Solomon easily cuts through the dispute by commanding the child to be cut in half and shared between the two. Perhaps the best known story of his wisdom is the Judgment of Solomon two women each lay claim to being the mother of the same child. God personally answers his prayer, promising him great wisdom because he did not ask for self serving rewards like long life or the death of his enemies. In 1 Kings he sacrifices to God and prays for wisdom. Solomon is the Biblical king most famous for his wisdom.
Solomon wasn’t a god but a king from the Bible, so it’s kind of weird that he’s on the list, right? Anyway, he’s especially known for being a pretty wise dude – as his lengthy Wikipedia article attests: Basically, they’re all the DC versions of their real world myths: Solomon – Wisdom Now, you may be noticing they’re not actually all Gods, but I’ll get to that in a second, along with the help of the Shazam wiki article which does a great job at tying each of the various skills and powers he can use thanks to this pantheon. The line up since the Fawcett days was as follows: See, when Billy says the magic word “Shazam!” he’s not just calling out to the Wizard, each of the letters stands for one of the Gods that give him his powers. )Īnyway, what does this mean? Well, throughout all this time the origin of Captain Marvel’s powers remained pretty consistent: a wizard called Shazam choses a boy, Billy Batson, to be his champion and that meant being imbued with the powers of the Gods! If you want to know more about all this, go read my earlier post.
#SHAZAM ACRONYM SERIES#
The Original Pantheon from the Shazam! TV series Anyway, DC first reintroduced Captain Marvel and his family as part of an alternative earth called Earth S up until 1985 when Crisis on Infinite Earths destroyed the Multiverse and saw them all join the main DC Earth. Long story short, DC sued them because he was too much like Superman, won and Fawcett had to shut down, and to rub salt into the wound, DC then bought the character and eventually started publishing him themselves. So, when Captain Marvel (as the character was then known) first appeared he wasn’t actually part of DC but at a rival company called Fawcett Comics. I’ve covered Captain Marvel/Shazam before on this blog, in a post on the differences between Superman and Captain Marvel, but in this post I’ll be focusing purely on where his powers come from so that you can better understand what’s changed since Darkseid War!Īnd to do that, we have to go back in time to 1940! Well, kinda. Flash merged with the Black Racer, Batman is having a nice sit on Metron’s chair and, most importantly, Shazam – yes, the guy who used to be called Captain Marvel – got a whole new pantheon of Gods and a new title: the God of Gods!
So, for those who may not know, during the current Darkseid War event – which, funnily enough, hasn’t had really that much Darkseid or even that much of a war – a bunch of the Justice League got new powers. Who are the new gods that give his powers? On November 17th, 2015, /u/agnosgnosia – and, actually, a bunch of other people – asked the following on /r/DCcomics:
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