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smashpages · 1 year

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Out this week: Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil (DC, $39.99):

DC reprints Jeff Smith’s classic tale of Billy Batson, Mar Marvel, the Wizard and more in this hardcover collection. It includes an introduction by Alex Ross, and if you ever wanted to introduce someone to the whimsical wonders of Shazam! comics, this is a great way to do it.

See what else is arriving in comic book shops this week.

#shazam!#shazam!: the monster society of evil #jeff smith #comics #comic books #dc comics #new comic book day #new comics tuesday #ncbd #dc #new comics day #new comics #can't wait for comics #out this week #this week's comics

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cantsayidont · 8 months

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October 1944. A landmark of Golden Age comics was the 25-part "Monster Society of Evil" saga, which ran in Fawcett's CAPTAIN MARVEL ADVENTURES from 1943 to 1945. The leader of the Monster Society of Evil was a mysterious character called Mr. Mind … who was eventually revealed to be just a little worm! But not just any worm: To quote the recap at the beginning of this installment (Chapter 19), he was "An intelligent worm with the greatest genius for evil ever known!" Although the serial ended with Mr. Mind being captured by Captain Marvel and paying the ultimate price for his reign of terror (no, really), DC has revived the character several times in more recent years. Unfortunately, because DC has never really had much editorial capacity for whimsy, they can seldom resist trying to rationalize him in some absurd way (e.g., by making him a Venusian brain-parasite whose true form is a terrifying giant monster). This is wrong. Mr. Mind is a CUTE LITTLE WORM WHO KILLS PEOPLE. As seen above, he gets sad when his fiendish plots and horrible death rays don't work. That is basically it, and he's really not a character who needs any embellishment. I mean, look at him!

#comics #captain marvel adventures #otto binder #cc beck #captain marvel #shazam #billy batson #mr mind #monster society of evil #fawcett comics

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its-cripptid · 1 year

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mary is so cute in monster society of evil💕

#cripptid talks comics #shazam #shazam the monster society of evil #billy batson #mary marvel #mary bromfield #mary batson

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wolfsbanesparks · 5 months

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Merry Christmas y'all!

It's a bit late but I posted the next chapter of A Mind Of His Own! Featuring Sunny Sparkle and the Monster Society of Evil!

#billy batson #hal jordan #shazam #dc captain marvel #green lantern #mr mind #freddy freeman #sunny sparkle #the monster society of evil #not gonna lie this chapter kicked my butt for like a week #i couldnt decide if i should split it up but i like it as is

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lesser-mook · 6 months

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Some Captain Marvel reads / Shazam (The FIRST real Captain Marvel est. 1939) | Recommended comics

Shazam: Power of Hope (Captures the spirit of Shazam/Captain Marvel perfectly)

*was not a fan of that N52 shit, I'll give it another shot another day, but THIS is the true energy of Captain Marvel.

Shazam: Monster Society of Evil, a very fun, very well paced modern retelling

And It's verrry underrated sequel series (Billy Batson and The Power of Shazam), significantly younger Billy & my fav iteration of Mary.

Superman/Shazam: First Thunder 1-4 (I won't say much for this one, it gets dark, for a Captain Marvel book, but it hits home. I'll leave it at that.)

#shazam #captain marvel #fawcett comics #dccomics #billy batson #put respect on his name #monster society of evil #power of hope #lessermook #comics #read read read

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coverpanelarchive · 1 year

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Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil #1 (2007)

#DC comics #shazam the monster society of evil #jeff smith #billy batson #shazam #wizard shazam

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matt-eldritch · 1 year

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Inspired by David Jamison’s character designs for a Wonder Woman cartoon, I decided to make designs for my own Shazam cartoon. The first ones I’ve been doing is redesigning the Malicious Mr. Mind, and I’m not entirely sure if I keep him like his classic look or try to make him look like something that crawled out of an HP Lovecraft novel. Check out David Jamison’s work here, you won’t be dissappointed!; https://linktr.ee/DavidJamison22

#dc comics fanart #dc comics #shazam #mr mind #hypothetical cartoon #character redesign #monster society of evil #artofmatteldritch #animated series #supervillain #golden age comics #lovecraftian #monster #my wip art

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peterkothe · 2 years

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INKtober Day 11- DR SIVANA

Though a mere mortal man of rodent-like complexion, Dr Thaddeus B. Sivanna is no joke! Possessing super genius intellect, he has concocted many an outlandish scheme, invention, allied himself with the telepathic alien worm: Mister Mind and his Monster Society of Evil, and even the legendary Teth Adam (BLACK ADAM); all in the effort to conquer the world! All that stands in his way is Earth’s mightiest mortal, the “big red cheese:” Captain Marvel the champion of SHAZAM the Marvel/ Shazam family!

#my art #artists on tumblr #inktober 2022 #inktober #Inktober 2022 day 11 #Dr Sivanna #Captain Marvel Shazam #Shazam #power of Shazam #dc comics #dc captain marvel #Black Adam #mister mind #Shazam vs the monster society of evil #old school #super villain #mad doctors #mad scientist #scheming

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don-lichterman · 2 years

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SHAZAM 2: FURY OF THE GODS Movie Preview (2022)

In this episode of KinoCheck Originals, you’ll learn everything there is to know about the DC sequel “SHAZAM Fury of the Gods”! | Subscribe ➤ https://abo.yt/ki |More episodes ➤ #KinoCheckOriginals 00:35 Recap of Shazam 02:30 Plot theories 05:48 Shazam 2 Cast 06:33 Production 07:09 Shazam 2 News Most popular movies right now ➤ https://amzo.in/bestsellermovies Most wanted movies of all time ➤…

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animusrox · 3 months

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spawnnfrog · 7 months

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I love making up interactions between DC characters who will never interact 🫶.

Billy’s design is from Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil cause just look at him ??

He is so tiny !!

#billy batson #jason todd #shazam #captain marvel #dc comics #dc fanart #i love them #maybe I’ll make a comic of these two ?#my doodles #billy n jason

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yellowocaballero · 1 year

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SHAZAM SHAZAM SHAZAM pls tell us about billy batson. ive only ever seen the movies o great comic knower

Very very very VERY far from comic expert (that's brawltogethernow) but I have read a lot of Shazam. His history is actually really, really fascinating and involves more than one lawsuit that really defined very early comics. I'll focus on one thing, though.

There are two Captain Marvels: One from the 1940s to around 2013, and one from 2013 til now. The Captain Marvel you're familiar with (who is named Shazam) is from 2013. He's a more realistic, grounded character. He was created to be pretty much the polar opposite of his original version. The best summary is to say that the Wizard chose Billy Batman 1940 because he had the purest heart, and the Wizard chose Billy Batson ~2013 because he was there. My personal 'best' Shazam story is the "Shazam: The Monster Society of Evil" graphic novel by the guy who made Bone. It's good because it's for elementary schoolers yet acknowledges this small child as homeless. Which, don't get me wrong, you shouldn't always do. My personal favorite is the 1970s ones.

As some background: Otto Binder was the creator/main writer of the very early Captain Marvel comics. He was by far and away the best writer of the early Superman Silver Age comics, because all of his comics were batshit insane. Shazam has a complicated and legal history with Superman, so the 1970 run was a super fun high camp tongue in cheek reinvention of the best Silver Age stories.

So the 1970 Captain Marvel comics are insane.

I can't even summarize them without sounding crazy. Basically the conceit is that Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr, and Mary Marvel (Billy, Freddy, and Mary) are having 1940s Golden Age Adventures when they get somehow in suspended animation and are basically time travelled to the 1970s. This don't bother them too much. Why would it bother them. Nothing bothers these people. Nothing. I don't think anybody experiences a negative emotion in these comics. Not bc they were twee. Bc they were insane.

Many of the comics basically had three shorter comics inside it: one Billy story, one Mary story, one Freddy story. Interestingly, they all had different art styles, artists, types of story, genre, etc. Billy's stories had a cartoony art style with very over-the-top and silly plotlines that involved supervillain bad dudes. Freddy's art was slightly more realistic and was slighty more grounded, but still had some classic Marvel indescribable scifi that can best be summarized as that one meme panel people have seen where Sivana recites a science equation that lets him walk through walls. Mary's stories were much more realistically drawn and featured the most banal shit, like her starting a club with her friends. Somehow Mary Marvel gets involved in those.

Sometimes they worked together and did superhero things and fought bad guys. The average fight looked like this:

Billy was a twelve year old who lived by himself, in his own apartment, had his own radio show, a full-ass job, a whole thing as Captain Marvel. He paid fucking taxes. Everybody knew this and nobody cared. He's the most affable, good natured kid on the face of the planet. Nothing bothers him. Nothing. Nothing bothers any of these people. Sivana shows up and he's BIG MAD so he's creating another death ray and Captain Marvel shows up like "Oh you rascal! Time to punch this and go back to helping my friend eat his infinite Jello."

He has a friend named Talky Tawny, who is a talking tiger wearing a suit. He also has a friend named Sunny Smiles, a person of indeterminate gender who everybody falls in love with, for unexplained and unknown reasons. Not to be confused with Freddy's friend Gregory Gosharootie, the "World's Dullest Mortal", who is so boring that nobody notices him and he keeps accidentally comitting crime. There is also an old guy named Uncle Marvel who pretends he has superpowers, which they all find funny so they just roll with it. Freddy is a disabled orphan who has to sell papers on the street corner to make a living. Mary lives in a middle class suburban home with loving foster parents. It never once seems to occur to Mary's parents to adopt Billy, for Freddy to live with Billy. Everybody is happiest this way.

I do think this is partly why a good Shazam comic has to be aimed at the 6-12yo demographics. They have to be for small children, because Billy is living a complete and utter power fantasy that only a ten year old would think is a good idea. He's a kid, and he doesn't have drag parents or a lame family, but he can turn into Superman, and he can also do magic, and everybody loves him and thinks he's the nicest person, and his supervillains are Dr. Doofenschmirtz and a worm, and his supporting cast is like okay my sister if she HAS to be involved, but also my best friend who is a paperboy! but cool because he's disabled, and….

Look, you could engage with that seriously. You could go "holy shit this is a homeless child". That's fine. That's what they do these days, and that's what they did in the movies. Nothing wrong with that. Take the story more seriously.

But also they don't give a worm the electric chair in those stories, so.

To actually give some commentary on these comics: these comics really love people. I've never seen comics that were so entrenched in their community. The kids just know everybody they meet on the street. Freddy delivers paper up and down every block, so an average story for him is just talking to a butcher or baker or old man or grumpy housewife and helping them out with some batshit problem. Mary's a sweet girl who's always starting clubs with her friends and taking on neighborhood projects. Many Billy stories involve one of his many friends falling into some trouble and Captain Marvel helping them out - or just exploring some fun with Billy hanging out with Sunny Smiles, who is a person of indeterminate gender who for some reason has magic love brainwashing powers -

This isn't the biggest #Shazam take, but I think a good Shazam story stays grounded in that. These are poor street kids who love Fawcett City so damn much. They love fighting their supervillains, but they love helping out the random guy off the street with their problems even more. Way more so than Spider-Man or a lot of other guys, I think of the Marvel family as the friendly neighborhood superheroes. They're both larger than life and street level. They're Superman level powers but they just use the powers for wrapping up their hijinks. Isn't that nice? Aren't you tired of going apeshit? Don't you just want to be nice?

#captain marvel #shazam #mary marvel #freddy freeman #billy batson #captain marvel jr #mary batson #i pulled open the old comics to review to write this #and as a kid I was like.#“hah! silly old silver age comics! they don't know how dumb they are!”#but reading it now im like #“holy shit i think they're doing it on purpose. holy shit. i think this is the most sarcastic comic ive ever read.”#“I don't think this is the funniest thing ever on accident. I think these were jokes. This comedy is sublime.”#genuinely they hold up SO well. they're fucking delightful.#high camp.#my writing #my asks

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cantsayidont · 8 months

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May 1945. In the 25th and final installment of the "Monster Society of Evil" saga, Mr. Mind was arrested and tried for his many, many crimes. Despite his protestations of innocence — "I'm just a poor little helpless worm! Sniff!" — the "evil worm mastermind" was convicted of murdering 186,744 people in cold blood. After his execution, Mr. Mind's body was stuffed and put on display in a museum.

#comics #fawcett comics #captain marvel adventures #otto binder #cc beck #captain marvel #shazam #mr mind #monster society of evil

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billybatsonmylove · 9 days

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aww pooor billy:(

Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil

#billy batson #shazam #captain marvel #tawky tawny #i just screenshotted this so it looked bad

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wolfsbanesparks · 1 year

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Hey y'all!

This is the fourth of seven fics for Billy Batson Week 2023!

Today's Prompt was: Best Storyline

This was probably the hardest fic for me to nail down because there are so many storylines that I adore, but most of them would require a bit more than a one-shot. So I chose First Thunder because it is near and dear to my heart as the first Billy centered comic I ever read.

Summary:

Billy had never expected Superman to tell him his secret identity. And he especially never expected to find himself on a small farm in Kansas, spending the day with the man's perfectly human parents.

But maybe he could get used to this.

#bb83week #billybatsonweek #shazam #billy batson #dc captain marvel #superman #clark kent #martha kent #jonathan kent #clark low key adopts Billy because itjust makes so much sense in the world of First Thunder #i was going to do something with Mr Mind and the Monster Society of Evil because thats so iconic #but that was going to be a lot

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lesser-mook · 9 months

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(Shazam: The Monster Society of Evil) version of Mary Marvel has guts, I like her. - recommended reads

Not a fan of most knockoffs but this is my favorite version of Mary, she's so funny.

And she adds an interesting element to the series, and Billy's adventures.

She really grew on me, mainly cause she's got guts, and spunk.

And THANKFULLY she & this version of Billy get more adventures in (Billy Batson and the Magic of SHAZAM! *2009)

I was so happy when realized this continued Jeff Smith's run, this version of Billy & Mary are some cool kids.

She's not as strong as Billy but she's faster & she possess Athena's ability to sense lifeforce instead of Atlas' stamina.

Very cool, much appreciated attempt to not turn her into a cheap copy of Billy. She's legit very from him, thinks, and fights different.

It was her idea to weaponize the actual lightning that empowers them, and I've been wondering that for years. Mary is awesome.

#mary marvel #dccomics #billy batson #shazam #captain marvel #fawcett comics

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