JakeTheBank
Return of the King
Originally posted by abhilegend
I don't see a reason to assume that cap was weakened when kal koed him. All you have is a bunch of "I think", I have comics on my side. Naturally I win.
Not...really?
Power sharing was established in the Power of Shazam ongoing, which effectively rewrote the book on Cap's origins and mythos and how his powers worked. It was later referenced in the second volume of JSA, specifically when mentioning Billy's character traits including his selflessness. His desire for a surrogate family was so great, he willingly gave up a portion of his power to share with both Freddy and Mary, weakening his powers as Cap. That fact was later mirrored by Black Adam when he shared a portion of his power to Mary Marvel, and later, Osiris. It was again referenced in that piece of shit Trials of Shazam. When it comes to power sharing vs. no power sharing, comics post crisis support it existing than it not existing, which is my point all along.
If you can point me to a scene or line of dialogue or narration that says "Oh, we no longer need to share our power" or the spell had been changed, you might have a point at any time during Cap's involvement in the DCU during or after the Power of Shazam series, you might have a point.
And honestly, Superman's been damaged and hurt by people less than his equals/peers; if Cap and Superman are portrayed as equal in strength, a Cap sharing his power with Mary and therefore half as strong as normal could still hurt or stagger Superman.
If your point is that they ignored it for that single story arc, fine, but they didn't toss it out or retcon it completely.
