Shazam! is breaking out of his ongoing title and back into the wider DCU - but with some consequences, according to a new image released.
The cover to September's Batman/Superman #2 has been tweeted by series writer Joshua Williamson, and it shows a malevolent-looking Big Red Cheese.
"Batman/Superman #2 cover! By @DaveMarquez & @loquesunalex!" Williamson writes. "The first of the characters corrupted by the Batman Who Laughs. You’ll fear the Power of the Dark Multiverse. SHAZAM!!!"
The recently-released preview to August's Batman/Superman #1 reveals a scene with a dark version of Billy Batson attacking the prime DCU's Batman.
More details coming in the full September 2019 solicitations from DC at 5:00pm Eastern on Friday.
As long as the people who were in charge then are still in charge, it'll always lurk in this direction
Matthew Gray
>evil Cap Are they retarded?
Caleb Diaz
I honestly felt nothing reading the OP. Not happiness nor anger. Just apathy.
John Long
No, but they will put on a green wig and red lipstick and suck your cock for $3.99
Austin Hall
Same. If TGL wasn't so good I'd drop it on principal. With Super Sons ending and Jimenez off JL for the next two months I'll literally only be pulling one DC book per month.
Before Bendis it was 12 a month for me just from DC.
Dominic Price
Somehow an evil Cap is not as bad as "Cap, but Joker!"
Carter Davis
Their just throwing everyone into society
Justin Hughes
It's just TGL, Super Sons, Hawkman, Terrifics and Deathstroke for me and who knows how much longer those three have left.
Daniel Martinez
So Donna Troy and Shazam are confirmed, who's next?
I find it funny that they're using Batman and Batman Who Laughs to subtly launch another Superman book hoping people will buy it this time. DC literally have zero faith in Superman.
It surely is, otherwise they wouldn't launch another Superman book co-starring Batman and featuring Batman villains. Because the Event Leviathan certainly wasn't enough.
David Watson
I want to see him beating Catwoman, to see what's what.
Probably Billy (confirmed), guy, batgirl, booster, Kara and Alfred.
Jaxon Morris
>Jon Kent I guess this would be a way to undo teen Jon but I doubt it's going to be that.
>Six of the below heroes will betray the DC Universe! Besides Shazam, my money is on Donna, Rick Grayson (which no one will care), Miss Martian, Kyle Rayner, and Perry White.
Nathaniel Wright
This isn't true at all. As one of the most consistently REEd at Billyfags I can tell you most of us love Superman.
James Murphy
Batman who Laughs is what? on its fifth or sixth comic and it always makes it to the top-ten.
As much as I hate Jokerfaggotry the people who like it spend their money on it and DC keeps making more because of it. Same shit happened with Batman but King managed to slowly start sinking that boat.
Elijah Anderson
What? Cap could kill Superman what problem would he have with Batman. He's arguably the only one Flash cant just blitz
Christian Howard
>corrupting Shazam into a big villain Man, Dan Didio is out for blood, isn't he?
Fuck I said guy I meant Kyle. user is also thinking straight: >Perry Kinda the same type I saw with Alfred; the real heartbreaker for Batman/Superman depending on which on.
Brayden Hill
Don't lie, you dumb Yea Forums tourist.
Jackson Baker
He just hates me. I know this seems insane and self obsessed but I absolutely promise you it's specifically me he's trying to piss off.
John Cox
Oh for fuck sake. This is intentional now, and Dan is clearly giving the middle finger to Johns
Owen Diaz
DC bringing the heat in September.
Ryder Jenkins
Why are you guys being bitchy about this? You act like it’s permanent when it’s probably gonna last one issue if that
Sebastian Diaz
Tom King fucking managed to make me hate Batman's trunks, because now every time i see Batman with his trunks on the outside i am reminded that the only reason he went back to this costume was because King made it so Batman could remember himself from a time before he was dumped by Catwoman.
Nathaniel Fisher
Some people love it when Batman gets beat up by superhumans because they don't think he should ever get to win against a nonhuman. No one cares who beats up Superman he is a jobber. Its like a right of passage to beat up Superman and join the I beat up Superman club.
Jose Williams
What did you do to him?
Hudson Walker
Fuck off faggot you're falseflagging because you've always hated the trunks and want ATT shills to see this and report back. Hang yourself and stream it.
Grayson Foster
No one believes you.
Benjamin Diaz
I've spoiled a few stories they tried to steal from me forcing them to retool them after they were drawn. He also thinks I helped turn the sentiments around their garbage poisonous in general.
They know I'm talented enough but they tried to steal from me because I'm an asshole and a nobody and I didn't accept it lying down.
Jaxson Bennett
Batcat is still shit
Ian Long
>I've spoiled a few stories they tried to steal from me Any we'd know?
Carson Jones
I never like modern shazam and his Burger King family.
You are forgetting how Snyder jokerized the JL in Endgame (I think?) and the Teen Titans and Suicide Squad in some Metal tie-ins. It's probably a fetish.
And the worst part is, they are there actively looking for a kid. So they can't play the whole "Flash doesn't have super-reflexes normally, he has to turn them ON (or something) bullshit". I despise how they make characters like Superman regular people with normal reflexes and senses except when they need to do battle or advance a clumsy plot point.
They used to "corrupt" Mary Marvel ad nauseum, how long before we can look forward to Corrupted Darla? Ugh. This kind of storytelling is truly tabloid-tier writing.
They are probably trying to emulate Kid Miracleman.
Ian Richardson
Beast Boy, Ms. Martian and Kyle. DC is out to derail most of the Titans.
Daniel Wood
>The Joker goes from being a failed comedian who resorts to crime to being a fucking disease
Saying that anyone who has the Joker toxin in them is the Joker kinda ruins the character, much like how "midichlorians" ruined the Force
Ethan Hughes
It's more like Dan hates young heroes in general. Most of the potential suspects are all mid 20s and younger or from the TT/Titans franchise.
Hunter Hughes
Shit taste confirmed. 2011 was a good year for DC.
Asher Morales
Yeah I fully expect as many Titans as possible too.
Luke Torres
Miss M, Kyle, Constantine.
Luis Ramirez
Beast Boy, Damian, Ms.Martian
Jordan Nelson
Yeah, until September.
Charles Sanchez
He really likes anyone who is an obvious Spider-Man clone (Blue Beetle, Sideways). I don't think he has anything against Beast Boy/Raven/Starfire/Cyborg either, or even Damian Wayne for that matter.
Nathan Johnson
This would have been an interesting comic if the characters actually turned into evil versions of themselves. Just being jokerized is lame.
Nathan Bailey
What the fuck are you two retards talking about? This is a Batman book ft. Superman, hence “Batman/Superman” instead of the reverse like it used to be.
Liam Phillips
It should be World's Finest.
Kevin Jenkins
I want Marquez on a GL book, only two small panels and his Hal looks amazing
Nicholas Richardson
wow great DC defaults back to ruining a character for made up controversy ala Marvel how neato and original
Bentley Smith
Nigga, Batman doesn't need Superman, it's the other way around. If they wanted, they could have just released another Batman ongoing named Batman Who Laughs where Batman hunts BWL the same way, minus Superman.
Jon and Nightwing if they want to bring them back to how they were. Which I doubt.
Lincoln Martinez
>What would have happened if he and his lore had been picked up by Marvel? Remember that big event where a bunch of marvel Teens had been kidnapped, forced to kill each other and none of their mentor figures did the slightest fucking thing to find them?
Jordan Cooper
You know I was reallly hoping these dark multiverse infected heroes would be more interested instead of just being jokerized. Like a Shazam overtaken completely by Mr. Mind or something like that.
I know nothing about Joshua Williamson, is he a good writer?
Grayson Cook
How much longer can they milk this dark multiverse shit?
Asher Brooks
Oops! All Jokers!
Jackson Wright
Avengers Arena. A bunch of Avengers Academy and New Mutants kids were snatched up by Arcade, who made them play out Battle Royale instead of killing them with wacky but horrifying machines like he usually does.
Hudson Sanders
>fallout from Metal event >following the Batman who laughs