an unexpected doozy. Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! isn’t the type of comic I usually read. It’s targeted toward a much younger audience than my usual titles, I would say 9-12 year olds, and focuses largely on what it’s like being 11 years old and being a super hero at the same time, Earth’s mightiest mortal no less. However, Captain Marvel is my favorite DC hero so picking up this comic was a no brainer, for good or ill though?

This book is a part of Captain Marvel’s re-launch in the DCU and continues the story that was started by Jeff Smith in Shazam! Monster Society of Evil (SMSE). However, when and where these stories take place in actual continuity is very much open for debate. Anyway, on with the review.

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