By 1974, a new generation of kids thought the character’s name was Shazam, even though the character was still called Captain Marvel in the stories. He was even on TV in a rather odd live-action ...

DC’s comedic take on a foster kid who can become a superhero ... the publisher of Shazam’s adventures, had to stop publishing Captain Marvel, and ultimately shut down in 1953.

the adult superhero that young foster kid Billy Batson transforms ... Captain Marvel was officially renamed. Captain Marvel was dead – long live Shazam! Annette Bening as the Supreme ...

Whiz Comics #2 even outsold Superman, which led Fawcett to create the Marvel Family, a team of superpowered kids ... the Captain Marvel characters, relaunching the book under the title Shazam!

When Captain Marvel said “Shazam!,” another crash brought Billy ... Marvelman comics were a touchstone in the lives of UK kids, thanks in part to the Children and Young Persons (Harmful ...

The kid eventually gains the ability to transform ... which makes sense because of the confusion. So, Captain Marvel was Shazam! which is a D.C. comic, but now they're two seperate heroes owned ...

The series focuses on the Captain and Mary Marvel as the main heroes, focusing on their sibling relationship both as kids and heroes. Geoff Johns and Dale Eaglesham 2019 Shazam series began with ...

DC's Captain Marvel, also known as Shazam, has never been more than a second ... a character who can easily become dated. The idea of a kid who becomes a superhero will obviously be one bogged ...

In the Captain Marvel/Shazam comic books, lightning is used as part of the transformation process. Saying the word brings down a force of lightning from Zeus that transforms the summoner into a ...