Waid and Mora will pull double duty on Shazam! and Batman/Superman: World's Finest

Batman/Superman: World's Finest #3 cover art
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Starting in January, DC is launching 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Dawn of DC, a new publishing initiative with new titles arriving throughout the first half of 2023. Among the eight new series the publisher just announced fꦉor Dawn of DC is a new Shazam! title from writer Mark Waid and artist Dan Mora, creative team (along with colorist Tamra Bonvillain) of the ongoing Batman/🌳Sup🌄erman: World's Finest.

But don't fret World's Finest fans. As it turns out, neither Waid nor Mora is leaving series Silver Age-inspired series when Shazam! launches - nor is the Batman-Superman team-up series set in the past ending. Instead, Newsarama understands that Waid and Mora will continue on both titles with the upcoming Shazam! title to run concurrently with Batman/Superman: World's Fin⛎est starting in June when Shazam! #1 arrives. 

It's worth noting that DC's announcement of Waid and Mora's Shazam! doesn't specify the length or format of the new title, and World's Finest has used other artists for fill-in issues and arcs, including February's upcoming Batman/Superman: World's Finest #12, which is drawn by artist Ema Lupacchino, so how Mora manages both titles could be a product of strategic splitting duti🌠es. 

That said, however DC manages the schedulin꧑g, Mora drawing two titles at onc🍸e is a feat that few monthly artists can pull off in modern comics - a worthy feat indeed for the fan-favorite artist.

Interestingly 💦enough, Waid has written Billy Batson before - way back in 1996's Kingdom Come, which presented a very diffe✤rent version of Shazam! who is mind controlled by Lex Luthor into fighting Superman to a standstill.

Shazam! #1 goes on sale in June.

Shazam! plays a central role in Kingdom Come, which tops Newsarama's list of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best DC Comics stories ever. 

I've been Newsarama's resident M💟arvel Comics expert and general comic book historian since 2011. I've also been the on-site reporter at most major comic conventions such as Comic-Con International: San Diego, New York Comic Con, and C2E2. Outside of comic journalism,♑ I am the artist of many weird pictures, and the guitarist of many heavy riffs. (They/Them)