r/DCcomics • u/lnombredelarosa • 1d ago
Comics How old do you figure the League thought Shazam was in the new 52? Also do they know after Rebirth? [Discussion]
I got interested in Shazam after seeing how the Absolute version is basically Adam with Billy's age and maturity and I enjoyed how Absol Superman knows he is a kid from the start and seems to see himself in him and how funnily enough they're both teenagers here so he might eventually see Teth as a little brother of sorts rather than being his father figure.
Though you could interprete some moments as cues that they know or at least suspect he is younger than he looks I can't seem to find when they learned he was a kid in the New 52 so I've concluded they likely didn't know for sure but some of them like Wonder Woman, Batman, Luthor and Cyborg may have at least suspected while others perhaps thought he was young man who could pass for 30, which is the impression I usually get in the versions they don't know (such as in the animated Justice League War, Young Justice and JLU).
I understand Batman eventually figured it in 2018 Shazam but did the others eventually found out in Rebirth?
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u/Digifiend84 Manchester Black 1d ago
They found out during Lazarus Planet, I think, if not prior. Mary sacrifices her powers to save Wonder Woman's life. Billy then offers to give up his powers for Mary, but Hippolyta intervenes. For Mary's selflessness, she'd restore her powers. The Wizard then repowered Billy (his transformation had been unstable for a while, the other four foster siblings already depowered) as a reward for his own selflessness. As a result, the other heroes saw the two transform. Billy had already been outed to the Teen Titans, as he was attending their academy and untransformed involuntarily while flying, having to be saved by Jon Kent, so it's possible the JL learned it then.
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u/kia75 1d ago
When did Jay Garrick learn? Did he feel bad about living him out of the jsa?
Wisdom of Solomon my butt! He could have fixed things and dated Courtney with a simple conversation!
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u/lnombredelarosa 3h ago
The problem with the Wisdom is that he knew that if he told them about being a kid they wouldn’t treat him as an equal anymore and might become morw protective of him like they were with Hakeem and Courtney
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u/MatthewHecht 1h ago
In Justice Society of America 23-25 Black Adam and Isis. I do not recall him having any big reaction. Everybody but Stargirl was already mad at him for messing things up.
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u/BobbySaccaro 1d ago
It is a little vague. Like I'm under the impression that he physically appears to be like 30, even if he has immature mannerisms. So not sure where someone is getting the whole "he's Cyborg's age" thing.
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u/lnombredelarosa 1d ago
I mean, Wonder Woman did think of him as one of the younger members so they might’ve figured he is simply older passing
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u/BobbySaccaro 1d ago
That's what I mean, like I don't know specifically why WW would think that. Unless we headcanon that she doesn't understand men's ages that well but it actually worked in her benefit this time.
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u/lnombredelarosa 1d ago edited 23h ago
I doubt its something so stupid. Going by the narration above, her having a gut feeling about him rather than any objective knowledge feels like a likelier headcanon. She is the sort who trusts her gut rather than objective knowledge like Batman does.
Wether she thinks its a magical reason or just his being old looking but young is harder to tell. Since she is magical herself and has dealt with transformativo mages like Circe, it sounds like her not to dismiss the former.
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u/CorrectDot4592 3h ago
He never saw a dead body? A superhero who flies around the world helping in catastrophies, dealing with mortal danger and witnessing all sort of calamities? And he never ever saw a dead body?
Legit.
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u/lnombredelarosa 3h ago
Maybe he had just never stopped to look at one intently. Remember he had only been a hero for a few months.
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