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The story has only grown more intense after Shazam! star Zachary Levi reposted an Instagram story with excerpts from The Wrap‘s article, adding “The truth shall set you free.” Also an upside-down smiley-face emoji. Also a praise hands emoji.
For comic book fans, Johnson’s machinations always smelled of shameless self-promotion. While Black Adam and Superman have certainly tussled in the past, the most hyped clashes were between Superman and Shazam/Captain Marvel. Shortly after the Infinite Crisis pseudo-reboot, the Judd Winick and Joshua Middelton comic Superman/Shazam: First Thunder miniseries retold the first meeting between the titans, and clashes between the two have been the highlight of numerous stories, including the 90s Eclipso: The Darkness Within crossover, the dystopian future storyline Kingdom Come, and even the Justice League Unlimited cartoon series.
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Perhaps the most damning evidence relates to Johnson’s control over the mid-credits scene in Shazam: The Fury of the Gods. Where the scene was originally intended to see Shazam drafted into the Justice Society of America, by characters we met in Black Adam, he’s instead sort of invited by Amanda Waller’s subordinates Harcourt and Economos (from The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker). While Shazam has been a member of the Justice Society in the comics (though not as prominently as Black Adam, it must be said), the innocent Billy is a strange fit for anything involving Waller.
