DC Showcase: Superman\Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam Page #2

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Will a superman do, then?

So you're what this is all about.

I'm his replacement.

Then let's replace him.

[YELLS]

[GRUNTING]

[YELLS]

[WORKER YELLS]

- Why?

- A necessary strategy.

Divide and conquer.

[SCREAMS]

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

[HORNS HONKING]

[WOMAN WH IMPERING]

Is this who I was to protect?

Why, because they are weak?

Put her down.

When you crush an ant beneath

your foot, do you feel remorse? No.

Is this because you are evil...

...or because you recognize yourself

as a higher form of life?

This is what the wizard

could not understand.

If I have the powers of the gods,

then am I not a god myself?

Should I not be treated as such?

Put her down.

You want to be a protector?

Then protect the soul.

Revert to your mortal form

and I will prove a benevolent deity.

And then you'll just kill me.

I will.

[CRYING]

Shazam.

Now put her down.

See? Like an ant.

[SCREAMING]

No! Shaz...

Your last breath wasted

on the wrong word.

[GRUNTING]

BLACK ADAM:

How did you stop the flood?

Cold breath,

another power you don't have.

No more. No more being weak.

No more. No more.

[GROANS]

Easy there. You've got him.

It changes you, does it not?

The power.

It only changes

that I can choose my own fate now.

Like a god, maybe.

That's enough.

No, I have to. To protect them.

SUPERMAN:

How? By being like him?

By being stronger than him.

Then be strong. Be good.

[GRUNTING]

This is not over, then.

Only death will stop me.

You're forgetting option number two:

Banishment.

I'll take it from here, captain.

- Tawny.

- You know the homeless guy?

BLACK ADAM:

Still the wizard's lackey, I see.

[GROWLS]

Lackey, kid's guardian angel,

superhero talent scout.

Guess I do a bit of everything.

I was thinking this time, the wizard could

send you so far across the universe...

...it'll take you 10,000 years

to get back.

No, not again.

Oh, you better believe it.

Shazam!

[GROANING]

TAWNY:
Aged 5000 years

in a single moment. Harsh.

I thought the wizard was...

[TAWNY CHUCKLES]

As a doorknob.

Nice work out there, captain.

See you around.

You have some unusual friends.

Hey!

Heh, heh. It's the hero.

[BILLY GRUNTS]

Oh, and look at that.

Hero's got nothing to say.

Come on, say something. I dare you.

Come on, just one word.

Morning, Mr. Brenner.

I enjoyed your latest picture.

Thank you, Deandre.

[YAWNS]

[BEEPING]

[BEEPING INTENSIFIES]

MAN:

When most people think of L. A...

... they think of the bright lights

and glamour of Hollywood.

But those lights cast dark shadows.

Shadows that hide

even darker secrets.

My name is Corrigan. I'm a cop

and I have a few secrets of my own.

- Haven't seen anything suspicious.

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