Download or read book Shazam written by Chip Kidd and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shazam made his debut in Whiz Comics in 1940, and outsold his biggest competitor, Superman, by 14 million copies a month. It wasn't long before a variety of merchandise was licensed--secret decoders, figurines, buttons, paper rockets, tin toys, puzzles, costumes--and a fan club was created to keep up with the demand. These collectibles now sell for outrageous prices on eBay and in comic book stores and conventions. Seventy years later, an unprecedented assortment of these artifacts are gathered together by award-winning writer/designer Chip Kidd and photographer Geo Spear. Join Kidd, Spear, and the World's Mightiest Mortal in this first, fully authorized celebration of ephemera, artwork, and rare, one-of-a-kind toys, and recapture the magic that was Shazam
Download or read book Wizard Beach written by Shaun Simon and published by Boom! Studios. This book was released on 2019-10-23 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do wizards and witches do when they need a break from the cold, ice-capped mountains of their homeland? They go to the beach, of course! When Hexley Daggard Ragbottom, a high-strung young wizard, wants to put an end to the frost of dark forests he calls home, he seeks out his Uncle Salazar the greatest wizard of all time. But Uncle “Sally” has abandoned his old life for one of leisure, surfing and napping. Sally’s permanent vacation doesn’t sit well with Hexley, but maybe the young wizard is on the wrong mission. Maybe what “Hex” really needs is to learn how to chill out. Writer Shaun Simon (The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys) with artist Conor Nolan (Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Giants) and colorist Meg Casey (Adventure Time) combine their forces to create a sun-baked beach filled with surfing skeletons, wand ball games, and magical good vibrations! Collects the complete 5-issue series.
Download or read book Introduction to Shazam Fury of the Gods written by Gilad James, PhD and published by Gilad James Mystery School. This book was released on with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sequel to the 2019 film "Shazam!" is titled "Shazam! Fury of the Gods". Directed by David F. Sandberg and written by Henry Gayden, the sequel continues the story of a teenage boy named Billy Batson who transforms into a superhero named Shazam by uttering the magical word "Shazam". In this new installment, Shazam and his family of superheroes will face off against a new villain, Hespera, and her sister Kalypso, the daughters of Atlas. The first film received positive reviews and impressed audiences with its lighthearted tone and humor. "Shazam! Fury of the Gods" promises to continue this trend, with reports suggesting that the sequel will add more magic and mythology to the story. The film features a star-studded cast, with returning actors Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Marta Milans reprising their roles, alongside newcomers Rachel Zegler, Lucy Liu, and Helen Mirren. "Shazam! Fury of the Gods" is set to release on June 2, 2023, and fans of the first film are eagerly anticipating its arrival.
Download or read book Shazam The Power of Hope written by Paul Dini and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2023-05-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a personal story told from the hero's point of view, both young Billy Batson and his alter ego, Captain Marvel, devote themselves to keeping hope alive by granting the requests of a local hospital's children--in a sense, making their wishes come true. From the fan-favorite team behind SUPERMAN: PEACE ON EARTH and BATMAN: WAR ON CRIME comes the third entry in the oversized tabloid format series that has revolutionized comics. SHAZAM!: POWER OF HOPE marks the latest collaboration between Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Paul Dini (BATMAN: HARLEY QUINN) and multiple award-winning Alex Ross (KINGDOM COME, UNCLE SAM). Perhaps no classic comic-book character embodies the spirit of youth and optimism as thoroughly as Captain Marvel--the wish fulfillment of every child who ever dreamed of having super powers and taking flight. In a personal story told from the hero's point of view, both young Billy Batson and his alter ego, Captain Marvel, devote themselves to keeping hope alive by granting the requests of a local hospital's children--in a sense, making their wishes come true. Powerfully written by Dini, with staggering painted art by Ross that combines traditional comic-book storytelling and the illustrated-text format of storybooks, SHAZAM!: POWER OF HOPE finds our hero taking a direct hand upon meeting a boy who has been injured by domestic violence. Deeply affected by the encounter, our story shows just how human the World's Mightiest Mortal truly is.
Download or read book Shazam and Its Creators written by Kristi Holl and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thanks to Shazam’s services and products, we no longer have to spend hours wondering about the title of a song we heard in passing or wait to hear it again to find out who sings it. With Shazam, consumers can instantly find song, movie, or product information at the touch of a button, without even requiring a search engine. The foresight of the company’s four founders—which even anticipated smartphones—made possible one of the early smartphone apps now used by over 400 million people. Their stories and the development of this remarkable business are chronicled in this volume.
Download or read book Shazam The Junior Novel written by Calliope Glass and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shazam! is coming to theaters in Spring 2019 from Warner Bros. Pictures, starring Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer, and more. Shazam: The Junior Novel is based on the upcoming New Line Cinema major motion picture. This edition contains exclusive scenes and a section of full-color images. We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out… By shouting just one word—SHAZAM!—Billy Batson, the street-wise fourteen-year-old foster kid from Philadelphia, can magically transform into the adult super hero Shazam, courtesy of an ancient wizard. Will Billy and his new foster brother, Freddy, learn to harness Billy’s newfound superpowers like flight and bullet immunity in time to fight the dangerous forces of evil controlled by Dr. Thaddeus Sivana?
Download or read book Shazam and The Seven Magic Lands written by Geoff Johns and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teenager turned superhero Billy Batson struggles to balance school and superheroics! (Guess which one is more fun?) But when Shazam unlocks a shocking secret deep within the Rock of Eternity, it challenges everything he knows about the worlds of magic and his family’s future as its champions! Speaking of family, Billy’s father in trouble, and he’ll have to not only use the power of Shazam to help him, but also fend off the lethal team of Dr. Sivana and Mr. Mind! Collects Shazam #1-11 and #13-14.
Download or read book The Power of Shazam Book 1 In the Beginning written by Jerry Ordway and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A word is spoken, lightning strikes and out emerges young Billy Batson with the powers of Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury. The wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the stamina of Atlas, the power of Zeus, the courage of Achilles and the speed of Mercury with the sound of one word, SHAZAM! After a series of terrible events with no guidance left behind, Billy Batson was headed down a dark path until a new path magically appeared... a path that would change his life forever.
Download or read book Shazam The World s Mightiest Mortal Vol 1 written by Jerry Ordway and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1970s adventures of ShazamÑnow the star of his very own movieÑare collected in color for the first time! These new adventures combined the cartoony art of C.C. Beck, the original artist from the best-selling comics of the 1940s, with the modern, tongue-in-cheek sensibility of writers including Dennis OÕNeil as the entire Marvel family reunite for all-new adventures. Collects SHAZAM! #1-18.
Download or read book Shazam The Deluxe Edition written by Geoff Johns and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World’s Mightiest Mortal is reborn in this incredible tale from Justice League #7-11, #0, #14-16, and #18-21, now available as a deluxe edition hardcover! Young orphan Billy Batson has bounced from foster home to foster home, but when he’s drawn to the Rock of Eternity, he is imbued with powers beyond those of any mortal man! But can he learn how to handle those powers in time to defeat the villainous Black Adam? Find out in this new title from the creative team of writer Geoff Johns and artist Gary Frank, the team behind Doomsday Clock and Batman: Earth One. Includes never before seen extras, plus a new introduction by Geoff Johns!
Download or read book Shazam 2018 4 written by Geoff Johns and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2019-03-27 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ÒShazam and the Seven Magic LandsÓ continues as Billy Batson and the other foster kids are lost in the dangerous Wildlands! A realm where animals walk like humansÉand where humans live in zoos! When Freddie and Darla are captured and paraded around like oddities, itÕs up to Billy and the others to rescue them from the greedy Crocodile Men! Plus, the shocking ending to issue #1 could up end BillyÕs new familyÉor make it stronger than ever.
Download or read book Shazam 1973 1978 9 written by Dennis O'Neil and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 1974-01-02 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join the original Captain Marvel as he once again matches wits with the malevolent Mr. Mind! Soar with Captain Marvel Jr. as he investigates the case of his own missing newsstand! Finally, bear witness to the creation of the newest Marvel of them all—Bonzo, the world’s mightiest…chimp?!
Download or read book The Power of Shazam Book 1 In the Beginning written by Jerry Ordway and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A word is spoken, lightning strikes and out emerges young Billy Batson with the powers of Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury. The wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the stamina of Atlas, the power of Zeus, the courage of Achilles and the speed of Mercury with the sound of one word, SHAZAM! After a series of terrible events with no guidance left behind, Billy Batson was headed down a dark path until a new path magically appeared... a path that would change his life forever.
Download or read book Shazam A Celebration of 75 Years written by Geoff Johns and published by DC. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHAZAM! Since 1940, that magic word has been an inspiration to all. For twelve-year-old newsboy Billy Batson, it meant becoming the World's Mightiest Mortal! Blessed with the powers of the gods by the wizard Shazam, the beloved super hero has been defending the helpless, righting wrongs and crushing evil for seventy-five years, without ever losing his Golden Age charm. And he's never had to do it alone - over the years, our hero's family has grown to include some of the most iconic deputies in comics including Mary Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr., Uncle Marvel, Hoppy the Marvel Bunny and the sometimes ally Black Adam. SHAZAM!: A CELEBRATION OF 75 YEARS includes all of the Big Red Cheese's shining moments, from his first appearance in WHIZ COMICS to his modern incarnation in DC's New 52, featuring the talents of Bill Parker, C.C. Beck, Curt Swan, Elliot S. Maggin, Jerry Ordway, Geoff Johns and many, many more.
Download or read book Shazam A New Beginning 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition written by Roy Thomas and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1987’s classic origin story for the World’s Mightiest Mortal is back in SHAZAM: A NEW BEGINNING 30TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION! He was one of the greatest heroes of comics’ Golden Age—a square-jawed colossus with a child’s optimistic spirit. Then a great crisis came that destroyed his world and erased his adventures from history. But even during the grim and gritty era that followed, this force of pure goodness continued to shine through the gloom like the bolt of lightning that strikes whenever young Billy Batson says the magic word… SHAZAM! Then, in 1987, the celebrated saga of the orphaned boy with godlike powers began anew. Under an all-new creative team, DC’s Captain Marvel was reimagined as a 15-year-old teenager—one who is fated to grow up much faster than he’d hoped. Arrayed against him are some of the most menacing villains the world has ever seen: Dr. Sivana, a scientific genius as evil as he is intelligent; Captain Nazi, an Aryan übermensch bent on building a new American reich; and Black Adam, a 5,000-year-old tyrant with the same powers as Captain Marvel and the cold-hearted ambition to rule the world! SHAZAM!: THE NEW BEGINNING 30TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION presents the complete Shazam! stories from legendary comics author Roy Thomas, his co-writer and wife Dann Thomas and acclaimed artists Tom Mandrake, Rick Stasi and Rick Magyar. Featuring a new introduction by the author, this special hardcover edition reveals a unique and never-before-reprinted chapter in the history of one of the most beloved and enduring superheroes of all time! Collects SHAZAM!: THE NEW BEGINNING #1-4 and the Captain Marvel stories from ACTION COMICS WEEKLY #623-626.
Download or read book Shazam 1973 1978 3 written by Dennis O'Neil and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 1973-06-06 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suspended in animation for the last 20 years, young Billy Batson feels completely out of place with kids his own age. But when he asks the wizard to turn him into a full-grown man, it turns Captain Marvel into a teen in “A Switch in Time.” Also featuring “The Wizard of Phonograph Hill” and the Marvel Family in “The Witches' Tale!”
Download or read book Shazam 1973 1978 7 written by Dennis O'Neil and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 1973-11-07 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an undercover Tawky Tawny loses his voice, will Billy Batson be able to recognize him before it means the end of them both, in "The Troubles of the Talking Tigers"? "What's in a Name? Doomsday"…if that name is Captain Marvel, it could mean disaster for anyone who says it. Also features the conclusion of the Golden Age tale "The Man Who Changed the World."
