Unrealized Byrne's Captain Marvel Series

Clipped from ww.newsarama.com and written by Zack Smith:

Byrne’s take would have put Billy and Mary Batson on the mean streets of Fawcett City, a realistic urban environment where Captain Marvel would bring some much-needed hope.Billy and Mary would be working for a Fagin-like version of Uncle Dudley, whose Artful Dodger was a rough kid named “Adam Black” (do the math). The Wizard Shazam’s powers would first be given to Adam, and Billy would be empowered to correct the wizard’s mistake.

Unfortunately, Byrne ran into conflicts with DC – he wanted to start over from scratch around the same time DC wanted to feature Captain Marvel in the War of the Gods crossover. So the idea was scrapped, and Byrne moved on to other projects. But a few pages of his proposed series remain, and we present them to you here.

You can read more about this proposal in Alter Ego #12 from TwoMorrows.