Billy Batson and his sister Mary are orphans who has bounced around from foster home to foster home, but they soon become friends with janitor Victor Vasquez and his stepson Freddy. While protecting a kid from bullies, Billy stumbles onto a magical cave where he meets the wizard Shazam who sought him as a new apprentice. He endows Billy with the powers of Greek gods Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury, turning him into a powerful fully grown costumed man dubbed Captain Marvel, who can transform back and forth by speaking the wizard's name. Soon the Wizard is hurt by the Mandarin, an old enemy of Iron Man, who plans to destroy the power of Shazam and put it in his new 11th ring. Now Captain Marvel has to fight the madman and protect those who can’t protect themselves, but along the way he meets a man named Robert Reynolds, who is also a hero named Sentry, who suffers from trauma and a dark split personality.
