Justice League: Darkseid War: Shazam #1

A one-shot tie-in to DC's sweeping Darkseid War event, this 2016 special puts Shazam front and center in a story titled "Mightiest." Francis Manapul's cover says it all with quiet power: a teenage Billy Batson stands tense and wide-eyed in the foreground while an enormous, radiantly glowing Shazam looms behind him like a sun-crowned specter, the hero's white cape billowing out in waves of energy that envelop them both. Writer Steve Orlando and artist Scott Kolins, with colors by Romulo Fajardo Jr., bring this dual identity front and center — the boy and the champion, together in one charged image that promises something weightier than your average superhero punch-up.