Mr. Sivana

> Hey! Thad, you can't go crying to other people all the time. A man needs to know when to stand up for himself.
>
> Mr. Sivana to Thaddeus Sivana, Shazam!

**Mr. Sivana** was the founder of Sivana Industries and the father of Sid and Thaddeus Sivana.

He, his son Sid, and the board members of Sivana Industries were killed by his own son, Thaddeus Sivana, and the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man.

## Biography

### Early life

In 1974, While Mr. Sivana was driving to his father's house in Upstate New York, young Thaddeus was transported to the Rock of Eternity to be chosen as the champion of the wizard Shazam, only to be rejected due to not being pure of heart and sent back. Thad, confused, yelled and caused a collision where Mr. Sivana became crippled, and Sid blamed Thad for the incident.

### Recovery

Mr. Sivana managed to recover after the incident, starting a business in his own name. He wore a wheelchair as a result of his crippled legs and would act as the CEO and board meeting host. Both of his sons also had an involvement in the company, with Thaddeus attempting to return to the Wizard through the symbols in the encounters of people across the U.S.

### Death

After wielding the power of the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man, Thaddeus targets his father, who had been hosting a board meeting at his arrival. Thaddeus enters unannounced and uninvited, approaching his father and brother to get revenge on how he had been treated in his early life. Thad proceeds to throw Sid out the window. Thaddeus then summons the sins, who ruthlessly murder every member of the meeting. He then confronts his father, now cowering in fear and begging for his life through offerings of money and control of his company, to which Thad rejects the bribery before leaving the meeting room, but not before sending the sin of Greed to kill him for displaying it.

## Personality

> Which particular sin are you, I wonder?"
> "I'll give you anything! Money, the company, whatever you want!"
> "There it is. It's greed. Do you think all your money was worth anything? This is real power!
>
> Thaddeus Sivana and Mr. Sivana, Shazam!

Mr. Sivana was a mean, greedy, strict, and abusive father to his sons or perhaps only his younger son, Thaddeus. He would act in a very aggressive demeanor to his sons, not even letting them bring toys to their grandparents' house on Christmas. As his son noted, he was very greedy, hypocritical, and often egotistical, giving anything simply to have his life spared, when he had ironically told his son it was wrong to ask for help.

## Relationships

* Wife
* Sid Sivana † - Son
* Daughters
* Thaddeus Sivana - Son and Abuse Victim

Allies* Sivana Industries - Subordinates
	+ Greed - Killer
	+ Lust
	+ Pride
	+ Gluttony
	+ Envy
	+ Wrath
	+ Sloth

## Trivia

* John Glover, the actor who portrays Mr. Sivana, is well known for his work on the Superman origin series *Smallville*, where he portrayed Lex Luthor's father, Lionel , who, similar to Mr. Sivana, is a widowed, wealthy businessman with an abusive relationship with his son.
* His real name is unknown, the credits just listed his name as Mr. Sivana.
* He was originally going to be portrayed by a second, younger actor in the scene(s) prior to *Shazam!'*s time jump, which can be seen in a deleted scene, but it confused test audiences.

## References

Gayden, Henry, Lemke, Darren (writer) & Sandberg, David F. (director) (April 5, 2019). *Shazam!*.

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