Talk:Shazam (wizard)

Untitled 2005 comment
Note to all editors: If you are referencing the comic book(s) or TV series in your article and your link points here, edit your page to make sure you link to Shazam! (with the exclaimation point), not Shazam. Shazam! properly redirects to Captain Marvel (DC Comics). --b. Touch 20:54, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * Urm, never mind. There will be a disambiguation page available. --FuriousFreddy 02:44, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

"The 1990s comic series The Power of Shazam!, written by Jerry Ordway, further explored Shazam's origins, giving him a backstory in which he was a young sheepherder who becomes Vlarem, one of the world's first super heroes in ancient Canaan over 5,000 years ago."

Note that this origin was established in World's Finest Comics in the 1970's by E. Nelson Bridwell, not in the 1990's.


 * I had no idea. Please fix. --FuriousFreddy 01:20, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Anybody know if Shazam is/was considered to be a Lord of Order? CovenantD 14:47, 2 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Day of Vengeance says yes. Also, E. Nelson Bridwell may have created Shazam's backstory as the Champion, but as currently phrased, the article appears to be saying that he's also responsible for the wizard's connection to Blaze and Satannus, who didn't even exist in the 1970s. Would it be appropriate to add "Jerry Ordway added to this story" or something similar at the beginning of that paragraph? Daibhid C (talk) 22:15, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Please don't move
Please don't move this page. Until the Trials of Shazam are over, we have no way of knowing what name anyone will be using, who will be Shazam, and who will be Captain Marval. Nothing is confirmed, it's all spec, so let's leave it be until we have confirmation in a comic. Advance copies of comics and even news articles are not considered reliable sources! They've pulled our legs too many times. Please come and discuss this here before you make any more changes. -- Ipstenu ( talk | contribs ) 04:02, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey, there is a old cartoon where a Genie is sumoned by to kids when they use 2 rings and the word shazam. I don't remember much... should it be mentioned??


 * That's Shazzan, not Shazam!. --209.16.115.50 18:10, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

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Vlarem
Shouldn't the Vlarem powers be given in the order of those letters? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 32.216.94.129 (talk) 02:43, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

The Wizard, not the Hero
I don't know how true this: "Shazam appears in the Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe video game voiced by Joe J. Thomas. After Captain Marvel fended off Raiden, the presence of Shazam appears and tells him that Dark Kahn is behind the world merge crisis and that Darkseid's essence has merged with evil magic from the other world. Shazam then tells Captain Marvel to help defeat Dark Kahn by gathering an "army of both dark and light" to fight him before the world merge is complete enough for the Kombat Rage to consume every living being on both worlds. In Superman's ending, Superman seeks the aid of Shazam to help him prepare for any protection against any future magical threats where they used ancient Kryptonian Lore to the creation of a new costume giving Superman an immunity to magic. In Captain Marvel's ending, Captain Marvel was guided by Shazam through a focusing ritual in order to regain control of his powers." is with context to Shazam the wizard, since I haven't played the game. However, I do know that this: "He also appeared in Injustice Gods Among US, a video game similar to mortal combat but with your favorite DC heroes and villains.", is untrue. The Wizard Shazam doesn't appear at all in the game, and this sentence is poorly written anyways. I am going to edit out the above sentence, someone can add it back if they so desire.

HDXylophone (talk) 01:49, 13 April 2015 (UTC)HDXylophone


 * The Wizard does appear in the game, apparently under Captain Marvel's storyline, but this much detail is unnecessary. --FuriousFreddy (talk) 22:20, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

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Orphaned references in Shazam (wizard)
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Reference named "Hounsou": From Shazam! Fury of the Gods:  From Shazam! (film):  

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Name change: Wizard Shazam?
Given that DC Comics themselves has since taken to distinguish the Billy Batson version of Shazam by instead donning the title "Wizard Shazam" and it being reinforced just about every time since his New 52 onward appearances, maybe we should follow in lieu and title the article "Wizard Shazam". JayAaerow (talk) 00:42, 13 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Even near the beginning Billy and the rest just called him "Wizard". Granted, that was because saying him name could be a (*cough*) "transformative" experience...
 * But, presumably because of this seeming standard, other heroes (and villains) would call him "Wizard" or "the Wizard".
 * So I wouldn't oppose renaming this page Wizard (Shazam) - jc37 01:03, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Can we leave the whole discussion about what the "Shazam" does word elsewhere and focus on the subject at hand? I'm proposing this change to keep up with DC Comics. DC uses "Wizard Shazam" officially on their website. That's what got me thinking about it. Agree? Disagree? Leave that tired argument out. I disagree on the "Wizard (Shazam)" given the "Shazam" name for a long time was the Wizard's adopted name, whichever version you look at it, and "Wizard" was a title or a placeholder so they didn't transform until current continuity when for a while enforced it has to be said with intent. JayAaerow (talk)


 * On second thought, I'm a bit more neutral to it. JayAaerow (talk)