Description
"Young orphan Billy Batson finds himself wielding truly amazing magic powers - just in time to face an invasion of alien and earthly monsters! All he has to do is say the magic word. Shazam! When Billy Batson follows a mysterious stranger onto the subway, he never imagines he's entering a strange world of powerful wizards, talking tigers, kid eating monsters, political intrigue and mysterious villains. But Billy encounters all that and more when the wizard gives him a magic word that transforms him into the world's mightiest mortal. Now, he must use his extraordinary new abilities to face an incoming invasion of alien creatures and to stop mad scientist Dr. Sivana and his Monster Society of Evil from taking over the world!"--
Language
Original language
English
Publication
DC Comics (2009), 208 pages
ISBN
1401209742 / 9781401209742
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LibraryThing member jjmcgaffey
An interesting take on Shazam. I'm glad I read the introduction, or I'd have been spending time saying "But that's not how it goes!" It's set in more-or-less now (some retro aspects, some futuristic ones), with both Billy and Mary a good deal younger than the classic story (5? 6? Young enough to
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still have round faces). All the classic elements are here - even Sivana's 'big red cheese' - but the backgrounds and explanations differ in several important places. It's not something I'll particularly seek out, but I'll happily read more if I happen to come across it. Show Less
LibraryThing member jaykay2
Summary:
Billy Batson is a homeless orphan who is also a “host” for Captain Marvel. Billy's bad behavior almost causes mass destruction of the human race at the hands of Mr. Mind and the Monster Society of Evil. Dr. Sivana represents politics and he loves to collect money. Billy also invents a
Personal Reaction:
Im not a big comic book reader myself but if it helps children love to read and develop a good vocabulary, then it is a good book.
Extension Ideas:
I would have my students write their own comic strip.
I would have the children create a class comic and each group create one box of the strip.
Billy Batson is a homeless orphan who is also a “host” for Captain Marvel. Billy's bad behavior almost causes mass destruction of the human race at the hands of Mr. Mind and the Monster Society of Evil. Dr. Sivana represents politics and he loves to collect money. Billy also invents a
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network called “SNN” to help him expose Dr. Sivana. Billy is abused from adults in a abandoned building while his sister Mary lives with a mean foster parent. Personal Reaction:
Im not a big comic book reader myself but if it helps children love to read and develop a good vocabulary, then it is a good book.
Extension Ideas:
I would have my students write their own comic strip.
I would have the children create a class comic and each group create one box of the strip.
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LibraryThing member amuskopf
5 stars for these lines on pgs 132-133
Captain Marvel: "...All i want to do is make peace."
Cyclops: "All I want to do is plow the earth...with your head!"
Captain Marvel: "...All i want to do is make peace."
Cyclops: "All I want to do is plow the earth...with your head!"