I didn't realize that it is twice as large as a regular graphic novel. I guess it is a coffee table book? I really don't have a shelf big enough to put it on. I am sorry I ordered it... and the art is pretty poor also.

Shazam! Once again, Alex Ross and Paul Dini take a look at the human side of DC's greatest heroes (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Cap. Marvel). I think that this is the best book of the series, even if it is dealing with one of the lesser known characters of the DC universe.

I had not been a Captain Marvel fan until I picked up Kingdom Come and was introduced to Billy Batson by Alex Ross. This is another great work with the character. I was impressed by the actions and thoughts of the character and I love the human take on him. What would a boy with super powers like Captain Marvel do with them? Being a hero is more then just saving people, it is also inspiring them and giving hope. The most touching moment in any of the books came at the hospital with Captain Marvel and the terminal girl, making her feel safe. Dini and Ross's best work so far, here's to hoping that the upcoming JLA work gets better.

Being a fan of both Captain Marvel AND Alex Ross, I was at the comic store the day this came out knocking the door down to buy it. This is an excellent story of Captain Marvel as he visits a hospital for dying children and he struggles to realize that he can't save everyone. He meets a young boy who is abused by his father and after the wise old SHAZAM tells him that Marvel will meet someone in need of hope, he feels this boy is that someone. But is it?

Captain Marvel is the most mythological of the DC heroes- part man and part god, yet also partially a small boy. He is the essense of the best, most noble, and most purely innocent in heaven and on earth. You see, the Captain of the Thunder and the Lightning is a pure knight, there is no guile in him, no blemish to his soul. If anything, you get the impression that his alter ego, Billy Batson, is more worldly than the Captain. Yet, not even Superman is a greater champion of righteousness.

Finally, Alex Ross and Paul Dini have done justice to the Captain's character.