Shazam! Vol. 1 (the New 52)

Young orphan Billy Batson has bounced from foster home to foster home but he's far from the ideal child. Brash and rude Billy is a troubled teen that just can't seem to find a calling. But after a fateful night on a subway car that all will change. <p/>Brought to the feet of the magical wizard Shazam at the Rock of Eternity Billy is imbued with powers beyond any mortal man. By shouting the wizard's name--Shazam!--the young teen is mystically transformed into the powerhouse known as Shazam! Now given abilities that make him Earth's Mightiest Mortal at the utterance of a simple phrase will Billy make the right choices and do what it takes to become a hero? Or will he succumb to the poor choices of youth--and the villainous Black Adam! <p/>Geoff Johns and Gary Frank the team behind the <i>New York Times</i> #1 best-selling graphic novel <i>Batman: Earth One</i> unite to re-invent Captain Marvel as a part of DC Comics' The New 52. Collected here for the first time ever is the series of back-ups that ran in the pages of Johns' critically acclaimed <i>Justice League</i>. <p/>Collects Justice League #0 21 and stories from Justice League#7-11 14-16 18-20.