Islamabad, April 20 -- Come to think of it - it was DC's Superman: The Movie way back in 1978 that started the superhero phenomenon in the first place. Then came Tim Burton's Batman in the late 1980s and DC was on top of their game. Until the late 1990s when Marvel Comics changed the game by delivering hits after hits. DC did have a resurgence with Christopher Nolan's Batman series but Marvel continued its domination with family-friendly flicks, instead of dark ones that not many seemed to enjoy. Until now when Shazam! came out and took Marvel's most powerful superhero head on, and delivered.

After Wonder Woman and Aquaman, Shazam! is the third superhero flick from the house of DC that does well at the box office, mainly due to the fact th...