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Post by dans on Jun 21, 2019 1:13:39 GMT
Johnny Quick speaks a formula to give himself super powers, and that formula apparently works for anyone who says it, and he doesn't require anything else to make it work (like magic lightning, or an ibis stick, or rubbing his belt buckle, or a scarab, etc.). Are there any other spoken formulas or incantations that work for anyone who happens to know them?
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Post by johnreiter902 on Jun 21, 2019 12:04:08 GMT
the word Shazam transforms anyone with the name Billy Batson
Dr. Sivana had a formula he created once that would allow anyone who recited it to become intangible.
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Post by jonclark on Jun 21, 2019 16:53:24 GMT
the word Shazam transforms anyone with the name Billy Batson Dr. Sivana had a formula he created once that would allow anyone who recited it to become intangible. I thought the Lt Marvels could only transform if they said the word at the same time as Billy/Cap did. Cool Marvel being the exception. And while they don't get any powers from it the rules for Earth 2 Zrfff have 3 words that work for everyone. Saying Klptzyxm takes you there. A second word I forget allows Superman (and presumably others) to retain their abilities in the 5th Dimension. And a third word returns you to the normal world. |
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Post by redsycorax on Jun 28, 2019 23:53:50 GMT
Shazam also transforms Mary Marvel and Black Adam, and Sivana has diverted Shazam's magic lightning to became Captain Sivana on occassion. Captain Marvel is the trigger for Captain Marvel Junior. Adrienne Thomas uses "O Mighty ISIS" to become an avatar of the Egyptian goddess in question. NB: The aforementioned words all seem to be active only on Earth-S. There is an Earth-1 Billy Batson and it doesn't work for him, according to one pre-Crisis Superman/Captain Marvel team-up story I encountered recently. As for Mxyzptlk, Gltpsnz and other inhabitants of Zrfff, speaking their names backward will usually return them to their point of origin. Similarly, on one occassion, Superman visited the Fifth Dimenesion and returned to Earth by using the word "Le-Lak", an inversion of his Kryptonian name. Outide the DC Universe, Marvelman/Miracleman (a UK adaptation of Captain Marvel) uses the word Kimota to transition from Michael Moran to the aforementioned metahuman.
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Post by Dan S on Jun 29, 2019 14:06:28 GMT
I'm looking for a 'secret' word or phrase or token that will work for anyone who uses it, and doesn't rely on an outside agency or being in an alternate dimension. You don't have to understand esoteric science or magic. You don't have to meditate or call upon the gods. So the powers of Shazam don't work. The magic words of the 5th dimension don't apply. Green Lantern's ring is almost an acceptable substitute except that it requires the lantern. The Ibisstick almost works except I remember it can't be used for evil.
Does not have to be from comic books, it could be TV or movies, radio, Sunday comics, literature, etc. Johnny Quick's formula is the only one I know of that really seems to work universally, requiring nothing more than speaking the formula. (pre-speed force Johnny Quick, btw). You don't have to be a good person, you don't have to know a magic wizard, you don't have to rub a lamp, all you have to do is say 'Boo' and you are super powered.
Thanks!
Dan
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Post by johnreiter902 on Jul 1, 2019 1:05:35 GMT
The Mummy, an enemy of Robby Reed, had a magic word called "Heka" which let him call on the powers of diferent Egyptian gods, but only when he was bandaged and wearing his ceremonial mask. Still, it required no training.
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