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Everyone else thinks he's being very rude to a guest.The seeming penultimate issue of Batman Incorporated continues to offer a lot of the same, but with some fascinating nuggets of thematics and characterization.

Unusually Uninteresting Sight: In #2, when a tyranosaur in a suit arrives at the door to speak to Billy, he decides this just isn't something he wants to deal with right now.

One of the comments about Billy smiling and having fun has him being called a "Soyboy" by a user named "MANCHILD95."

Take That!: Waid makes a pointed dig to the people who felt Billy wasn't believable as a happy, well-meaning kid who smiles.

Superpowered Evil Side: Billy's transformation now leaves him vulnerable to mental manipulation by one of his six "sponsors", now scheming to make a move on the world through him.

Spinoff: Of Lazarus Planet, picking up Billy and the Shazam Family's storylines in the wake of Revenge of the Gods.

Reimagining the Artifact: Billy as a child reporter for a radio station simply doesn't make sense in the modern world.

In addition, some of his fans are calling him "Captain Marvel" in the comments to Billy's podcast, probably by analogy with Mary taking the Mary Marvel name in Revenge of the Gods. It seemingly has caught on quickly as even news sources refer to him as The Captain, calling into question how long he WAS known as Shazam.

The Captain in this case began as a nickname that stuck after a maritime rescue ended up with him needlessly drenched. It should be noted this is due to magic shifting, so unlike the New 52 take on the character, if he says "Shazam" he will without fail transform, like every other version of the character prior to the New 52. Meaningful Rename: Billy's superhero form is now known as The Captain, a happy medium between the contentious Shazam renaming and his more traditional "Captain Marvel" name.Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Billy mentions he's not calling himself "Shazam" anymore because it confused a lot of people, reflecting how fans were annoyed by the change from "Captain Marvel" to the wizard's name (even though saying Shazam out loud is what caused Billy's transformation back and forth).Gary Frank's New 52 redesign, which has been the standard template for a decade, has been discarded in favor of a return to a more classic Captain Marvel look (albeit with a few minor tweaks here and there). Costume Evolution: Dan Mora's cover for Shazam #1 reveals that Billy's design has been tweaked for the Dawn of DC era.Billy also returns to the forefront of the contemporary DCU after having been sidelined during the Infinite Frontier era.

Billy Batson gets his own ongoing monthly title for the first time since the conclusion of Shazam! (2018) in 2020 (and, to a lesser extent, 2021's Shazam: To Hell and Back mini-series). Pre-release material for Shazam provides examples of: The relaunch will pick up Billy Batson and the Shazam Family's storylines in the aftermath of Lazarus Planet: Revenge of the Gods, as they deal with Billy's return from the Rock of Eternity and the changes to magic in the wake of Lazarus Planet. It is a spinoff of Lazarus Planet and part of the Dawn of DC publishing initiative. Shazam! is an upcoming May 2023 relaunch of the DC Comics hero, written by Mark Waid and with art by Dan Mora.