Squadron of Justice by Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Bulletman and Bulletgirl. When Hawkman flies too near to one of the volcanoes, his shoulder begins to petrify into stone. Off the coast of Atlantis, an iceberg moves through the water at high speed, transforming anything near it (including people) into ice. Rock formations come to life in the Garden of the Gods in Colorado and begin turning people into stone. Billy Batson, ace news anchor at Station WHIZ in New York City (and the alter-ego of Captain Marvel), reports that the steel frame of a building being constructed downtown has walked away after turning all the
Captain Marvel (DC Comics) Shazam placed a spell on the city (broken in later issues) that slowed time to a crawl in 1955. This phenomenon was used to explain the Marvel Family's sometimes anachronistic approaches to life and heroism compared to many of their contemporary heroes in the DC Universe. In 2012, writer and then-DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns revised Billy Batson's origin for DC's "New 52" universe, also renaming the character's alter-ego as "Shazam" at this time. In his new origin story, Billy Batson is a moody and troubled 15-year-old foster child living in Philadelphia who has gone through several foster homes.