Summary

Warning : contains spoilers forShazam#8 !

Shazamis at last pay off on the terminate credit tease of his 2019 live - action at law feature movie . Shazamwas both a vital and commercial-grade winner for the definitive DCEU , and a post - credits fit hinted even full things were to arrive , but its subsequence failed to render on this promise . Now , inShazam#8,one of the Captain ’s previous foes is returning , making good on his tease in the film .

Shazam#8 is write by Mark Waid and disembowel by Goran Sudzuka . After Zeus mend the theater of Billy ’s foster family , they stress to get back on with their normal life . Tawky Tawny , who help out around the theatre , notice certain random objective are missing from the kitchen locker . He call back nothing of it , walk away .

A man with nuclear explosions going off behind him in The Far Side.

The scene then cuts back to the open cabinet , where three eyes poke out – nearly resembling Mister Mind .

Mister Mind is a Classic Shazam Foe

Mister Mind Should Have Been inShazam 2

Mister Mind is one of the Captain ’s oldest foe , first appear in 1943’sCaptain Marvel Adventures#26 . A hyper - intelligent worm from the satellite Venus , Mister Mind has seek to curb Earth several times . His plan for conquest include tack a squad of villain , called The Monster Society of Evil , as well as an assault on the nascent multiverse during the forward-looking era in the page of52 . Despite his somewhat cutesy appearance , Mister Mind is a stale - blooded killerwho will not hesitate to kill anyone who gets in his style .

When the Captain made the leap to subsist action , the filmmakers chose Doctor Sivana as the film ’s primary antagonist . As Sivana isone of Shazam ’s greatestvillains , this move made gumption . However , the first film ’s post - credit scene set up not only the arriver of Mister Mind , but an alliance with Sivana as well . Unfortunately , Mister Mind did not appear in the sequel , Fury of the Gods , save another post - credit scene that , thanks to the reboot of the DCEU , will in the end go nowhere . Mister Mind would have made an excellent villain , but the filmmakers fail to seize on the opportunity .

The DCEU Failed Mister Mind In a Huge Way

Mister Mind is a Great DC Villain–Period

Now , the comic are get Mister Mind back after an absence . He was last seen in Geoff Johns ’ abbreviated tenure withShazam , but has been missing in activity since . Mister Mind ’s return in the comics will showcase the scoundrel ’s vast electric potential , which moviegoer missed out on . Mister Mind , as the name might mean , has the ability to see to it minds , an ability that could make him not only one of the Captain ’s great baddie , but a great opponent for the DC Universe in general . Mister Mind failed to make an encroachment on the DCEU , but the strip will show his hope .

Shazam#8 is on sale now from DC Comics !

Shazam#8 ( 2024 )

Far Side, cowboys with hands in the air (foreground) Union soldier giving general

Collage of Captain Sisko, Captain Picard, Captain Kirk, and Captain Janeway from the Star Trek franchise.

Collage Image with Shazam and Mister Mind

Five panels of Tawky Tawny looking in the cabinets, while Mister Mind watches.

Image of Mister Mind in a glass enclosure.

Image of Mister Mind battling Shazam.

Image of Shazam asking for help.