Quote:Quite good, "Kingdom Come." Alex Ross is a great artist, and Mark Waid creates a pretty good story in it. I like how Ross uses real people as the basis of his heroes' faces; Superman looks a little like Christopher Reeves, Wonder Woman looks like Linda Carter, and Captain Marvel looks like Fred MacMurray (it works, believe it or not; MacMurray had an open, honest face). Avoid "The Kingdom" though. As sequels/prequels go, it was pretty disappointing.
The book you're thinking of is almost certianly "Kingdom Come." Although the guy who dies at the end is Captain Marvel. Shazam was the older fellow who gave those powers to Billy Batson in the first place, and died immediately. Five points to anyone who knows what Shazam stands for without looking.
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