Marvel Comics Announces Surprise THOR/SHAZAM! Crossover Comic - And It's Available Now For Free

Marvel Comics Announces Surprise THOR/SHAZAM! Crossover Comic - And It's Available Now For Free

Marvel Comics has surprised fans with another DC Comics crossover, this time pairing up Thor with Shazam in a fun tale from writer Al Ewing and artist Jethro Morales. Read on to find out how to read it...

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By JoshWilding - Nov 12, 2025 02:11 PM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics' Deadpool/Batman #1 was a huge success and quickly sold out its first printing. The baton passes to DC Comics later this month for the second half of the crossover, Batman/Deadpool #1, written by veteran Batman writer Grant Morrison. 

In the meantime, Marvel and DC are collaborating to bring us even more new crossover adventures through digital comics. Today, Marvel revealed a surprise brand-new Thor/Shazam! "Infinity Comics" story, written by Al Ewing and illustrated by Jethro Morales.

The kicker? It's available now exclusively on Marvel Unlimited!

"The might of Thor! The power of Shazam! Marvel and DC bring the thunder to Infinity Comics in a never-before-seen adventure," reads the official description. "When a familiar face threatens to usurp the magic of the Marvel and DC universes, will Donald Blake and Billy Batson recover their powers in time to stop them?"

This new Thor/Shazam! Infinity Comics story will be available on Marvel Unlimited, Marvel's digital comics subscription service, to all new and existing subscribers. For a limited time, you can redeem a digital copy of this brand-new crossover story by using code CROSSOVER25 at Marvel.com/redeem.

Here are more details on the free trial swap for subscribers:

To celebrate this new digital crossover initiative, Marvel and DC will offer each of their subscribers in the US an exclusive code for a 30-day free trial to each other's subscription service, Marvel Unlimited and DC Universe Infinite ("DCUI"). MARVEL UNLIMITED paid subscribers who are not current DCUI subscribers will be offered a trial of the DCUI Ultra Monthly Plan, and DCUI paid subscribers who are not current MARVEL UNLIMITED subscribers will be offered a trial of the Marvel Unlimited Monthly Plan.

Current subscribers of either of the subscription services will be sent an email with their unique code. New subscribers need to sign up before 12/17/25 to receive their free trial code. Autorenewal and other terms apply.

Thor/Shazam! and The Flash/Fantastic Four (we'll be bringing you more details on that later today) are just two of the latest exciting crossovers between Marvel and DC. Batman/Deadpool #1 from DC arrives in comic shops on November 19, and the third printing of Deadpool/Batman #1 goes on sale December 10.

Check out artist Martín Cóccolo’s cover art for Thor/Shazam! below, and let us know what you thought of this latest crossover down in the comments section.

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THOR/SHAZAM! INFINITY COMIC #1
Written by AL EWING
Art by JETHRO MORALES
Cover by MARTÍN CÓCCOLO
Available now on Marvel Unlimited

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WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 11/12/2025, 2:57 PM
Who wins this fight?
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 11/12/2025, 3:10 PM
@WruceBayne - If Thor is also the "lord of lightning" then i would think he'd be able to control Capt. MArvel's ability to use his lightning including changing back and forth to billy baston.

Unless Norse "gods are vunerable to magic like Kryptonians.
MisterBones
MisterBones - 11/12/2025, 3:20 PM
@WruceBayne - Power scaling in comics often makes these conversations and what ifs so difficult and often meaningless, however if you wanna play along...

Thor should take it. Yes, Shazam has the power of his namesake, however, Thor is beyond millennia old in the comics. Hundreds of thousands of years of combat experience would end up teaching Billy some great life lessons.

Also, maybe the greatest element of all, Thor's powers don't stop at lightning. He's got magic, weather and Earth manipulation, time manipulation, has the ability to cancel out the enchantments of others, the Anti-Force, the God Blast, antimatter creation/control... his list of powers is obscene. We often forget he is more than just the LIGHTINING AND THUNDER guy.

Not to mention his BERSERKER MADNESS mode that he can enter would annihilate Billy
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xKingLobox
xKingLobox - 11/12/2025, 3:57 PM
@Nomis929 - IF MCU can be paraphrased...Thor's power is technology based, where in DC "true magic" exists. To your point though if he does does he also control Storm, and perhaps the Flash/speedforce? I don't think that would be his power...he has the ability to call down lightening, but not control the full elemental power in whatever shape/form it takes.
TheRevelation
TheRevelation - 11/12/2025, 4:21 PM
@xKingLobox - That's an interesting take. Just because the DCU hasn't really touched on magic's origins doesn't mean tech isn't involved. Any sufficient tech is indistinguishable from magic was the point the MCU made. They still very much have some measure of "magic" that has yet to be explained. I mean is Mjolnir mystical or a tech hammer? Depending on what you go with Thor's an alien who's got a hammer with weather wizard powers or a god...I don't think that's the case. I say...

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Deckacards
Deckacards - 11/12/2025, 4:26 PM
@Nomis929 - I think controlling the lightning and calling it down are two different things, and it's plausible Cap's Shazam-infused lightning contains a magical component missing in other lightning. AND they could always pull the ol infinity stones multiverse trick: Cap and Thor's lightnings resonate at slightly different frequencies and therefore Thor's can't affect Cap.
Demigods
Demigods - 11/13/2025, 8:02 AM
@MisterBones - This is one of those things where Thor has always been one of the big heavy hitters for Marvel, especially more recently, so he’s going to get a TON of wild feats.
One of the issues I have with comics today is that they continually and constantly “up the ante” but not with actual storytelling, but think that just “making the foes stronger” equates to better storytelling. It’s why power scaling heroes has basically turned into a DBZ style “this isn’t even my final form” rinse and repeat.

It’s a part of why I loved Geoff Johns takes on most characters, because the emphasis was to tell a compelling story within the confines of what has been pre-established canon.

You’re 100% right that in a straight up fight, Thor takes this. His power base has just gotten insane in the last 15 years, but that to me, is an annoyance. You don’t need to keep giving the heroes crazier and crazier feats... just tell a compelling story. Like Superman being so godlike that time and space no longer have any meaning to him because he’s essentially evolved past it... only for the next writer to nerf him completely. It’s this stupid thing that all writers do today which is either build up the power base to insane new levels OR nerf them completely, thinking that makes a good story.

That’s a long winded way of saying “You’re totally right, but I don’t like the reasons why.” and that’s not to say I think Shazam should win that fight or anything, but I just dislike a lot of modern comics.
That being said, I’m glad this is a team up style story instead of a “versus’ style story.
MisterBones
MisterBones - 11/13/2025, 9:29 AM
@Demigods - You make a great point. Power increases and nerfing are two extremes that often miss the heart of good storytelling. A great narrative usually comes from character development, stakes, and meaningful conflict, not just escalating feats or stripping powers away.

When writers rely on bigger, stronger, faster as the main hook, it can feel hollow because the tension isn’t earned, it’s artificial. The best stories often explore how characters use their abilities, what choices they make, and what those choices cost them, rather than constantly redefining their limits.
Demigods
Demigods - 11/13/2025, 3:25 PM
@MisterBones - exactly. And there is a way to do this well. I think Death of Superman was one of the ways to tell a story of a new threat that escalates the tension (basically having him beat the shit out of every other hero), BUT they also don’t really make superman any more powerful than he was at the time. AND, they used that conflict to show what makes superman such a great hero:
He just lays it all on the line for everyone else. He continually took more punishment than was necessary to try and save as many people as possible from Doomsday, and ultimately very willingly sacrifices everything, knowing that by going completely offensive on the last blow and putting everything he had into it, he was leaving himself open for the same type of hit. So, there is a way to do the “new stronger threat” story well, but it doesn’t’ include throwing new powers etc at them.

Look, I loved DBZ for what it was, but modern comics don’t have to turn into Manga for them to be fun to read. especially when they’re missing so much of the mark that makes Manga great to begin with anyway, and this is from a scant Manga reader.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 11/12/2025, 4:34 PM
Call me when it's a Captain Marvel and Shazam crossover.
MMFRESHSW2
MMFRESHSW2 - 11/13/2025, 1:16 AM
basically Thor vs ZEUS

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