Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam

The young marvel, Shazam teams up with Superman and learns what it's like to be a hero when they battle Shazam's enemy Black Adam. A well done show that highlights the strengths and weaknesses of being Shazam.

I don't know very much about Shazam/Captain Marvel, but this short serves perfectly wall as a nice introduction to the character, and I would totally recommend it to any casual viewer., with a nice animation and a entertaining plot.

The 2019 movie was okay too.

Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (2010) is a DC animated short film that was fun to watch.

Positives for Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (2010): This short film gets to the point of the narrative without any filler and it works. I like the voice cast with George Newbern as Superman, Jerry O'Connell as Captain Marvel, Zach Callison as Billy Batson and Arnold Vosloo as Black Adam. I like the short interactions between Superman and Billy Watson before the action gets started. The animation looks amazing and it is very dynamic. The battle between Superman, Captain Marvel and Black Adam is very brutal and awesome. And finally, I liked how Kevin Michael Richardson's character helps our two main character with stopping Black Adam.

Negatives for Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (2010): This short is one of those "blink and you'll miss it" type of experiences that requires your attention from start to finish and you'll easily get lost with the story if you lose interest in the movie.

Overall, Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (2010) is a fun DC animated short film that you can kick back and enjoy.

This DC Showcase short is a tad longer than the rest, it stands at around 25 minutes and is about Billy Batsons rise to become the superhero known as Captain Marvel.

We see Superman jump in and save young Billy from Black Adam, but my biggest complaint is that this is a big story and 25 minutes simply doesn't suffice.

Alike the other showcases this is very well animated, has a great voice cast and is well written. Sadly it all feels rushed and I struggled to get into it.

Well worth a watch for fans of the DC Showcase shorts, but I feel it was a bit underwhelming.

The Good:

Well animated

The Bad:

Story is simply too big for 25 minutes

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

This has actually made me want a live action Shazam movie, but I fear I'll regret saying that

Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam is so far the best and longest entry in the DC Showcase.

OMG! I can't wait to watch this epic fight scenes in live-action. Can't even imagine how it's like when Zachary Levi and Henry Cavill fighting Dwayne Johnson. It's going to be LEGENDARY.