"Look!" "A shooting star!" "Quick, Sally, make a wish." "Mine's for us to be together." "Forever." " Hey, it's getting bigger!" " What?" "The shooting star!" "Oh, my God!" "It's coming right at us!" "Who's hungry?" "Oh, take them all." "I'm going to get breakfast." "Good morning, Miss Bamby." "You sure look pretty today." "Oh, come on, man." "You really gonna take a bums money?" "How am I gonna buy a beer, if this is all you have?" "Hey, leave him alone!" "Mind your own business, little man!" "Then just leave him alone." "Got something to say now?" "Sorry, Captain." "Last thing I wanted, was for you to get your ass whooped on my account." "Just trying to do the right thing, sir." "And that is why you're the Captain, man." "You know, everybody nowadays is looking for change." "Just want it to come from someone else, huh?" "Hey, um... speaking off..." "I hate to ask, but..." " I only have a subway token." " Works for me." "And next time you see me, I'll hit you back with some change, Captain." "Sure." "Holy moly." "Are all these for me, Mr. Kent?" "Since you ate two breakfasts yesterday," "I thought I'd better order you three, today." "Do you really think the folks who read your paper, are gonna care about some kid from Fawcett City?" "I think they gonna care a lot." "And I hope they'll wanna do something to help you and the other kids in your situation." "What's that on your face?" "That's what you get for trying to be good." "I shoud've just kept my mouth shut." "Be good and good will follow." "That's what my parents used to always tell me." "But you know, Mr Kent, I was good before they were taken from me." "I was good at the foster home, and I was good 15 minutes ago." "I'm starting to think, being good isn't good for me." "It seems that way sometimes, doesn't it?" "But that's because good is hard." "Bad is always easy." "I was not expecting a child." "But you are marked by the wizards energy." "Chosen to one day inherit the mantle of power." "I..." "I don't understand." "What do you want from me?" " Your life." " Hey!" "Stay away from him!" "Stay here, son!" "You fight for the wizard?" "I fight for those who can't fight for themselves." "Magic." " Why is he after me?" " I was going to ask you the same question." "Indeed, you are my physical match." "But I sense one critical difference." "Vulnerability to magic." "Another difference... heat vision" " You did it." " Go!" "But you beat him." "It's over." "Go!" " Hey, Captain, where's the fire?" " Please, let go, you don't understand!" "Look, man." "The change I promised, right here." "Well, it's a token, but I told you I'll pay you back." "Now you can take the subway, instead of hoofing it on foot." "Pfft..." "You're welcome." "Uh..." "Hello?" "IN LOVING MEMORY:" "C.C. MARILYNBATSON:1973-2008" "Holy moly." "I was hoping this moment could wait until you were a bit older." "Alas, the threat is upon us now." " Billy Batson." " You... you know my name?" "Oh, I know many things, for I am the Wizard Shazam." "Whoa!" "Worry not, Black Adam can not sense you here." "Who's Black Adam?" "My gravest mistake." "One for which today, I will pay my penance." "A millennia ago, I chose him to be this worlds protector." "He was entrusted with great powers, but his heart was corrupted by them." "He fell victim to the same seven deadly enemies of man, that all must battle." "I was forced to banish him to the farthest star in the sky." "I spent the next 5000 years making sure that I will not repeat that error." "I chose a new hero." " Who?" " Why, you, of course." "I've been watching you for some time, Billy, and now bestowed with the wisdom, strength, stamina, power, courage and speed of the gods." "You will become our new protector." "You will become..." "Captain Marvel." "But ..." "I'm no protector." "No protector, you say?" "And yet despite them doing countless tragedies and hardships, you've somehow managed to protect your perfect heart." "You Billy Batson, are all that stands in the way of" "Black Adam, again unleashing tyranny upon us." " I can't." " You must." "There, it is done..." "We have to get out of here!" "At your time of need, simply call on me, but this is my destiny." "Go now." "Live your's." "One potential obstacle destroyed." "Now to finish off the other." "Hey, leave him alone." " What am I doing?" " You are alive, an impressive trick." "Not as impressive as this one." "Amusing." "The Wizard finally gave you your power, but neglected to show you how they work." "Superman?" "Anyone?" "A little help here, Shazam?" "Holy moly." "I'm big." "Whoa, I'm strong!" "I'm fast!" "And I can fly!" "This is so cool!" "And all I had to do was say Shazam." "Uh-oh!" "Shazam!" "Shazam!" "Whoo!" "That was close." "I did not spend 5,000 years traveling across the infinite void of space to be thwarted by some man child." "Will a Superman do then?" "So you're what this is all about." " I'm his replacement." " Then let's replace him." " Why?" " A necessary strategy." "Divide ... and conquer." "Is this who I was to protect?" " Why?" "Because they are weak?" " Put her down." "When you crush an ant beneath your foot, do you feel remorse?" "No." "Is this because you are evil?" "Or because you recognize yourself as a higher form of life?" "This is what the Wizard could not understand!" "If I have the powers of the Gods, then am I not a God myself?" "Should I not be treated as such?" "Put her down." "You want to be a protector?" "Then protect this soul." "Revert to your mortal form, and I will prove a benevolent deity." "And then you'll just kill me." "I will." "Shazam." "Now, put her down." "See, like an ant." "No!" "Sh ..." "Your last breath wasted on the wrong word." " How did you stop the flood?" " Cold breath." "Another power you don't have." "No more." "No more being weak." "No more!" "No more!" "Easy there." "You've got him." "It changes you, does it not?" " The power." " It only changes that, I can choose my own fate now." "Like a God, maybe?" " That's enough!" " No, I have to!" " To protect them." " How?" " By being like him?" " By being stronger than him!" "Then be strong." "Be good." "This is not over then." "Only death will stop me." "You're forgetting option number two... banishment!" "I'll take it from here, Captain." " Tawny!" " You know the homeless guy?" "Still the Wizards lackey, I see." "Lackey, kid's guardian angel, super hero talent scout." "I guess, I do a bit of everything." "So I was thinking, this time the Wizard could send you so far across the universe, it will take you 10,000 years to get back." "No!" "Not again!" "Oh, you better believe it." "Shazam!" "Aged 5,000 years in a single moment..." "Harsh." " I thought the Wizard was..." " As a doorknob." "Nice work out there, Captain." "See you in around." "You have some unusual friends." "Hey!" "It's the hero." "Oh, and look at that." "Heroes got nothing to say." "Come on, say something." "I dare you." "Come on." "Just one word..." "Edited By Scooby"