Shazam's Evil Form Is So Powerful, He Beat Superman's God
In DC Comics, Shazam is hands down one of the most powerful heroes around, but after he’s infected by The Batman Who Laughs he becomes so strong that Superman’s god can’t even compete. Beating up the deity that the Man of Steel worships isn’t an easy task, but Shazam makes it look easy.
Seen back in 2019’s Year of the Villain tie-in titled The Infected: King Shazam #1, by Sina Grace and Joe Bennett, this issue sees Billy Batson aka Shazam as he breaks bad and becomes the evil version of his alter ego dubbed King Shazam. Infected by The Batman Who Laughs via a batarang made of corrupted Dark Metal, this new version of Shazam has one goal and one goal only: to replace his usual Shazam Family with powerful gods that can keep up with his new bad self.
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Fighting his way from god to god to test their mettle, King Shazam lets his presence be known as he takes down Atlas, Thor, and even the God of War himself, Ares, in spectacular fashion. Sick and tired of finding gods that are a waste of his time, King Shazam sets his sights on a deity that even Superman has a hard time contending with — the Kryptonian god named Rao.
Kicking off their battle with a panel that depicts King Shazam practically one-shotting Rao right off the rip, a brutal fight ensues where Rao is not only utterly embarrassed by the sheer ease at which he’s being beaten, but he doesn’t even get a chance to fight back either! Only managing to defend his honor with words by calling King Shazam a “wretched beast,” the insult thrown at Billy isn’t even close to being enough to stop his advances, leaving Rao in a predicament that looks like he’s about to beg for mercy in a way that is most unbecoming
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