Since his debut over 80 years back, Shazam has actually accumulated an outstanding fake’s gallery. Shazam’s villains are actually a varied group, varying coming from satanic forces to mad researchers– and also a few that elude quick and easy distinction. Shazam has possessed 2 publishers with his job, Fawcett as well as DC, with each assisting villains; sometimes, such as Doctor Sivana as well as Black Adam, they have actually been reinterpreted for present day times while others have actually slipped into ambiguity.
It is worth noting that Shazam’s villains occupy an extremely exclusive spot in comics background. In the 1940s, Shazam’s then-publisher Fawcett Comics joined all of his bad guys into the Monster Society of Evil. Not only was this the very first super-villain staff in comics, yet also a landmark tale that laid the bases for contemporary crossovers.
13 Chain Lightning
There have been actually 2 variations of Chain Lightning: the 1st was actually a one-off Shazam villain, alarming his sister Mary Marvel.
Later, after the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new Chain Lightning debuted, along with a much more difficult edge. This new manifestation, that had Dissociative Identity Disorder, possessed the exact same electricity-manipulating powers as her pre-Situation precursor– and also a substantial crush on Shazam’s ally Freddy Freeman, as the end result of him saving her life. The 2 of all of them developed an odd partnership, which came crashing down when Lightning participated in the Society of Super-Villains. 12 Arson Fiend One of the various Shazam bad guys that DC reinterpreted for contemporary viewers, the Arson Fiend produced one single Golden Age look, in 1941’s Captain Marvel Adventures # 2. He
was relatively exterminated in the same issue. Having said that, writer/artist Jerry Ordway brought back the Arson Fiend for his seminal Power of Shazam and gave him much bigger associations to the DC Universe. Given his electrical powers due to the daemon Blaze( extra on her later), the Arson Fiend embarked on a fire-fueled initiative of fear in Fawcett City before the Shazam loved ones delivered him down. 11 Zazzo Another one-off Shazam villain, Zazzo’s
single look was in 1975’s Shazam # 19, released by DC Comics. Zazzo was to Shazam as Mister Mxyzptlk is actually to Superman– that is, a naughty hob from one more dimension. Zazzo wished Shazam’s electrical powers for himself, therefore he developed an unique safety helmet, with a lightning rod affixed to it. Billy Batson went to improve when he met Zazzo, but when he performed, the super leapt to Zazzo and also offered him all of Shazam’s powers. While Shazam was able to get over Zazzo, he simply won when the imp’s papa intervened and took Zazzo residence– never ever to become found once more. 10 Lord Satanus
