Young orphan Billy Batson has bounced from foster home to foster home, buthe's far from the ideal child.Brash and rude, Billy is a troubled teen thatjust can't seem to find a calling.But after a fateful night on a subway car,that all will change.Brought to the feet of the magical wizard Shazam at theRock of Eternity, Billy is imbued with powers beyond any mortal man.By shoutingthe wizard's name — Shazam! — the young teen is mysticallytransformed into the powerhouse known as Captain Marvel!Now given abilitiesthat make him Earth's Mightiest Mortal at the utterance of a simple phrase, willBilly make the right choices and do what it takes to become a hero? Or will hesuccumb to the poor choices of youth — and the villainous Black Adam!Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, the team behind the New York Times #1best-selling graphic novel Batman: Earth One, unite to re-invent CaptainMarvel as a part of DC Comics The New 52. Collects Justice League #0, #21 and stories from JusticeLeague #7-11, #14-16, #18-20.