Shazam! #20

This issue is really funny in places, but it's also very emotional. Grace seems to be taking the lead on Jon Kent's development lately, and I hope this continues into a new solo series down the line. Read Full Review

Need a break from reality? Shazam #20 is a bright and joyful little shot of wish-fulfillment. Read Full Review

Shazam #20 is a Jon Kent story that takes several liberties in the way it understands continuity to tell a tale that should have been in one of the several Superman titles that DC is publishing. Read Full Review

mego-joe

Feb 05, 2025

Jon Kent hasn’t been relevant since Brian Michael Bendis aged him up in Superman #6 (2018). He’s unable to carry his own series, and has become a tag-a-long character with the Super-family. With that move, Bendis eliminated all the potential for stories of Superman and Lois raising their biological son, an idea that was unique, different and fresh for the Superman franchise. In addition, he had Jon unbelievably pass through puberty and those important formative years without any guidance and produced a Jon Kent with perfect morality and a social conscience. Shazam! #20 serves both in story and in a meta way to reinforce the fact that not only will we never get a young Jon Kent, but that the sole reason for his existence is LGBTQ+ re presentation, and token representation at that. Real representation comes from characters care about because they are great characters and just HAPPEN to also be inclusive. Michael Holt Mr. Terrific and Kate Kane Batwoman jump immediately to mind. After the reader is drawn in by the compelling aspects of these characters the reader realizes, “oh, this really awesome character is black/lesbian/hispanic/asian…whatever.” Jon Kent’s appearances have devolved into niche romance fiction. He has no purpose any longer. He’s not Superman and he’s not Superboy, he’s just redundant and useless. This is obviously a fill in issue and an issue designed to stick it to fans of Jon Kent and the Super-Sons. more

Smithd33

Feb 09, 2025

Complete garbage

Dave

Feb 07, 2025

When your whole book is just a way to troll a group of fans maybe you are a hack writer

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mego-joe - Feb 9, 2025

It’s not just the writer…I think it’s DC. See Power Girl #20 https://dccomicsnews.com/2025/01/26/aprils-solicit-for-power-girl-20-is-portentous/

Chris Y

Feb 13, 2025

This was probably the worst written, worst drawn comic book published by one of the big two I have ever read. Who hires these incompetent people?