cartoon program, which ran on NBC from 1981 to 1982 as part of The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! Captain Marvel was a playable character alongside Superman (as the second player option) in the 1980s coin-op of Superman. [4][31] Fawcett shut down its comics division in the autumn of 1953 and fired its comic book staff. Parker responded by creating a character he called "Captain Thunder". [7], The Shazam! [85] The wizard would return—in later retellings of the origin story, immediately—as a spirit to serve as a mentor to Billy and Captain Marvel, summoned by lighting a torch on the wall of his lair. A flashback to the older Justice Society features the traditional Caucasian Captain Marvel, leading to the conclusion that there were two Captain Marvels. animated TV series. Mind, Black Adam, and other familiar Captain Marvel foes appeared as enemies.[193]. Captain Marvel/Shazam first appeared in Whiz Comics (owned by publisher Fawcett Comics) in 1940 and quickly became the most popular superhero of the 1940s outselling Superman. [94] The Marvel Family also included non-powered honorary members such as Uncle Marvel, an old con man who pretended to be Mary's uncle, and Freckles Marvel, an honorary cousin. A one-shot alternate take on Shazam! Superman uses Marvel's cape as the symbol of a new world order in which humans and superhumans will now live in harmony.[146]. [34][35], In 1966, M. F. Enterprises produced their own Captain Marvel: an android superhero from another planet whose main characteristic was the ability to split his body into several parts, each of which could move on its own. [156], After the conclusion of the miniseries, the three new children from the Flashpoint timeline—Eugene, Pedro, and Darla—were incorporated into the DC Universe via the Shazam! Jay Baruchel joins Chapterhouse to tell an epic origin story featuring Captain Canuck! retconned Captain Marvel again and gave him a revised origin, rendering Shazam! [101] At his newest foster home under Victor and Rosa Vázquez, Billy gains five foster siblings: "den mother" Mary Bromfield, trickster and pick-pocket Freddy Freeman, shy and quiet Pedro Peña, brainy Eugene Choi, and energetic Darla Dudley. and reassembled himself by shouting "Xam!" captain canuck; dc; marvel Aanarki reacted to a post in a topic: Any comic book lovers here? In the Day of Vengeance miniseries, which preceded the Infinite Crisis event, the wizard Shazam is killed by the Spectre, and Captain Marvel assumes the wizard's place in the Rock of Eternity. [12], Fawcett Comics' executive director Ralph Daigh decided it would be best to combine the team of six into one hero who would embody all six powers. Besides penning stories featuring his creations Ibis the Invincible, Spy Smasher, Golden Arrow, Lance O'Casey, Scoop Smith, and Dan Dare for the new book, Parker also wrote a story about a team of six superheroes. C. Beck character. The New Beginning and the Action Comics Weekly story apocryphal while Marvel's appearances in Legends and Justice League still counted as part of the continuity.[53]. Marvel & DC's Captain Marvel Lawsuit is Secretly Canon. [84][95], Ordway's origin added the extra element of Black Adam's alter ego/descendant Theo Adam being the murderer of Billy's parents. The National Comics/Fawcett Comics rivalry was parodied in "Superduperman",[212] a satirical comic book story by Harvey Kurtzman and Wally Wood in the fourth issue of Mad (April/May 1953). 1 – Chapter House Publishing – $29.99 It’s the original run of “Captain Canuck” from 1975 to 1981! [17] Fawcett Publications' founder, Wilford H. Fawcett, was nicknamed "Captain Billy", which inspired the name "Billy Batson" as well as Marvel's title. Family." Shazam! The most notable change that the Thomases, Giffen, and DeMatteis introduced into the Captain Marvel mythos was that the personality of young Billy Batson is retained when he transforms into the Captain. In the 2018–present ongoing Shazam! Fawcett stopped publishing superhero comics altogether, allowing Marvel to acquire the rights to the Captain Marvel moniker, but unlike in the 2019 movie, the first character to use it wasn’t Carol Danvers. Nathaniel Adam was a captain in the USAF, court-martialled for a crime he didn't commit. comic series began with Shazam! A! In 52 #52 (May 2, 2007), a new Multiverse is revealed, originally consisting of 52 identical realities, one of which is designated Earth-5. Captain Marvel Jr.—also known as Shazam Jr.—is powered by the same magic that flows through his best friend Billy Batson, better known as Shazam! Shazam's entry into the country is interpreted by the locals as illegal US entry into their territory. Billy is also able to share his powers with others. DC has since integrated Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family into their DC Universe and has attempted to revive the property several times, with mixed success. fan Mayo "SEN" Naito, was published on December 5, 2018. [104] He can share his magical powers and bestow unique powers onto a maximum of six members of his family, "family" in this case extending to chosen and foster relations, without weakening himself. During the The Trials of Shazam! The Wizard dies and Shazam is transported back to Earth, where Billy reveals his new secret to Freddy. [78] Thirteen issues from Johns, Eaglesham, and others - along with two guest issues, #12 and #15, from writer Jeff Loveness and artist Brandon Peterson - were published between 2018 and 2020. [9] IGN also ranked Captain Marvel as the 50th-greatest comic book hero of all time, stating that the character will always be an enduring reminder of a simpler time. The Marvel Family's other non-powered allies have traditionally included Dr. Sivana's good-natured adult offspring, Beautia and Magnificus Sivana; WHIZ radio president and Billy's employer Sterling Morris; and Billy's girlfriend Cissie Sommerly. Ultimately, Shazam decides to stay and support the Regime, devoted to its cause. [88] Saying the word "Shazam" allows Billy to summon the magic lightning and become Captain Marvel, while Captain Marvel can say the magic word himself to become Billy again. The two are often portrayed as equally matched and, while Marvel does not possess Superman's heat vision, X-ray vision or superhuman breath powers, the magic-based nature of his own powers are a weakness for Superman. By contrast, the depiction of the pair's first meeting in the Superman/Shazam! Captain Marvel was also the first comic book superhero to be adapted into film, in a 1941 Republic Pictures serial, Adventures of Captain Marvel, with Tom Tyler as Captain Marvel and Frank Coghlan, Jr. as Billy Batson. Fawcett ceased publishing Captain Marvel-related comics in 1953, partly because of a copyright infringement suit from DC Comics alleging that Captain Marvel was a copy of Superman. With the outcome of the National v. Fawcett lawsuit, L. Miller and Son found their supply of Captain Marvel material abruptly cut off. The 1970s Shazam! [106] Ultimately, Billy goads Adam into saying the magic word and transforming into his human form, at which point he promptly turns to dust. He finally creates a Superman robot made of a super-steel to destroy Captain Marvel. #15, November/December 1974). Waking Up on the Wrong Side of the Universe, https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Captain_Marvel,_Jr. She also reveals she is carrying his child, who is prophesied to bring an end to the world. However, he has now grown too old to continue and is in need of a successor. Bob Oksner and Fawcett alumnus Kurt Schaffenberger were among the later artists of the title. [172] May 5, 2014. Shazam and Freddy have a falling out when Shazam refuses to change back into Billy, and as soon as Freddy heads back home, Shazam is attacked by Black Adam. [145], Events finally cause him to transform into Captain Marvel, and he unleashes a force that could destroy the world. During the The Trials of Shazam! Roy & Dann Thomas's 1987 miniseries Shazam! [12] Staff artist Charles Clarence "C. C." Beck was recruited to design and illustrate Parker's story, rendering it in a direct, somewhat cartoony style that became his trademark. Brie Larson's Captain Marvel is going to make its TV debut after several DC blockbusters. [41] At the end of the arc, it was announced that this would lead to a new Shazam! ), In the traditional Shazam! The story ends with the orphaned baby having absorbed both the Omega Effect from Lex Luthor as well as the Anti-Life Equation from Justice League associate Steve Trevor, transforming him into a resurrected—yet still infantile—Darkseid. [152] Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani, of Tiny Titans, took over as writers with issue #5, with Byron Vaughns as main artist until issue #13, when Mike Norton assumed his place for the remainder of the series. The film also introduced Billy and Freddy's foster siblings Darla (portrayed by Faithe Herman), Mary (Grace Fulton), Eugene (Ian Chen), and Pedro (Jovan Armand). "We decided to give our reader a real comic book, drawn in comic-strip style and telling an imaginative story, based not on the hackneyed formulas of the pulp magazine, but going back to the old folk-tales and myths of classic times".[13]. [160], In the prequel comic to the 2013 video game Injustice: Gods Among Us, Shazam joins Superman's Regime in establishing a new approach to ending crime. Your photography is top notch btw. to become Captain Thunder, Earth-One's Mightiest Mortal. were initiated over the next three years, including a reboot project by John Byrne, illustrator of Legends and writer/artist on the Superman reboot miniseries The Man of Steel (1986). Superduperman, endowed with muscles on muscles, does battle with Captain Marbles, a Captain Marvel caricature. [40] His role was later taken over by writers Elliot S. Maggin and E. Nelson Bridwell. Tom has returned to active duty after going AWOL to rescue his brother from Site ALEPH, but his unit, the PCE Squad is folded into an unscrupulous mercenary platoon. [106] Although he had contemplated running away, Billy decides to stay with his new family, having learned to be a better and more open person. Captain Marvel Jr., also known as Shazam Jr. (Frederick "Freddy" Freeman), is a fictional superhero originally published by Fawcett Comics and currently published by DC Comics.A member of the Marvel/Shazam Family team of superheroes associated with Captain Marvel/Shazam, he was created by Ed Herron and Mac Raboy, and first appeared in Whiz Comics #25 in December 1941. [104][105], Eventually, the Wizard summons Billy, who is another unsuitable candidate, but Billy persuades the Wizard that perfectly good people "really don't exist," and that, while he himself tried to be good, the world dragged Billy down to its level. (Volume 1) • Shazam! ", "Dwayne Johnson Says He'll Play Role in 'Shazam, "Dwayne Johnson Won't Be in Shazam, Confirms Geoff Johns", "Zachary Levi To Star In DC's 'Shazam!' Survival would mean freedom. The New 52 reboot of Shazam! Nevertheless, the next issue was the last one, though the feature was kept alive in a back-up position in the Dollar Comics-formatted run of World's Finest Comics (from #253, October/November 1978, to #282, August 1982, skipping only #271, which featured a full-length origin of the Superman-Batman team story). characters were largely absent from new DC continuity, though Mary Marvel of Earth-5 appeared in Superman (vol. [39] The creators themselves had misgivings. Whiz Comics #2 (cover-dated Feb. 1940) was published in late 1939. A three-issue arc in Justice Society of America (vol. While publishing its Shazam! In Shazam! films into one film for Shazam! : The New Beginning (Volume 1) • Superman/Shazam! [75][76][77] Despite initial positive reviews, the third volume of Shazam! "Make Way for Captain Thunder" was written by Elliot S! The graphic novel was a critically acclaimed success, leading to a Power of Shazam! Collects, A compilation featuring past team-ups and fights between The Man of Steel and the World's Mightiest Mortal in this collection also featuring, Hardcover volume featuring color reprints of the new stories of issues #1-18 of the 1970s, Hardcover volume featuring color reprints of the new stories of issues #19-35 of the 1970s, Trade paperback collecting the main story from the 2018-2020, Hardcover volume featuring reprints of the Captain Marvel stories from, Art by C. C. Beck, Pete Costanza, Marc Swayze, Mac Raboy, and others. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny was sold to Charlton Comics, where a few Fawcett-era stories from that strip were reprinted as Hoppy the Magic Bunny, with all references to "Captain Marvel" and "Shazam" removed.[22]. (Volume 1) • Captain Marvel Adventures (Volume 1) • Day of Vengeance (Volume 1) • Marvel Family (Volume 1) • Master Comics (Volume 1) • The Power of Shazam! [162] He, Harley (for trying to help him), and Wonder Woman's mother Hippolyta are sent to the abyss of Tartarus as punishment, though they escape and Billy is left out of the conflict without his powers. [107][108] Following the successful defeat of the Crime Syndicate, Shazam is inducted into the League. The magic word "Shazam!" [210], In 1943, C. C. Beck and writer Rod Reed prepared seven sample installments of a comic strip, but syndicates expressed no interest in it. [81], Jerry Ordway's 1990s The Power of Shazam! project. [56] In 2011, DC published a one-shot Shazam! [171] In early 2017, New Line and Johnson decided to split the Shazam! This change would remain for most future uses of the character as justification for his sunny, Golden-Age personality in the darker modern-day comic book world, instead of the traditional depiction used prior to 1986, which tended to treat Captain Marvel and Billy as two separate personalities. [7] The Shazam! The wizard Shazam declares the new hero "Captain Marvel" and orders him to carry on his work, as a stone block suspended above his throne falls upon him, killing him as prophesied. In 2016, during the "Darkseid War" story arc in the Justice League comic book, several members of the Justice League were infused with the powers of the gods in the wake of Darkseid's death. [153] Kunkel's version returns to the modern concept of having Captain Marvel retain Billy's personality, and also introduces new versions of Black Adam (whose alter ego, Theo Adam, is a child like Billy Batson in this version), King Kull, the Arson Fiend, and Freddy Freeman/Captain Marvel Jr. A female version of Captain Marvel is shown as a member of an alternate-future Justice League in Justice League: Generation Lost, a 2010 comics maxiseries written by Judd Winick and Keith Giffen. Captain Marvel, Jr. is the sidekick to Captain Marvel, receiving incredible powers from the wizard Shazam whenever he speaks his predecessor's name. Besides penning stories featuring his creations Ibis the Invincible, Spy Smasher, Golden Arrow, Lance O'Casey, Scoop Smith, and Dan Darefor the new book, Parker also wrote a story about a team of six superheroes. ", "DC RELAUNCH: Captain Marvel gets name change to Shazam! Captain Canuck replied to Captain Canuck's topic in Off Topic. H! [41][49] The Marvels also guest-starred in several issues of All-Star Squadron, a series centered on the Justice Society and the other Earth-2 characters written by Roy Thomas and his wife Dann. The character has been featured in two television series adaptations by Filmation: one live-action 1970s series with Jackson Bostwick and John Davey as Captain Marvel and Michael Gray as Billy Batson, and one animated 1980s series. 3 Short Films — Courage, Stamina, and Wisdom", "Justice League Action does right by DC superheroes with a joyful premiere", "December 15, 2016: New "Justice League Action" Clip – "Shazam Slam, "Shazam Embraces His Inner Elvis on TEEN TITANS GO! Meanwhile, DC Comics, looking for a new hero to add to their lineup, bought the rights to all of Fawcett's superheroes in 1972, including the original Captain Marvel. was replaced with "Kimota" ("Atomik" spelled backwards). : The New Beginning. ongoing series which ran from 1995 to 1999. He has been a member of the Marvel Family, Outsiders, Teen Titans and Young Justice. Artist C. C. Beck and writer Bill Parker created the character in 1939. Other artists associated with the Marvel Family at Fawcett included Pete Costanza, Mac Rayboy, Marc Swayze, and Kurt Schaffenberger. Right after Captain Marvel’s first DC book launched in 1973, there was an immediate hiccup. The full title of the series was the slightly antagonistic Shazam: The Original Captain Marvel . He got his power from rubbing a magic belt buckle with a thunder symbol on it and saying "Thunder". She and her teammates are ultimately killed by an army of Omni Mind And Community (OMACs).[154]. The New Beginning had a 15-year-old Billy being forced to move in with Doctor Sivana, who in this version is the cruel uncle who throws Billy out into the street. : First Thunder (Volume 1) • The Trials of Shazam! Tawny was initially depicted as a magically-charged zoo tiger in the Justice League backup stories. [22], With Bill Parker having been drafted into World War II, chief writing duties on the Captain Marvel-related comics stories went to Otto Binder by 1942. Despite these advanced coloring techniques, the quality of printing on "Captain Canuck" was not on a par with other comics. The boy's name is Billy Marvel, and he and Zubin are made honorary captains in the US Peace Corps by an Ambassador named Batson, making the boy "Captain Marvel.". backup story with issue #7 in March 2012. Former Book Art. But I couldn't bring the new [Captain Marvel] stories to life no matter how hard I tried".[42]. "Sur Saray" is a story set during Tom Evans' time serving in the Afghanistan war. With this four-issue miniseries, writers Roy and Dann Thomas and artist Tom Mandrake attempted to re-launch the Captain Marvel mythos and bring the wizard Shazam, Dr. Sivana, Uncle Dudley, and Black Adam into the modern DC Universe with an altered origin story. Power of Hope, written by Paul Dini and painted by Alex Ross.[55]. (Volume 3) • Shazam! Beck remained as lead artist, and he and Binder steered the Captain Marvel stories towards a whimsical tone that emphasized comedy and fantasy elements alongside the superhero action. The Adventures of Captain Marvel (for which the man-in-flight effects techniques were originally developed for a Superman film serial that Republic never produced)[167] predated Fleischer Studios' Superman cartoons by six months. The storyline has Carson as an ice cream vendor who also belongs to a home-grown Captain Marvel Club with some of the kids in the neighborhood. when relaunching its comic book properties in 2011,[7] and his associates became the "Shazam Family".[8]. [81] Jerry Ordway's 1994 Power of Shazam! By the end of the series, as well as in DC's 2008–2009 Final Crisis limited series, the now black-costumed Mary Marvel, possessed by the evil New God DeSaad, becomes a villainess, joining forces with Superman villain Darkseid and fighting both Supergirl and Freddy Freeman/Shazam. and transform into his muscular, highly powerful alter-ego. kids would be reintroduced for later appearances.[59]. Jerry Ordway's 1990s Power of Shazam! That’s what happened in the case of The Guardian where the creators of Marvel’s Captain America, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, would take the same idea and make a version of it for DC Comics. Johns and Frank's reboot was met with both acclaim and criticism,[63][64] and the renaming of the hero as Shazam brought mixed reactions. Secret Wars #5 (of 8) – Marvel – $3.99. After saying the magic word, Billy is struck by a bolt of lightning which transforms him into Shazam, a super-powered adult possessing super-strength, flight, and vast magical powers. [90] An adult daughter of Sivana's, Beautia, becomes an unwitting love interest for the shy Captain Marvel, despite her wavering allegiance to her evil father.[91]. was published as part of the Just Imagine... comics line in 2001, which saw Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee reimagining various DC characters. The most notable contribution is the regular use of Superman and Captain Marvel as adversaries in Modern Age comic book stories. Re-released in 2019 as the Shazam! title in 1999, the Marvel Family has made appearances in a number of other DC comic books. "[11], After the success of National Comics' new superhero characters Superman and Batman, Fawcett Publications started its own comics division in 1939, recruiting staff writer Bill Parker to create several hero characters for the first title in their line, tentatively titled Flash Comics. ", each possess one of the six attributes of the power of Shazam, and must say the magic word together to become Captain Thunder. This page was last edited on 1 February 2021, at 02:35. [29], Feeling that this decline in the popularity of superhero comics meant that it was no longer worth continuing the fight,[30] Fawcett agreed on August 14, 1953 to permanently cease publication of comics with the Captain Marvel-related characters and to pay National $400,000 in damages. Captain Canuck has his day - Iconic cult comic book hero Captain Canuck is appearing in a new 5-part web series that will debut with the big screen treatment at Silver Snail comic shop in Toronto on Canada Day. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/81951/7-most-canadian-superheroes-ever The National lawsuit was not the only problem Fawcett faced in regard to Captain Marvel. story written by Eric Wallace, in which the still-powerless Billy and Mary help Freddy/Shazam in a battle with the demoness Blaze. Looking for new properties to introduce to the DC Comics line, DC publisher Carmine Infantino decided to bring the Captain Marvel property back into print. He apparently battles against a Monster League, who cast a spell to make him evil, but Superman helps him break free. Trials of Shazam! In 1983, a proposal for an updated Captain Marvel was submitted to DC by Roy Thomas, Don Newton, and Jerry Ordway. Beck said, "As an illustrator, I could, in the old days, make a good story better by bringing it to life with drawings. It is in this story that Superman and Captain Marvel first meet, albeit briefly. #14", "Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five Chapter 21 Review", "The Many Deaths of Injustice: Gods Among Us", "DC's Marvel Family Just Got Its Weirdest Member Back", "Trying to Fly Without a Crimson Cape: The Beginning of the End", "It's Official – New Line Cinema is Dead! [158] In the final issue of the series, it is revealed that Earth-3's Wonder Woman analogue, Superwoman, is in a relationship with Alexander and tricked her teammates into bringing him with them. story by writer Gerry Conway and artists Rich Buckler and Dick Giordano.[47][48]. He dismisses each of them for not being pure of heart. [3], The franchise was expanded to introduce spin-off characters to Captain Marvel between 1941 and 1942. [6] This led many to assume that "Shazam!" The word balloons in the story were re-lettered to label the hero of the main story as "Captain Marvel". Movie news, photos, videos and trailers. They are: Eugene Choi, who possesses the wisdom of Solomon; Pedro Peña, who possesses the strength of Hercules; Mary Batson, Freddy Freeman and Billy Batson, who possess the stamina of Atlas, the power of Zeus, and the courage of Achilles, respectively; and Darla Dudley who possesses the speed of Mercury. [5] Infantino attempted to give the Shazam! Kurt later told an interviewer. [147] The miniseries established that these versions of Captain Marvel and Billy are two separate beings, and that Billy is a reporter for WHIZ Media, rather than a radio broadcaster. In Shops: May 26, 2021 M! Current – 191 F.2d 594 Argued May 4, 1951 Decided August 30, 1951", "NYCC: Marvel to Reprint Classic Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman 'Miracleman, "NYCC: Cup O' Joe Announces Miracleman's Return", Captain Marvel Presents the Terrible Five, "An Oral History of CAPTAIN MARVEL: The Shazam Years, pt. The Superman/Shazam: First Thunder miniseries, written by Judd Winick with art by Josh Middleton, and published between September 2005 and March 2006, depicted the first post-Crisis meeting between Superman and Captain Marvel. The basic elements of Billy Batson's and Captain Marvel's origin story remained more or less intact through 2012, with minor alterations over the years. 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