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Art by Mac Raboy. Captain Marvel Jr., also known as Shazam Jr. (Frederick Christopher " Freddy " Freeman), is a superhero appearing in American comic books formerly 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 ...
Editor (s) Wendell Crowley. The Marvel Family, also known as the Shazam Family[1] (also Shazamily), are a group of superheroes who originally appeared in books published by Fawcett Comics and were later acquired by DC Comics. Created in 1942 by writer Otto Binder and artist Marc Swayze, the team was created as an extension of Fawcett's Captain ...
Whiz Comics #22 (Oct. 1941), featuring Captain Marvel and his young alter-ego, Billy Batson. Art by C. C. Beck. Inspiration for Captain Marvel came from a number of sources. His visual appearance was modeled after that of Fred MacMurray, a popular American actor of the period, [13] though comparisons with both Cary Grant and Jack Oakie were made as well. [1
The Secrets of Isis. Shazam! is an American superhero television series that was produced for Saturday Mornings by Filmation (the studio's first non-animated series), based on the superhero Captain Marvel, now known as Shazam, of Fawcett Comics ' comic book series Whiz Comics (now owned by DC Comics). [1] The program starred Michael Gray as ...
Mary Marvel (also known as Lady Shazam and Mary Shazam) is a fictional character and superheroine originally published by Fawcett Comics and now owned by DC Comics. Created by Otto Binder and Marc Swayze , she first appeared in Captain Marvel Adventures #18 ( cover-dated Dec. 1942). [ 2 ]
The canon version of Black Adam appeared only once during Fawcett's initial publication run of Captain Marvel comics. In The Marvel Family #1, Black Adam is an ancient Egyptian named Teth-Adam (i.e., "Mighty Human"), who is chosen by the wizard Shazam to be his successor due to his presumed moral purity. [6]
Shazam (/ ʃəˈzæm /), also known as The Wizard or Wizard Shazam, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Fawcett Comics and DC Comics, first appearing in Whiz Comics #2 (February, 1940) created by C.C. Beck and Bill Parker. A major supporting character in Shazam! comic book titles, he often serves as the wise ...
Colorist (s) Mike Kunkel. Zac Atkinson. Editor (s) Stephanie Buscema. Jann Jones. Adam Schlagman. Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! is an all-ages comic book series published by DC Comics as a part of its Johnny DC imprint. The series debuted in September 2008, and was originally written and drawn by Mike Kunkel. [1][2]