This is it: the exciting conclusion to the face-off between Captain Marvel and Black Adam! With Black Adam back to full power and four of the seven Evils still at his side, Billy and Mary need to team up to figure a way to defeat him!

Billy just wants to stay Captain Marvel all the time and not change back into his normal self. That is, until Mary reminds him of a problemÑhe has detention! And Theo Adam isn't making matters any easier when he kidnaps Billy in hopes of stealing his power-granting magic word!

Written by MIKE KUNKEL, ART BALTAZAR & FRANCO - Art by MIKE KUNKEL, STEPHEN DESTEPHANO & others - Cover by MIKE KUNKEL The magic word "Shazam" transforms Billy Batson into Captain Marvel - but now there's a new kid at school: 14-year-old Theo Adam, who has his own alter ego as Black Adam! Collecting issues #1-6 of the acclaimed, all-ages series.

As Captain Marvel struggles to keep his power under control, a new, dangerous enemy enters the scene and takes Mary Marvel out of the picture. Will our favorite Captain succeed in this new adventure all alone?

"The powerful wizard Shazam has been destroyed and his vast responsibility for presiding over the realm of all magic has been shifted to his mightiest champion, Billy Batson. Such a job can only be performed from the Rock of Eternity -- thus, earth is without a defender to balance the worlds of magic and humanity, for the first time in centuries. Freddy Freeman wants to be that protector, but that is an honor that must be earned. Powerless, Freddy must embark on a quest to prove to the Gods that he is worthy to weld the power of Shazam"--Page 4 of cover

Join Billy - plus the extended Marvel family of Mr Talky Tawny, Mary Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr. and even Hoppy - as they battle evil in some of their greatest adventures. With villains including the malevolent scientist Dr Sivana and super-intelligent caterpillar Mr Mind, they'll have their work cut out!

Thanks to a magical rift, fourteen-year-old Theo Adam has returned to Earth from his banishment, but he can not remember the magic word that gives him his evil powers--so he sets out to get the information from eleven-year-old Billy Batson, the alter egoof Captain Marvel.