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seeing people talking about the leaks and crying in brazilian

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Well.... Um...

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"You're not Talia. Talia smells of Jasmine and Rose of Taif"

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Where to start reading Shazam!/Captain Marvel?

If you want to start with the older comics first read Whiz Comics #2

Captain Marvel Adventures #1, 4, 5, 22-46, 69, 127

Whiz Comics #3-15, 16-18, 21-24, 25

Legends #1-6

Marvel Family

Master Comics #21-22

America’s Greatest Comics #1-8 (especially #2)

Adventures in the DC Universe #15

Action Comics #826

L.E.G.I.O.N. ‘91 #31

Superman #276

DC Comics Present Annual #3

Justice League of America vol.1 #137

Shazam vol.1

Shazam: The New Beginning

Action Comics Weekly #626

Now if you’re more into reading his modern stories start with

The Power of Shazam

Shazam: Monster Society of Evil

Shazam! Power of Hope

JLA #28-31, 120

JLA: World Without Grown-Ups

JSA vol.1 #26-80 (especially black reign)

Superman/Shazam: First Thunder

Day of Vengeance

Infinite Crisis

52

Brave New World

The Trials of Shazam!

Justice Society of America vol. 3 #23-25

Also check out Kingdom Come.

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I got into shazam from the movie and I'd like to get into his comics but I have no idea where to start, do you have any recommendations?

Hello! There are a few different places to start with the Marvel/Shazam Family, and I’ll list them here in the order of what I think is the most to least likely to appeal to you, with some context about the different versions of Billy Batson so that you can make an informed choice.

The New 52/Rebirth Version

This features the version of Billy Batson whose hero name is Shazam and who lives in the Vasquez household with Mary, Freddy, Darla, Eugene, and Pedro as his foster siblings, collectively known as the Shazam Family. He was first introduced in 2012 and is the current comics continuity version of the character.

You start with this version of the character with:

The Curse of Shazam! — This story was originally printed across back-ups in Justice League (2011), but it was later collected and can be found on its own under the name Shazam! (2013). This is the story that first introduced Billy Batson to the New 52 continuity and is his origin story as Shazam, as well as the story in which he first shared his power with his foster siblings. The 2019 Shazam! movie was a direct adaptation of it.

And you can follow that up with:

Shazam! (2018-2020) #1-15 — This ongoing series is a direct follow-up to the origin story, beginning one year after it, and features the whole Shazam Family. If you remember the teaser at the end of the 2019 Shazam! movie with Mr. Mind visiting Dr. Sivana in his prison cell and talking about taking over the magic lands, that was a reference to the plot of this series.

The General Good Recs

These are the good stand-alone stories that I’d recommend to anyone interested in getting started with comics Billy Batson. These issues cover a few different comics continuities, but all require no prior knowledge to read and understand.

Whiz Comics (1940) #2 — Billy Batson’s first ever appearance, this story covers his original origin story as Captain Marvel. The issue is in the public domain and is legal to read for free online and has been scanned in wonderful quality at the Digital Comic Book Museum.

Shazam! Power of Hope (2000) — Set in what is essentially a modernized version of the world of the original classic character, this graphic novel is themed around the character’s relationship to hope and features Captain Marvel volunteering his time at a children’s ward in a hospital.

The Multiversity: Thunderworld Adventures (2014) #1 — Set on Earth-5, also known as Thunderworld, which is another take on modernizing the classic world, this story features the Marvel Family versus the Sivana Family, who acquired similar powers to the Marvels, while Dr. Sivana has teamed up with other versions of himself from alternate realities in a scheme to take over the whole multiverse.

Convergence: Shazam! (2015) #1-2 — Set on Earth-S, which is the world of the original Captain Marvel who first appeared in the aforementioned Whiz Comics #2, this story starts off with the Marvel Family kids not having been able to transform for a year due to an impenetrable dome that’s covered Fawcett City, but according to a mysterious voice when the dome comes down the city will be forced to fight another city from another universe in order to survive.

The Post-Crisis Version

This features the version of Billy Batson whose hero name is Captain Marvel and who lived on his own and supported himself and then was later adopted by the wealthy Bromfields who had already adopted his twin sister Mary. He works alongside Mary whose hero name is also Captain Marvel. (They shared the name in the 90s, then Mary later went by Mary Marvel in the 2000s.) The two of them sometimes work with their friend Freddy Freeman, who is known as either Captain Marvel Jr. or CM3. Collectively they are known as the Marvel Family.

You start with this version of the character with:

The Power of Shazam! (1994) — This is Billy’s modern origin story as Captain Marvel, and depicts him learning how to use his new powers and fighting his parent’s murderer Theo Adam, who had been protected by corrupt businessman Thaddeus Sivana, while Billy tries to continue to go to school hiding that he’s living on his own.

And you can follow that up with:

The Power of Shazam! (1995-1999) #1-47 — This ongoing series is a direct follow-up to the origin story and takes place 4 years after it, depicting Billy as a now more experienced hero who is better able to support himself than he was in the preceding graphic novel. The series also features both Mary and Freddy’s origin stories early on in the run.

The Pre-Crisis Version

This features the version of Billy Batson who had the ability to transform into the hero Captain Marvel, but Billy and Cap were distinct separate entities. Billy lived on his own and supported himself with his job as a radio broadcaster and Captain Marvel comics were a mix of superhero and boy reporter stories, with both of them being essential to each issue. For the most part, Captain Marvel appeared separately from Mary Marvel, who was Billy’s twin sister, and Captain Marvel Jr., their friend, as they all had their own comics, except for The Marvel Family (1945) #1-89 which featured their family team-ups.

Billy appeared by himself across Whiz Comics (1940) #2-155 and Captain Marvel Adventures (1941) #1-150, but I must recommend caution with these Golden Age comic books as many from this era contain racist caricatures (though the stories linked to here don’t). And I also recognize that many comic book fans aren’t particularly interested in comics from this era, though this is my personal favorite version of the character and I love these comics myself.

So the obligatory issues to start with from the Golden Age are:

Whiz Comics (1940) #2 — As I mentioned in the general good recommendations section, this is Billy Batson’s first ever appearance and origin story as Captain Marvel.

Whiz Comics (1940) #25 — This is Freddy Freeman’s first ever appearance and origin story as Captain Marvel Jr., in which he and his grandfather are attacked by Captain Nazi and Billy must share his power in order to save Freddy’s life.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941) #18 — This is Mary Batson’s first ever appearance and origin story as Mary Marvel, in which Mary reunites with her long-lost brother Billy and then discovers that she too has the power of Shazam.

Then what I would actually recommend as comics starring this version of the characters that have broader appeal is:

The E. Nelson Bridwell and Don Newton run from the late 70s and early 80s — These comics were published by DC Comics after they had acquired the characters from Fawcett Comics and cover Shazam! (1973) #34-35, World’s Finest Comics (1941) #253-270 and 272-282, and Adventure Comics (1938) #491-492. These issues featured the whole family and were intended to update them with a more modern style of art and storytelling after the characters had been left largely unchanged since the Golden Age.

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im sorry we had to learn about it this way

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New emote in Cellbit's chat

Forgive me I'll be crying in the corner

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okay for everyone not on twitter and just hearing rumors start to float around about the "cellbit situation", let me explain it from the top.

seven years ago, cellbit and his then-girlfriend broke up.

at the time and ever since then, she's said he was abusive to her

at the time and ever since then, he has not publicly commented beyond saying that he's been in therapy

last week, she accused him of sexually assaulting her

here is his response in english (people who know portuguese can find the original on his twitter)

it's a very heavy read. trigger warnings for sexual assault, aphobia, and csa being the biggest ones. in short though, he claims and offers proof of his claims that he is asexual and has no interest in sex and also that she lied about him and manipulated and abused him both during and after their relationship

read it yourself, come to your own conclusions, but for what it's worth, i personally believe his story since it comes with evidence on its own and also lines up with everything i know about his prior behavior

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how are we after what happened in the order meeting room? man, cellbit just performed one of his best scenes and left, i was freaking out.

q!bbh and q!cellbit having a shared past is so special for me, like, this makes their dynamic so interesting! i don't like when people use this to label what they are as "father-son" or "siblings coded". they went to the same war, they fought together, they survived and lived the hell of them, and this experience created a bound that can't be so simply reduced to a family dynamic they don't have. they don't are like that!! but they definitely have a bound, and it means so much for me.

i loved how q!cellbit just waited till q!forever left to show his worst, because he trusts q!badboyhalo to see this side of him. all the talk of "i know you didn't" and then proceeding to give q!bad his knife and teaching a whole torture method, like hello???

since the irl qsmp members left brazil i was super excited to see cellbit return to the lore and one of the things i was waiting the most was to see his reaction to badboyhalo lore and all of the kidnapping thing. now that it happened, and his reaction was epic, i feel glorious.

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pray for them

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A traumatizing nightmare

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do not separate them! they are a package deal

(bottom pic) someone on twt sent me a pic to draw as richas and one of his parents and I went insane about it. finally got to sketch it today :]

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Y'know, I could spend hours talking about how q!Baghs and q!BBH's plans have failed since the moment they started planning it. I could explain how the Federation, as it stands right now, is an unstoppable force, how they have limitless resources to prevent any of the players to try to break their perfectly crafted system, how we've seen them shutting down each attempt with brute force. At the end of the day, as defeatist as it may seem, it's the truth. Besides the Federation, who else has the same resources? Who else has the power to bend the rules at their very whim?

So why would you choose to throw away the chance to have an iota of said power and resources? Why would you choose to keep the status quo of being completely powerless instead of taking advantage and using the system in your own favor?

"But the Federation will be using the President, they're gonna be just a puppet." They already are puppets. They're keeping the eggs alive, something the Federation asks of them with each new quest. So, is it okay to be a puppet when it's convenient, or are they willing to fight the system all the way through? Are both q!Baghs and q!BBH willing to let Pomme and Dapper die, if it means they'd have the smallest of chances to destroy the Federation?

There's no way they can win this battle nor this war, not from where they're standing right now. They know nothing about how the Federation works, what kind of resources and plans they have, how many people are behind the curtains, who is really part of the Federation board and who is being manipulated. The smart move would be to work with them, to learn how they work from within. That's how q!Cellbit managed to rescue q!Felps from the Federation's hold. That's why ElQuackity is running around freely.

And I think people are quick to forget the Federation already chose their candidate. The Willbur Party should've been proof enough that they're willing to bend the rules over and over and over again. Last night's debate, with non-PvP settings being turned off right when a certain someone left, should've been proof enough. The Election is nothing but a big show, something to give the players the illusion of choice.

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“Did you know that when you take away a person’s fear of pain, you take away their fear of death? You make them, in their own eyes, immortal. Which of course they’re not, but what’s the saying? We are all immortal until proven otherwise.”

There’s not enough Vicious fanart. I absolutely must see more, because such masterpieces deserve it. Here’s my contribution that I very much hope does Victor Vale justice. (At least somewhat.) 🥀

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Normally a menace, but in June, a pride icon 🏳️‍🌈

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malec deleted scene

art by Cassandra Jean

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Dickkory Edit I made for my spotify playlist I like it a lot so i think I'll post it :)