Adapting the reboot of Fawcett Comics' iconic Captain Marvel, Shazam! brings Billy Batson and company into the DC Universe: this time as an estranged foster kid in Philadelphia. When Doctor Thaddeus Sivana discovers the Seven Deadly Sins and steals their powers, the wizard SHAZAM must find his champion in the form of Billy Batson (a being of pure heart) as a last-ditch effort to save the world from the Sins' calamity. With one all-powerful word, Billy becomes the world's mightiest mortal: Shazam!—Johnny-the-Film-Sentinel-2187