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"Meet the Captain: Chapter Four": The Captain has been captured by Garguax, Emperor of the Moon, who believes that the Captain's arrival at the Moon is a declaration of war from Earth. He asks the Captain why is he on the Moon, and the Captain talks about Ted and the missile Garguax was supposed

This is all wrong! It has to stop!
— Solomon

Shazam! (Volume 5) #4 is an issue of the series Shazam! (Volume 5) with a cover date of December, 2023. It was published on October 3, 2023.

Synopsis for "Meet the Captain: Chapter Four"

The Captain has been captured by Garguax, Emperor of the Moon, who believes that the Captain's arrival at the Moon is a declaration of war from Earth. He asks the Captain why is he on the Moon, and the Captain talks about Ted and the missile Garguax was supposedly building to destroy the Earth. Annoyed, Garguax tells his forces to stand down, as this whole situation was just a misunderstanding.

At the Rock of Eternity, Zeus is upset that the rest of the conclave has failed to manipulate the Captain, the sole living reminder of the gods' reputation on Earth. Apparently, when the members of the conclave increased each of the Captain's powers, they also infected with their own flaws as individuals: Solomon's arrogance, Hercules' recklessness, Atlas' gullibility and Achilles' overconfidence. Zeus orders Atlas to release his hold over the Captain, just as Shazam is getting introduced to Zazzala, the Queen of Korll.

Back in Gorilla City, Ted is reprimanded for his fellow gorillas for sending Shazam into the moon. Ted genuinely believed that manipulating Shazam felt like a good idea because the Captain felt very guillible at the time. The gorillas, however, have decided to take matters into their own hands, so they put on spacesuits and prepare to invade the moon in the name of ape-kind.

Zeus, having taken a look at Zazzala, has developed an attraction for her and inadvertently corrupts Shazam's mind with his own lust. Under Zeus' control, Shazam begins hitting on Zazzala, who herself has been using Garguax. Solomon, tired of the conclave's supposed incompetence, releases Freddy from the gods' mind control. Freddy gathers his family, who has been filling out the paperwork left by the saurian lawyer, and tells them that they must now save Billy.

Zazzala never actually cared for Garguax. She was merely controlling him with her pheromones, the same way she is trying to control the Captain, whose mental state has been left vulnerable thanks to Zeus' insatiable lust. Shazam comes to his senses and transforms back into Billy, just when the apes attack the moon to obtain Garguax's technology. Zazzala uses her pheromonal powers to bring the gorillas under her command and now, she has an entire army behind her back. She then finds Billy, who had been trying to sneak away from the battle and throws him into outer space. Billy, unable to say the magic word, begins to suffocate.

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