the cast of march 2023s shazam fury of the gods found a novel way to get into character some members of the liveaction shazam family are writing a story featuring their characters for a february dc comic book oneshot special shazam fury of the gods special shazamily matters 1 is a 96page prestige format anthology special written by actor zachary levi shazam grace caroline currey mary and superhero mary this time around ross butler superhero eugene dj cotrona superhero pedro adam brody superhero freddy faithe herman darla plus screenwriter henry gayden and colleen doran josh trujillo tim seeley amanda deibert david f sandberg scott kolins kenny porter and othersshazam fury of the gods special shazamily matters 1 variant photo cover image credit dcbattle zombies befriend dinosaurs try to get a phone signal in a world of barbarians explore glitter land and more reads dcs description of the special that is made with all the love and fun of a superhuman family cookoutthe stories are illustrated by a variety of artists heres a look at the creative credits for all the specials stories along with new first look art dc released on january 27 for some of them billy batson and the shazamily in door to death written by zachary levi dj cotrona and colleen doran art by freddie williams ii andrew dalhouse and dave sharpedarla in darlas keeper written by faithe herman and amanda deibert art by erica henderson and josh reedimage 1 of 3image credit dcimage credit dcimage credit dcpedro in the big game written by dj cotrona and tim seeley art by jorge corona and patrick brosseauimage 1 of 3image credit dcimage credit dcimage credit dcthe shazamily in crocodile catastrophe written by david f sandberg and scott kolins art by scott kolins john kalisz and dave sharpeeugene in time out written by ross butler and josh trujillo art by andrew drilon and wes abbottimage 1 of 3image credit dcimage credit dcimage credit dcmary in darlas birthday written by grace caroline currey art by damian fulton nick filardo and justin birchimage 1 of 3image credit dcimage credit dcimage credit dcfreddy in dogtown and blue boy written by adam brody and kenny porter art by mike norton allen passalaqua and ferran delgadoimage 1 of 3image credit dcimage credit dcimage credit dcbilly batson in leadership qualities written by henry gayden art by scott godlewski alex guimares and saida temofonteand heres a look at three covers to the special along with the photo variant cover seen aboveimage 1 of 3image credit dcimage credit dcimage credit dcthe special and movie arrive at a key time for the comic book franchise billy batson took a brief sabbatical as shazam and was replaced by mary in the recent new champion of shazam limited series but billy will return to the forefront of the shazam family in a new actioncomedy series by writer mark waid and artist dan mora that will launch in may as part of dcs yearlong dawn of dc publishing initiative and