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That would be such a hilarious way to resolve a personal crisis.

"Who can I go to for advice who also knows my secret identity? I know! My friend the sapient tiger man! He's mature and wise!"

Never mind the fact that I was going to have him be an actual prehistoric Smilodon that Sivana revived and turned into a sentient beast-man with mad science. I guess he could also work as Shazam's familiar too, but his original identity as just a random talking, anthropomorphic Tiger that hung around Billy and co. is fantastic XD