- Cap, look! While we were underground-- the battle began!
Convergence: Shazam! #1 is an issue of the series Convergence: Shazam! (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 2015. It was published on April 29, 2015.
Synopsis for "Return of the Thunder"
Appearing in "Return of the Thunder"
Featured Characters:
- Marvel Family (Earth-S) (Flashback and main story)
- Captain Marvel (Flashback and main story)
- Captain Marvel, Jr. (Flashback and main story)
- Mary Marvel (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Bulletman (Earth-S) (Cameo)
- Bulletgirl (Earth-S) (Cameo)
- Sterling Morris (Earth-S)
- Tawky Tawny (Earth-S) (Flashback and main story)
- Uncle Dudley (Earth-S) (Flashback and main story)
Antagonists:
- Captain Nazi (Earth-S) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Black Adam (Earth-S) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Monster Society of Evil (Earth-S)
- Doctor Sivana (Flashback and main story) (Impersonates Uncle Dudley (Earth-S))
- Ibac (Stanley Printwhistle) (Impersonates Sterling Morris (Earth-S))
- King Kull
- Mister Atom
- Mister Mind (Earth-S) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Unnamed terrorist (Earth-S) (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Mayor Channing (Earth-S) (First appearance)
- Ibis (Earth-S) (In picture only) (Cameo)
- Nyola (Earth-Two) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Oggar (Earth-S)
- Spy Smasher (Earth-S) (In picture only) (Cameo)
- Princess Taia (Earth-S) (In picture only) (Cameo)
- Fawcett City Police Department (Earth-S) (Mentioned only)
- Commissioner Alves (Mentioned only)
- Seven Deadly Sins (Earth-S) (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Hypertime
- Blood Moon
- Fawcett City of Earth-S
- Ordway (Cameo)
- The Subway
- WHIZ Radio (Mentioned only)
- Fawcett City of Earth-S
- Blood Moon
- Pre-Crisis Multiverse
- Earth-S
- Solar System (Flashback only)
- Earth (Flashback only)
- Solar System (Flashback only)
- Earth-S
Items:
Vehicles:
- Gotham City zeppelins (Cameo)
Concepts:
Notes
- This issue is reprinted in Batman: Gotham by Gaslight Deluxe Edition.
Trivia
- This issue marks the first full appearance of Earth-S characters since Crisis on Infinite Earths. Some of them, specially Marvel Family members, were shown in flashbacks or visions around different comics.[1] [2]
- This issue marks the first appearance of Oggar since the Pre-Crisis era; he has no Post-Crisis counterpart.
- In a flashback, Billy remarks the adventures of Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel, Jr. versus their nemeses Black Adam and Captain Nazi, as well as the Earth-Two villainess Nyola. In the background Tawky Tawny and Uncle Marvel lead a charge against Mister Mind.
- In one scene, there is a shop named Ordway which is an homage to Jerry Ordway. Binder Theater named after Otto Binder, which contained a movie called Captain Billy's Whiz Bang; which itself was named after Captain Billy, a cartoon and joke magazine, the inspiration behind Captain Marvel and Whiz Comics.
- A poster on the wall shows an advertisement for Spy Smasher and Ibis.
- A subway line reads Krause named after Peter Krause.
- Freddy Freeman reads a newspaper where one partially-seen headline reads "Mac", and another reads "Raboy". This is a reference to artist Mac Raboy.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Marvel Family Recommended Reading
- Whiz Comics (Volume 1)
- Captain Marvel Adventures (Volume 1)
- Captain Marvel, Jr. (Volume 1)
- Mary Marvel (Volume 1)
- Master Comics (Volume 1)
- Wow Comics (Volume 1)
- The Marvel Family (Volume 1)
- Hoppy the Marvel Bunny (Volume 1)
- Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Shazam!: The New Beginning (Volume 1)
- The Power of Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Superman/Shazam!: First Thunder (Volume 1)
- Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil (Volume 1)
- The Trials of Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Shazam! (Volume 2)
- Shazam! (Volume 3)
- Shazam! (Volume 4)
- The New Champion of Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Shazam! (Volume 5)
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