Captain Marvel (DC Comics) of "Herobear". Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani, of "Tiny Titans", took over as writers with issue #5, with Byron Vaughns as main artist until issue #13, when Mike Norton assumed his place for the remainder of the series. Kunkel's version returns to the modern concept of having Captain Marvel retain Billy's personality, and also introduces new versions of Black Adam (whose alter ego, Theo Adam, is a child like Billy Batson in this version), King Kull, the Arson Fiend, and Freddy Freeman/Captain Marvel, Jr. Mazahs is a corrupted alternate-universe version of Shazam, introduced in the 2013–14 "Forever Evil" DC Comics
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.