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When Billy Batson is gifted the powers of Shazam, the Wizard claims




Yes. I give you the power. And with it all my strength. Solomon's wisdom. The power of Hercules. Atlas toughness. The power of Zeus. The courage of Achilles. And Mercury's speed.




None of these mythical characters fly, but Shazam can. What gives him the power of flight? Was that part of the Wizard's original powers? Or why wasn't a flying mythical entity referred to in this line of dialogue?






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  • Solomon's wisdom...In the film, he wasn't shown as being particularly wise. I'd just take the whole quote as more symbolic and not literally related to his power set. At least in terms of this movie's interpretation of the character

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  • I would say that the title is a spoiler. I haven't seen Shazam yet and the trailer actually seemed to suggest that he wasn't able to fly.

    – Ivo Beckers
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  • @IvoBeckers This one shows flight, but I'll edit

    – BlueMoon93
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  • ah, my bad. I only saw the first trailer

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When Billy Batson is gifted the powers of Shazam, the Wizard claims




Yes. I give you the power. And with it all my strength. Solomon's wisdom. The power of Hercules. Atlas toughness. The power of Zeus. The courage of Achilles. And Mercury's speed.




None of these mythical characters fly, but Shazam can. What gives him the power of flight? Was that part of the Wizard's original powers? Or why wasn't a flying mythical entity referred to in this line of dialogue?






plot-explanation dc-extended-universe shazam







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  • Solomon's wisdom...In the film, he wasn't shown as being particularly wise. I'd just take the whole quote as more symbolic and not literally related to his power set. At least in terms of this movie's interpretation of the character

    – Wmbuch
    48 mins ago













  • I would say that the title is a spoiler. I haven't seen Shazam yet and the trailer actually seemed to suggest that he wasn't able to fly.

    – Ivo Beckers
    39 mins ago











  • @IvoBeckers This one shows flight, but I'll edit

    – BlueMoon93
    32 mins ago











  • ah, my bad. I only saw the first trailer

    – Ivo Beckers
    31 mins ago














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When Billy Batson is gifted the powers of Shazam, the Wizard claims




Yes. I give you the power. And with it all my strength. Solomon's wisdom. The power of Hercules. Atlas toughness. The power of Zeus. The courage of Achilles. And Mercury's speed.




None of these mythical characters fly, but Shazam can. What gives him the power of flight? Was that part of the Wizard's original powers? Or why wasn't a flying mythical entity referred to in this line of dialogue?






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When Billy Batson is gifted the powers of Shazam, the Wizard claims




Yes. I give you the power. And with it all my strength. Solomon's wisdom. The power of Hercules. Atlas toughness. The power of Zeus. The courage of Achilles. And Mercury's speed.




None of these mythical characters fly, but Shazam can. What gives him the power of flight? Was that part of the Wizard's original powers? Or why wasn't a flying mythical entity referred to in this line of dialogue?






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  • Solomon's wisdom...In the film, he wasn't shown as being particularly wise. I'd just take the whole quote as more symbolic and not literally related to his power set. At least in terms of this movie's interpretation of the character

    – Wmbuch
    48 mins ago













  • I would say that the title is a spoiler. I haven't seen Shazam yet and the trailer actually seemed to suggest that he wasn't able to fly.

    – Ivo Beckers
    39 mins ago











  • @IvoBeckers This one shows flight, but I'll edit

    – BlueMoon93
    32 mins ago











  • ah, my bad. I only saw the first trailer

    – Ivo Beckers
    31 mins ago



















  • Solomon's wisdom...In the film, he wasn't shown as being particularly wise. I'd just take the whole quote as more symbolic and not literally related to his power set. At least in terms of this movie's interpretation of the character

    – Wmbuch
    48 mins ago













  • I would say that the title is a spoiler. I haven't seen Shazam yet and the trailer actually seemed to suggest that he wasn't able to fly.

    – Ivo Beckers
    39 mins ago











  • @IvoBeckers This one shows flight, but I'll edit

    – BlueMoon93
    32 mins ago











  • ah, my bad. I only saw the first trailer

    – Ivo Beckers
    31 mins ago

















Solomon's wisdom...In the film, he wasn't shown as being particularly wise. I'd just take the whole quote as more symbolic and not literally related to his power set. At least in terms of this movie's interpretation of the character

– Wmbuch
48 mins ago







Solomon's wisdom...In the film, he wasn't shown as being particularly wise. I'd just take the whole quote as more symbolic and not literally related to his power set. At least in terms of this movie's interpretation of the character

– Wmbuch
48 mins ago















I would say that the title is a spoiler. I haven't seen Shazam yet and the trailer actually seemed to suggest that he wasn't able to fly.

– Ivo Beckers
39 mins ago





I would say that the title is a spoiler. I haven't seen Shazam yet and the trailer actually seemed to suggest that he wasn't able to fly.

– Ivo Beckers
39 mins ago













@IvoBeckers This one shows flight, but I'll edit

– BlueMoon93
32 mins ago





@IvoBeckers This one shows flight, but I'll edit

– BlueMoon93
32 mins ago













ah, my bad. I only saw the first trailer

– Ivo Beckers
31 mins ago





ah, my bad. I only saw the first trailer

– Ivo Beckers
31 mins ago










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Hermes/Mercury is well known for his winged shoes, also known as Talaria



According to wikipedia(citation needed), they flew the god as swift as any bird.

So I would say that even if it not explicitely stated, Flying falls under Mercury Powers.






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  • I hadn't realized that, Mercury's page didn't say anything about flight, and I didn't search for wings. +1

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    Huh, I'd read stories with the character in for years and never spotted the links to the mythological figures spelling SHAZAM

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Hermes/Mercury is well known for his winged shoes, also known as Talaria



According to wikipedia(citation needed), they flew the god as swift as any bird.

So I would say that even if it not explicitely stated, Flying falls under Mercury Powers.






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  • I hadn't realized that, Mercury's page didn't say anything about flight, and I didn't search for wings. +1

    – BlueMoon93
    5 hours ago






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    Huh, I'd read stories with the character in for years and never spotted the links to the mythological figures spelling SHAZAM

    – DoctorPenguin
    4 hours ago
















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Hermes/Mercury is well known for his winged shoes, also known as Talaria



According to wikipedia(citation needed), they flew the god as swift as any bird.

So I would say that even if it not explicitely stated, Flying falls under Mercury Powers.






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  • I hadn't realized that, Mercury's page didn't say anything about flight, and I didn't search for wings. +1

    – BlueMoon93
    5 hours ago






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    Huh, I'd read stories with the character in for years and never spotted the links to the mythological figures spelling SHAZAM

    – DoctorPenguin
    4 hours ago














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Hermes/Mercury is well known for his winged shoes, also known as Talaria



According to wikipedia(citation needed), they flew the god as swift as any bird.

So I would say that even if it not explicitely stated, Flying falls under Mercury Powers.






share|improve this answer













Hermes/Mercury is well known for his winged shoes, also known as Talaria



According to wikipedia(citation needed), they flew the god as swift as any bird.

So I would say that even if it not explicitely stated, Flying falls under Mercury Powers.







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  • I hadn't realized that, Mercury's page didn't say anything about flight, and I didn't search for wings. +1

    – BlueMoon93
    5 hours ago






  • 12





    Huh, I'd read stories with the character in for years and never spotted the links to the mythological figures spelling SHAZAM

    – DoctorPenguin
    4 hours ago



















  • I hadn't realized that, Mercury's page didn't say anything about flight, and I didn't search for wings. +1

    – BlueMoon93
    5 hours ago






  • 12





    Huh, I'd read stories with the character in for years and never spotted the links to the mythological figures spelling SHAZAM

    – DoctorPenguin
    4 hours ago

















I hadn't realized that, Mercury's page didn't say anything about flight, and I didn't search for wings. +1

– BlueMoon93
5 hours ago





I hadn't realized that, Mercury's page didn't say anything about flight, and I didn't search for wings. +1

– BlueMoon93
5 hours ago




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Huh, I'd read stories with the character in for years and never spotted the links to the mythological figures spelling SHAZAM

– DoctorPenguin
4 hours ago





Huh, I'd read stories with the character in for years and never spotted the links to the mythological figures spelling SHAZAM

– DoctorPenguin
4 hours ago



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