DC Comics rejected a Shazam pitch from Gail Simone, Mark Waid and Grant Morrison.

The Batgirl writer revealed in a series of tweets the details of the anthology comic that the three acclaimed creators suggested to the publisher

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Of all the comics projects that never happened, the one that makes me saddest was one we pitched years ago...a Shazam anthology book (cont) â€” Gail Simone (@GailSimone) July 22, 2014

"With three stories each issue," Simone wrote. "Captain Marvel by Mark Waid, Junior by Grant Morrison, and Mary Marvel by me. Would have killed for that.

"They didn't go for it because some new take on Shazam was coming that never happened anyway. But can you imagine how fun that book would have been?

"I like the new Shazam, great potential there. But will always be bummed we did not get to do that book."

Waid and Morrison previously collaborated on DC's acclaimed weekly series 52.



Simone will shortly exit Batgirl for a new DC project, rumoured to be a return to Secret Six.

The writer was also announced this week to be working on a Women of Dynamite series uniting Red Sonja, Vampirella and Dejah Thoris as part of Dynamite's tenth anniversary celebrations.

Dwayne Johnson has teased that he will play Shazam on the big screen.