Countdown: Forty-Seven
I am totally phoning this one in. One of my best friends is in town, and we’ve been hanging out all day, so, at this point, well, I’m more than drunk, and I must say, I am completely bored by this issue of Countdown. I feel I shouldn’t even dignify it with a response. That’s how angry I am about this.
I’ll forgo the recap this issue and just say, “What the heck was up with that Black Adam/Mary Marvel stuff?” Seriously, he gave her his powers by saying the word, “Shazam.” That’s it? That’s it? In “52,” Captain Marvel claimed that he changed the “magic word” into something that Teth-Adam would never ever think of. And, lo and behold, the magic word is the same AS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN. What the hell? Whoever is writing this nonsense had better come up with an explanation (and fast), or else next issue will be the last I’ll write about. DC has made me so angry that it’s taking everything in my power to hold myself back from turning this blog into an NC-17 swear-fest. Stop insulting your fans! For all that is good and holy left in this world, please, just stop it.
Oh, but, hey, Amazons Attack is the focal point of the climax this issue.
I would trade every beer I’ve drank this evening for the ability to properly blast this issue with every cuss-word at my disposal. I am irate. I give this series one more issue. After that, I’m done.
The way I figure it, that’s clearly not Black Adam. Saying “Shazam” as his magic word confirms it: that’s the first one he tried after he lost his powers in 52. Look it up.
Maybe he figured out his password and then changed it to something he would remember, like when you get a new ATM card.
In Counting Down with Mike Marts, they say that his magic word this issue was, “Sorry.” Fans in the comments section seem to agree. What the heck? MY ISSUE CLEARLY SAYS SHAZAM.
His last line was – “if you see your brother, tell him I’m ‘sorry.'”
Still, what an abrupt waste of what could have been a cool story.
But right before the lightning bolt that transfers the powers, he says “Shazam” and then KRAKOOOM! Or do you think he figured out it was “sorry” and then changed it to “Shazam?”
EDIT: I know you said that earlier, but I thought you were joking.
There’s no real point for him to change it to something else, assuming he can even do that (I thought Captain Marvel could do that only because he was the top dog now?), except to throw off the readers and make a cooler scene than yelling “SORRY!!”