 Freddy appears briefly in the concurrent "" (2009) storyline in "Superman" #684 and "Action Comics" #873, in which he joins forces with Zatanna and a band of other magic-based superheroes to help stop the invading Kryptonians by using the magic lightning of Shazam.In a 2009 "Justice Society of America" story, the wizard Shazam returns from the dead, and, angry at the state of affairs, strips Billy and Mary Batson of their powers and banishes them from the Rock of Eternity upon stating that they have failed him.Shazam vows to come after Freddy for "stealing his name".