Shazam

Arguably, he's always been a kid in a mans body.......but before he was an exceptionally good and worthy kid (they really nailed it in the "Return of Black Adam" short); while now he is an ***hole punk......who will presumably develop into a worthy kid. I'm only grudgingly buying JL now for the Aquaman crossover. So far the New 52 interpretations of Captain Marvel and the former JSA characters are a complete travesty.

 

Pre-Crisis, the dichotomy between Billy and Cap was always a bit ambiguous. When DC bought the rights, his appearances were a bit sporadic so there was not a whole hell of a lot of development with his character. I do feel that both Jerry Ordway and Alex Ross really nailed it in their portrayals; too bad neither of them are involved currently (though I heard Ross agrees that this new stuff sucks too). Still they probably would be told what to do anyway.
But I digress.....sorry.
Apparently the New 52 version of Solomon is a wise ass punk.
I will say this about it....art is great....story sucks.

 

Define wisdom.

 

"Wisdom is the judicious application of knowledge. It is a deep understanding and realization of people, things, events or situations, resulting in the ability to apply perceptions, judgements and actions in keeping with this understanding. It often requires control of one's emotional reactions (the "passions") so that universal principles, reason and knowledge prevail to determine one's actions. Wisdom is also the comprehension of what is true coupled with optimum judgment as to action."

 

So... New 52 Shazam is basically no good, yeah?

 

Good point, Shazam. They could have made him amoral without sacrificing wisdom.

 

we were disappointed billy batson changed

but shazam is the best thing our the geoff is writing right now in his opinion

 

That's so typical of everyone in entertainment. How often have actors and musicians claimed that their latest work is the best work they've ever done or at least measures up to anything they've ever done......and it turns out to be crap!
So it is with comic creators as well; they are their own biggest fans (and they just believe what they tell themselves).

 

we meant our opinion so sorry

 

Maybe he doesn't know how to access or use the wisdom yet? Just like he's learning everything else.

 

Oh yeah. I forgot immediately after he transformed he did all of that other stuff and had it mastered completely in the first panel. My bad.

 

I don't know, that's pretty wise. You need money. It's in the machine. Take it out of the machine.

Guy's being a *****e. *****e loves his car. F**k *****e's car up.

He's wise. Wisdom doesn't = morality. Wisdom simply cuts trough the boos**t.

 

And what consequences are there from the cops?

 

He's a walking Pantheon. What are they gonna do?

 

Pfft, Superman's gonna bring a guy in for messing up some *****e bags car and stealing from the corrupt banks that ruined the economy and totally got away with it? I don't think so.

Didn't you hear? This years Superman hates the establishment.

 

No, his intent was to punch a car.