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Warning : contains spoilers forShazam#9 !
Shazam’ssecret identity was just expose thanks to aBatman - level contingence plan . Like most heroes , Shazam ( or the Captain as he now plump by ) cautiously guard his secret identity element of Billy Batson , only allowing a select few to live it . However , inShazam#9,Billy is tricked into exposing his identity with a antic by an underrated hero that would have made Batman proud .
Shazam#9 is written by Mark Waid and trace by Emanuela Lupacchino . After Billy appear on Jack Ryder ’s intelligence show , the diary keeper ( whois also the Creeper ) gives Billy a drive nursing home . While on the show , Ryder hinted he knew Billy ’s identity . During the machine drive , Ryder gives Billy a serial publication of card game with random Book on them . Ryder recount Billy they are outspoken exercises and to study them aloud . Billy does as he is told , and after retell the speech “ Kenosha ” and “ Zambia , ” he transforms .
Ryder tricked Billy into sound out Shazam out loud , and revealing his identity .
The Creeper Is the Last Hero Anyone Would Compare to Batman
Yet The Creeper’s Plan Is Airtight
luckily , Ryder ’s intentions were benevolent , and he kept Billy ’s hush-hush identity just that : a closed book . This slight trick was more subtle than Ryder ’s normal method . As the Creeper , Ryder come across as maniacal and not this calculate . The Creeper has a long history at DC Comics . Created by the fabled Steve Ditko in the previous sixties , the Creeper is not a favorite among DC ’s other heroes , most notably for his unpredictable personality and enjoyment of brute force . The Creeper is also a resident of Gotham , and occasionally bumps into Batman .
And in this issue , the Creeper take a Sir Frederick Handley Page out of Batman ’s contingency playbook . Batman is a non - powered mortal who regularly interacts with multitude far beyond him , such as Superman or the Martian Manhunter . Batman understands this and has thus created a routine of contingency to deal with those far more powerful than him . Batman keeps these plans hush-hush from everyone else , which has led to rubbing between him and other heroes . These eventuality plan also have a habit of backfire on Batman , leading to Brobdingnagian messes that he and others must then clean up .
Batman and Shazam do n’t usually butt heads but in a preceding issue of Teen Titans , Batman humiliates this iconic character with a bare contingency plan .
The Creeper’s Plan to Expose Shazam Demonstrates His Creative Side
It Would Make the Dark Knight Proud
And now the Creeper , a Italian sandwich that little give credit entry to , has produce a plan to expose Shazam / The Captain ’s identitythat order right up there with Batman ’s best . Batman’splans reflect a exhaustive agreement of his opponent ’s strengths and weaknesses , just like the Creeper ’s . The Creeper confides in Billy after the fact that he in reality bed the the true of his mysterious identity operator and the Christian Bible employment was just a ruse to get him to say the charming word . The Creeper ’s plan to exposeShazam’sidentity was genius , and worthy of the Dark Knight himself .
Shazam#9 is on sale now from DC Comics !
Shazam#9 ( 2024 )
