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I like being a hero.
~ Shazam
I may be young, but I'm not just a kid--if you know what I mean. I've got the wisdom of Solomon... ...the strength of Hercules... ...the stamina of Atlas... ...the power of Zeus... ...the courage of Achilles... ...and the speed of Mercury. Put it all together and you've got SHAZAM!
~ Shazam
Shazam: No ...no! There have to be limits. Even on us. Especially on us!
Superman: That's enough!
Shazam: We can't do this. Have you gone nuts? Lois would never want--
~ Shazam's last words.

Billy Batson, also known as Shazam, is a supporting antagonist in the Injustice franchise.

He is one of many superheroes who have joined Superman's One Earth Regime. His hero-worship of Superman making him assume that Superman must be justified in his actions. But as time passes, this certainty begins to disappear as more and more Shazam starts to doubt the justness of the Regime's cause. He ends up questioning the Regime at the cost of his own life.

He was voiced by Joey Naber, who also voiced Black Adam in the same franchise.

Biography[]

Year Two[]

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Year Three[]

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Injustice: Gods Among Us[]

Shazam appears alongside Flash as one of the emissaries to Atlantis. When Aquaman (unbeknownst to them an Aquaman from the main universe) rejects the Regime's treaty with Atlantis, a fight breaks out.

After defeating the Flash, Aquaman bests Shazam. The two are later seen again on the Watchtower, discussing Superman's recent actions and plans to have Batman executed. Shazam admits that he joined the Regime because it made sense to him at first, but is now uncertain as to whether or not they are right anymore, remembering Superman's earlier murder of the Green Arrow. Flash agrees, but still thinks that Superman's heart is in the right place. The two's conversation is interrupted when Flash is alerted to Deathstroke's presence. Shazam is the first to fight him and is defeated, with Deathstroke noting afterwards that he is "still just a kid" (a reminder of the fact that Shazam is only an adult in his hero form, but still a kid in his normal form) and too naive to be involved in a war.

Shazam next appears in Lex Luthor's chapter, attacking him and expressing confusion at Luthor's apparent loyalty to the Insurgency. Luthor explains that he's been with the Insurgency "since the day Superman decided to herd them like sheep." Shazam attempts to defend Superman's actions, but Luthor is unmoved. Though Luthor bests him, Shazam is able to damage Luthor's armor, foiling his plan to stop Superman. When Superman murders Luthor and then snaps upon realizing that the world's population is afraid of him, Shazam is left uncertain and confused; clearly upset over Clark killing his best friend.

Later, when a now completely unhinged Superman decides to exact vengeance on Metropolis and Gotham City, Shazam objects, only for Superman to then murder him on the spot after Billy pushes him too far. His cold-blooded killing of Shazam prompts the Flash to defect, realizing that Shazam was right and that the Regime has gone too far.

In Injustice 2, soon after his arrest and being stripped of his ring, Hal Jordan finally snaps out of it and also opposes the Regime since Shazam’s death in front of their eyes.

Personality[]

Shazam despite his technical status as a villain he (along with The Flash) is by far the kindest member of The Regime. He is often very polite and only follows the Regime because he is genuinely believing he is trying to do the right thing and believes the Regime is doing so, as well as the one most against using violence except for other criminals. He is shown to greatly respect and idolize Superman which is part of the reason why he stuck with him for so long even after he turned evil and created the regime as he thought Superman could do not wrong.

Much like in the mainstream comics, Shazam distrusts and loathes Black Adam even after joining the Regime, both are always being open to each other's contempt against the two lifelong nemesis. Despite that, however, he asked Superman to spare his arch-enemy back in Year One, which shows that he's willing to spare his enemies. This code of honor has also appeared when he defeated Hercules who easily overpowered Superman and was attempting to kill his half-sister, Wonder Woman for her treachery against her own family of Greek gods. Shazam appears to be an interest to Harley Quinn vice versa, saving her multiple times as kindness for "saving" Billy. Due to his pure upbringing into not killing other villains, Harley has attempted to convince Shazam to join the Insurgents, although he declined as he sees the Regime more as his teammates.

He was initially very loyal to the regime, but during his many years in it, he started to question to himself if what they were doing was correct, even bringing up to Flash while mentioning Superman murdering Green Arrow. When Superman goes full supervillain and plans to destroy Gotham and Metropolis to set an example. Shazam finally realizes that the Regime has gone too far and openly says his contempt to Superman that this has gone too far, showing further that he was the nicest member of the Regime as he was the first to realize this. The choice would, unfortunately, cost him his life, however.

Quotes[]

All I have to do is say the word-- -and I'm pretty much the baddest badass you ever saw. Right now, I'm gonna prove it.
~ Shazam
You may be a god, Hercules... ...but I have the power of six gods!
~ Shazam fighting Hercules.
As a matter of fact, I'm changing your name to 'Ercules... 'cause you don't deserve my "H"!
~ Shazam fighting Hercules
Hercules: Very well... finish it.
Shazam: No. I'm no killer.
~ Shazam refusing to kill Hercules
Shazam: Wait. We're whiping whole cities? Invading worlds in other dimensions?
Superman: Do you have a problem, Billy?
Shazam: Well, yeah. It's crazy. It's going too far.
Wonder Woman: Man's world is incapable of self-rule. We will preserve order.
~ Shazam disagreeing with Superman and his fellow high-ranking members of the One Earth Regime.
Put her down, Adam. Don't make me use my angry voice.
~ Shazam to Black Adam.
I've been biting my tongue from the moment Superman took you in. Trying to pretend that you being on our side might not mean we're the bad guys. But I saw you fighting Harley, how much you enjoyed torturing her and her henchmen, stretching out each moment of pain as long as you could and I thought... maybe we should both stop pretending.
~ Shazam to Black Adam.
You abused your powers.
~ Shazam to Black Adam.
It made sense at first. Bad people got what they deserved but now?
~ Shazam

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Trivia[]

  • Superman's killing of Shazam is widely considered to be the Man of Steel's Moral Event Horizon crossing, as the act is made even worse when one remembers that Shazam is actually a young teenager in an adult's body. Other factors include that Billy was loyal to Superman even before the Regime, he was trying to talk Superman down from crossing the line, and he saved Clark's life only hours before as well as two more times in the comics.
  • His and Lex Luthor's deaths received the most major impact throughout the game series. Even the fans who supported Superman because of his backstory turned against him for murdering Billy. His murder also caused at least two redemptions; the Flash defected to the Insurgency in response, dooming the Regime in the process, and Hal Jordan was rehabilitated by the Green Lantern Corps between games.
  • In the film, he remains neutral, not joining Superman or Batman and remains alive.

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Movies
Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam: Black Adam
Shazam!: Thaddeus Sivana | Seven Deadly Sins | Mr. Sivana | Brett and Burke Breyer | Robbers | Mister Mind
Black Adam: Black Adam | Intergang (Sabbac) | Ahk-Ton | Amanda Waller
Shazam! Fury of the Gods: Hesperides (Kalypso, Hespera, & Anthea) | Ladon | Brett and Burke Breyer | Thaddeus Sivana | Mister Mind | Atlas

Television
Black Adam | Mister Mind | Doctor Sivana | Mister Atom

Video Games
Injustice: Superman | Shazam | Black Adam | Gorilla Grodd

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Movies
Aquaman: Ocean Master | Manta Men (Black Manta & Jesse Kane) | Murk | The Trench | Orvax Marius
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom: Kordax | Manta Men (Black Manta & Stingray) | Ocean Master | Kingfish

Television
Aquaman (TV Pilot): Nadia
Aquaman: King of Atlantis: Scavenger | Ocean Master | Fisherman

Video Games
Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis: Ocean Master | Black Manta
Injustice: Superman | Aquaman | The Flash | Shazam | Black Adam | Wonder Woman | Gorilla Grodd

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Theatrical Movies
Justice League: Steppenwolf | Parademons (Parademon Scout) | Darkseid | Black Clad (Black Clad Alpha) | Lex Luthor | Deathstroke | Ares
Zack Snyder's Justice League: Darkseid's Elite (Darkseid, Steppenwolf, DeSaad, Granny Goodness, & Parademons) | Lex Luthor | Deathstroke | Black Clad (Black Clad Alpha) | Ares | Joker
DC League of Super-Pets: Lulu | Lex Luthor | Mercy Graves | Whiskers | Mutant Guinea Pigs

Direct-to-video Movies
Justice League: The New Frontier: The Centre | Captain Cold | Gorilla Grood | Ra's al Ghul | Black Manta | Brainiac | Cheetah | Darkseid | Doctor Light | Gentleman Ghost | Harley Quinn | Joker | Kalibak | Key | Mxyzptlk | Riddler | Doctor Sivana | Star Sapphire | Starro | Two-Face | Ultra-Humanite | Lex Luthor
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths: Crime Syndicate of America (Owlman, Ultraman, Superwoman, Johnny Quick, Power Ring, & J'edd J'arkus) | Lex Luthor | White Martians | President Slade Wilson | Rose Wilson | Starro
Justice League: Doom: Legion of Doom (Vandal Savage, Bane, Cheetah, Ma'alefa'ak, Metallo, Mirror Master, & Star Sapphire) | Royal Flush Gang (King, Queen, Jack, Ace, & Ten)
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox: Professor Zoom | Wonder Woman | Aquaman | Ocean Master | Black Manta | Deathstroke | Lex Luthor | Clayface | Rogues (Captain Cold, Captain Boomerang, Top, Heat Wave, & Mirror Master) | Joker | Yo-Yo
Justice League: War: Darkseid | Desaad | Parademons | Ocean Master
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis: Ocean Master | Black Manta | The Trench | Lex Luthor
Justice League: Gods and Monsters: Will Magnus | Darkseid | Desaad | Granny Goodness | Kalibak | Parademons | Steppenwolf | Livewire | Blockbuster | Cheetah | Dru-Zod | Doctor Sivana | President Waller
Justice League vs. Teen Titans: Trigon | Legion of Doom (Lex Luthor, Cheetah, Solomon Grundy, Toymaster, & Weather Wizard) | Atomic Skull | Ra's al Ghul
Justice League vs. the Fatal Five: Fatal Five (Emerald Empress, Mano, Persuader, Tharok, & Validus) | Bloodsport | Two-Face | Harley Quinn | Poison Ivy
Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes and Huntsmen: Kilg%re | Arthur Watts (digital copy) | Grimm | Weather Wizard | Mirror Master | Killer Croc
Justice League: Warworld: Mongul | Jonah Hex | Deimos | Lobo | White Martians
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part One: Anti-Monitor | Lex Luthor | Crime Syndicate of America (Ultraman, Owlman, Superwoman, Johnny Quick, & Power Ring) | Psycho-Pirate | Hal Jordan | Gorilla Grodd

Television
Justice League: Lex Luthor | Hro Talak | Cheetah | Star Sapphire | Shade | Copperhead | Ultra-Humanite | Solomon Grundy | Joker | Kanjar-Ro | Lord Orm | General Brak | Deadshot | Felix Faust | Gorilla Grodd | Aresia | Morgaine Le Fey | Mordred | Simon Stagg | Amazo | Volcana | Luminus | Firefly | Doctor Destiny | Despero | Giganta | Killer Frost | Sinestro | Parasite | Clayface | Metallo | Kalibak | Livewire | Weather Wizard | Toyman | Royal Flush Gang (Harley Quinn) | Mercy Graves | Vandal Savage | Brainiac | Darkseid | Lobo | Justice Lords (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, & J'onn J'onzz) | Ray Thompson | Kragger | Paran Dul
Justice League Unlimited: Brainiac | Lex Luthor | Darkseid | Mongul | Ares | KGBeast | Copperhead | Blockbuster I | Cheetah | Mordred | Morgaine Le Fey | Circe | Roulette | Mordru | Maxwell Lord | Amanda Waller | General Wade Eiling | Solomon Grundy | Chronos | Atomic Skull | Granny Goodness | Kalibak | Tala | Hugo Strange | Professor Milo | Doomsday | Deadshot | Plastique | Captain Boomerang | Clock King | Felix Faust | Mantis | Gorilla Grodd | Bizarro | Giganta | Heat Wave | Sinestro | Doctor Destiny | Star Sapphire | Toyman | Volcana | Silver Banshee | Metallo | Killer Frost | Orion | Captain Cold | Mirror Master | Fatal Five | Gentleman Ghost | Virman Vundabar | Justice Lords (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, & J'onn J'onzz) | Kragger | Paran Dul | Devil Ray
Justice League Action: Darkseid | Black Adam | Parasite | Lobo | Solomon Grundy | Mongul | Chronos | Joker | Toyman | Lex Luthor | Harley Quinn | Felix Faust | Circe | Brainiac | Zod | Mr. Freeze | Killer Frost | Deadshot | Two-Face | Penguin | Poison Ivy | Roxy Rocket | Desaad | Gorilla Grodd | Mister Mxyzptlk | Amazo | Calculator | Granny Goodness | Kalibak | Sinestro | Brain | Riddler | Titano | Star Sapphire | Cheetah | Carmine Falcone | Bizarro | Kanjar-Ro | Bud and Lou | Mister Mind | Red Lantern Corps (Atrocitus)

Video Games
Justice League Task Force: Darkseid | Shrapnel | Despero | Cheetah
Justice League Heroes: Brainiac | Darkseid | Doomsday | The General | Gorilla Grodd | The Key | Promethus | Killer Frost | Queen Bee | White Martians | Zoom
Justice League Heroes: The Flash: Gorilla Grodd | Circe | Killer Frost | Brainiac
Justice League: Chronicles: Amazo | Gorilla Grodd | Killer Frost | Vandal Savage
Justice League Action Run: Darkseid | Harley Quinn | Joker | Lex Luthor | Lobo | Mongul | Mr. Freeze |Circe | Felix Faust | Gorilla Grodd | Killer Frost | Penguin | Solomon Grundy | Steppenwolf
Justice League: Injustice for All: Lex Luthor | Star Sapphire | Solomon Grundy | Cheetah | Joker | Shade | Felix Faust | Ultra-Humanite
Injustice: Gods Among Us: One Earth Regime (Superman, Wonder Woman, Yellow Lantern, The Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg, Shazam, Nightwing, Raven, Hawkgirl, Sinestro, Black Adam, Killer Frost, Solomon Grundy, Catwoman, Bane, & Doomsday) | Joker | Lex Luthor | Deathstroke | Ares
Injustice 2: Brainiac | Gorilla Grodd | Captain Cold | Reverse Flash | Cheetah | Deadshot | Poison Ivy | Bane | Scarecrow | One Earth Regime (Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg, Nightwing & Black Adam) | Dr. Fate | The Lords of Order | Grid | Atrocitus | Joker | Darkseid
Injustice: Joker | Brainiac | Black Adam | Captain Cold | Cheetah | Darkseid | Deadshot | Killer Frost | Poison Ivy
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League: Brainiac | Justice League (Superman, Flash, Green Lantern, Batman) | Suicide Squad (Amanda Waller, Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang & King Shark) | Gizmo | Penguin | Lex Luthor | Poison Ivy | Riddler

See Also
Justice League Dark Villains | Justice League International Villains | Justice Society Villains | Young Justice Villains

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