![]() As I mentioned above, the DC Showcase shorts were on other DVDs already, and some of the bonus episodes were in box sets before the website even existed. Which leads right to the second big problem with the disc as a whole. ![]() Heck, one of the Justice League Unlimited episodes is blatantly part of a much larger story arc and leaves a handful of threads dangling. Some of it’s almost Disney-level family-friendly, some is dark and gritty, and one of the shorts is standing right on the line of being labeled a horror story. There’s so much different stuff scattered over the DC character spectrum, and done in such a variety of tones, there’s no real consistency. Of course, that’s one of the problems with this set. ![]() Pretty much whatever kind of super-heroics you like, there’s something here that’ll appeal to you. Yeah, there’s a lot of great stuff in this set. And that’s when the super-smackdown really kicks into sudden death mode. James Garner), discovers his destiny, and finds out that something really amazing happens when he says the wizard’s name out loud. While the hero and the villain fight (and the audience gets that rare joy of seeing someone who can believably bring the pain to the boy in blue), Billy meets up with the aforementioned wizard, an ancient man named Shazam (v. well, it’s lucky for him Superman happened to show up right after Mr. According to Black Adam, though, Billy’s been marked by some wizard to inherit “the mantle of power,” and so. That’s why reporter Clark Kent (George Newbern) picked him as the subject of an article on teen orphans. Billy is a minor living on his own in a building filled with rats and hookers, but he still tries to keep a positive outlook and always do the right thing - even when it gets him a black eye. Specifically, it’s very bad for a kid named Billy Batson (v. When ancient Egyptian superhero/sorcerer-turned-villain Black Adam (voiced by Arnold Vosloo) returns to Earth after a 5,000-year banishment, it can’t be good for anyone. So fine, in fact, that it becomes painfully obvious how little they did past that. The DC Showcase folks tackle a troublesome hero and do a fine job with his origin story.
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