Will Billy Batson grow up to look like Shazam?
In Shazam the child Billy Batson is able to transform into the eponymous hero that is an adult-like character in looks (face + body).
But do we know if Shazam's look is Billy Batson's future look? I mean, will Billy grow up to become a person who looks like Shazam or does Shazam have a random appearance?
Best Answer
As Shazam (aka Captain Marvel) has been around for close to 80 years, there have been a number of iterations of the character. In at least one major version, we learn that Billy's Captain Marvel identity is a dead ringer for his late father.
In the Power of Shazam! series from the mid 1990s, writer Jerry Ordway identifies Billy's parents as C.C. and Marilyn Batson, a pair of married archeologists who were murdered by Theo Adam, a thug working for the evil Doctor Sivana. As you can see from the image above, C.C. looks pretty much identical to Captain Marvel. Likewise, Marilyn is depicted as looking very much like Mary Marvel, the alter ego of Billy's sister, Mary Batson.
My interpretation of this revelation has always been that Billy would grow up to look just like his father, but that's just conjecture on my part.
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Does adult Billy Batson look like Shazam?
Kingdom Come (1996) had an adult version of Billy Batson, who upon saying "Shazam" changed into Shazam/Marvel. I see no particular difference in his Shazam look than in the one he typically changes into when Billy's depicted as a kid. This is very much in line with what "the wizard" said in Shazam!Does Billy age as Shazam?
Captain Marvel, the comic's lead feature, introduced audiences to Billy Batson, an orphaned 12-year-old boy who, by speaking the name of the ancient wizard Shazam, is struck by a magic lightning bolt and transformed into the adult superhero Captain Marvel.Can Billy Batson live forever?
It is one thing for Shazam to live forever, but his abilities go beyond just that. The body that Billy Batson transformed into is, in effect, the last body that he will ever transform into. That is to say that even as Billy Batson himself gets older, his Shazam body will remain the same age.Can the Shazam Family transform on their own?
comic series by confirming that it's no longer Billy who plays the hero. Whether it was explicitly agreed upon, or never needed be said aloud, all of the foster family children can now transform by calling upon "Shazam" as a group. But before fans can expect to see Shazam!Billy Batson says his last SHAZAM
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