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For those of you who don’t know, Shazam was originally called Captain Marvel, and he wasn’t a DC character. He was a character published by Fawcett comics. Originally his series was cancelled due to DC claiming copyright infringement on the grounds that he was a Superman knock off.

Later however, DC would basically aquire Captain Marvel and his Marvel Family, but in the 2000s his name would be changed to Shazam because Captain Marvel was also the name of an established Marvel Comics Character.

In terms of prescence, Captain Marvel has been somewhat lacking

In the 2000s, his main appearances were in limited series such as Day of Vengeance, or cameos in other series like Infinite Crisis.

In 2007, DC event retired the character by having him depowered leaving him stuck as a kid permanently after having his powers taken away by the Wizard.

In the New 52, Shazam became more of a major character, taking a larger role in some Justice League story arcs and being a side character in the Cyborg New 52 run.

As for DC Rebirth, Shazam himself has yet to make any type of major or impactful appearance outside of a cameo.

WHY, you may ask?

I think it’s because some people tend to see Shazam, as just a magic superman. Without a good writer, his only character potential is ‘magic superman’. In that case why read Magic Superman if we already have a Superman series?

Then there’s Black Adam, his nemesis who has all the same powers as Shazam but is a villain. Even he gets more screen time compared to Shazam because at least he can be a decent villian(in recent years, anti-hero).

In recent years there’s been hope of a Shazam return. He and Black Adam have appeared in both of the Injustice Games, and there is apparently a new Shazam comic to start in November. Also, here’s hoping the movie leads to the character playing a larger role in future comics.

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