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Captain Marvel who's secret identity is Billy Batson Anonymous 13/06/29(Sat)00:03 No. 23609

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“It’s just such a great idea – you say a magic word, and suddenly you can fly, and bullets will bounce off you. Just a really, simple, great concept.

“I think the key is that magic word, ‘Shazam.’ Magic words are something that go back in fiction, back to myths and legends and The Arabian Nights. It’s just something that resonates for us, I think. And it’s such a good magic word – it sounds like ‘Alakazam.’

“Even Gomer Pyle was saying it. Dave Chappelle was saying it on his show. I’ve heard it in rap videos. Everyone knows what it means, it’s ‘Shazam!’ It’s the transformation into something else, like ‘Let’s go!’ It’s a call to action.

“And the costume – the red outfit with the lightning bolt. How many times in our lifetime have we seen generic parody superheroes, whether in an advertisement or anywhere, with a lightning bolt on their costume? The lightning bolt has almost become the generic symbol for a superhero, and it has its roots in Captain Marvel.”

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Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox Anonymous 13/07/18(Thu)02:51 No. 23620

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After seeing this movie I am left in disgust. The Amazonian was a ruthless killer. Without hesitation see murders a child. I cannot refer to her as 'Diana' or 'Wonder Woman'. Those are names associated with a heroine. Not a murderess. Also seeing Steve Trevor murdered by the Amazonian just added to my contempt for her.

ABSOLUTLY STUPID that the stupidly-named 'Shazam kids' revealed to the Amazonian that they were Captain Thunder. OF COURSE A VILLAIN OR VILLAINESS exploits the fact that when they find out a superhero or superheroine has a weaker form, THEY KILL HIM OR HER IN THAT FORM! That's why it is WISE to have a secret identity!

What is even MORE INSULTING is that Captain Thunder's strength, speed and reflexes do not EXCEED that of the Amazonian. His power-level is EQUAL to that of Supes, himself.

Drop dead DC for using the words 'Shazam' and 'The Shazam kids'.
The RIGHT words are CAPTAIN MARVEL and THE MARVEL FAMILY. Always!

Anonymous 13/07/24(Wed)23:50 No. 23623

>>23620

Are you fucking stupid? Did you skip through most of the movie?

How could you miss the fact that the differences were on purpose as the timeline was changed.

This is not the first time an alternate version of the heroes have been portrayed at villains.

Do yourself a favour and read something a little more simple for you tiny brain.

Warren Ellis 13/07/25(Thu)00:48 No. 23624

>>23623 Are you fucking stupid?
If I listen or read that someone tells or writes that I am fucking stupid my response is 'no, I am fucking awesome'.

Did you skip through most of the movie?
No, I did not skip through most of the movie. I did not skip through the movie at all.

How could you miss the fact that the differences were on purpose as the timeline was changed.
To me, it did not come across as a fact that the differences were on purpose as the timeline was changed.

This is not the first time an alternate version of the heroes have been portrayed at villains.
To me, 'Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths' is an animated superhero film, that is, so far, the first and only time an alternate version of the heroes have been portrayed at villains.

Do yourself a favour and read something a little more simple for you tiny brain.
I do myself a favour by reading everything I want for my brain. Whether that brain is tiny, large or whatever is, to me, irrelevant.

Drop dead DC for using the words 'Shazam' and 'The Shazam kids'.
The RIGHT words are CAPTAIN MARVEL and THE MARVEL FAMILY. Always!

Anonymous 13/07/25(Thu)16:15 No. 23625

>>23624
Just to give ya a little more info relating to choices made in the movie and what 23623 said. This movie is part of the DCAU and, being as such, has the entirety of Justice League and Young Justice T.V. series to fall back on (for the whole heroes turned villains). Along with that, they are not called the Marvel family because they are in fact kids that go by the acronym S.H.A.Z.A.M, you see, in the alternate universe that the Flash created, the powers from the wizard Shazam were giving to six different children, all of them combined are needed to make Capt. Thunder/ Shazam/ Capt. Marvel (what ever you prefer to call him). So calling them "The Shazam Kids" is the correct terminology in this instance.

On a different note, Capt. was renamed Shazam in the New 52 reboot of all the old series, so yes, Shazam is a proper name for him now. And even then, most people know him by his cry of "SHAZAM" more then his name of Captain Marvel.

Warren Ellis 13/07/25(Thu)19:54 No. 23626

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>>23625 This movie is part of the DCAU and, being as such, has the entirety of Justice League and Young Justice T.V. series to fall back on (for the whole heroes turned villains). Along with that, they are not called the Marvel family because they are in fact kids that go by the acronym S.H.A.Z.A.M

The acronym S.H.A.Z.A.M stands for the wisdom of Solomon, strength of Hercules, stamina of Atlas, power of Zeus, invulnerability of Achilles, and speed of Mercury.

On a different note, Capt. was renamed Shazam in the New 52 reboot of all the old series, so yes, Shazam is a proper name for him now. And even then, most people know him by his cry of "SHAZAM" more then his name of Captain Marvel.

To me, the superhero name that is PROPER for Billy Batson to use, after he is transformed by saying the name of the wizard 'Shazam', is CAPTAIN MARVEL.
In order for CAPTAIN MARVEL to transform back into his secret identity, Billy Batson, he needs to say 'Shazam' again.
To me, DC has a CONDESCENDING attitude towards ANY reader, because everyone with a tiny, large or whatever brain UNDERSTANDS that 'Shazam' is the magic word that transforms Billy Batson into CAPTAIN MARVEL.

To me, CAPTAIN MARVEL is like a badge of honor for Billy Batson to refer to himself when he is transformed.
To shout the wizard's name 'Shazam' is like a cry of honor for Billy Batson to refer to the wizard named Shazam.

Drop dead DC for using the words 'Shazam' and 'The Shazam kids'.
The RIGHT words are CAPTAIN MARVEL and THE MARVEL FAMILY. Always!

Captain Marvel by Alex Ross' Kingdom Come up for movie treatment Anonymous 13/07/29(Mon)01:23 No. 23631

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I think this character/movie works because it speaks to the child in all of us. All of us want to grow up faster when we’re younger, and Billy gets to do that at will and have superpowers to boot. What’s not to love? The wholesome nature of the character speaks more to Captain America: The First Avenger than anything else, especially considering the hero derives from the 1940s. This could be a coming-of-age adventure like none we’ve seen before.

Warren Ellis 13/08/16(Fri)01:12 No. 23665

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Captain Marvel: The only hero able to match Supes!

Drop dead DC for using the words 'Shazam' and 'The Shazam kids'.
The RIGHT words are CAPTAIN MARVEL and THE MARVEL FAMILY. Always!

Anonymous 13/08/16(Fri)01:45 No. 23666

>>23665

Don't blame DC. Blame Marvel, who won't let DC call Captain Marvel by his proper name on anything. At least DC can still call him Captain Marvel in the pages of the comics themselves.

Warren Ellis 13/08/18(Sun)01:59 No. 23668

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Drop dead Marvel Comics

Warren+Ellis 13/08/18(Sun)02:17 No. 23669

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Marvel Comics 'Captain Marvel' does not have a secret identity. Instead it is a BORING woman who's friends, loved ones etc., are never in danger by hanging around with a public figure like her. She's also a united states air force pilot who only serves the united states.

Gimme Captain Marvel, who's secret identity is Billy Batson, any day.
He is not DRAFTED by the united states to become one of their 'super-soldiers' to do their bidding.
He is also a champion of the world, not just the united states.

Captain Marvel starring in a movie come 2015?! Anonymous 14/06/19(Thu)21:34 No. 23914

http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2014/06/the-worlds-mightiest-mortal-getting-his-own-movie-shazam/#comment-230460

Marvelous, the moment it comes true.

THE RICH HISTORY OF CAPTAIN MARVEL! Anonymous 14/08/31(Sun)02:30 No. 23995

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=55178

February 29, Happy Birthday Cap! Warren Ellis 16/02/29(Mon)23:55 No. 24441

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http://worldsmightiestmortal1.blogspot.nl/2016/02/captain-marvel-chooses-his-birthday.html

Anonymous 16/05/17(Tue)00:32 No. 24638

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>>24441
>I share birthdays with captain marvel

Anonymous 18/11/06(Tue)21:02 No. 25375

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People forget how popular Captain Marvel was at one time. He had his own radio show, a movie serial and outsold Superman for a time. Imagine OUTSELLING the most prominent superhero of all time at the height of popularity for the medium. That’s bananas. But Captain Marvel would have been pretty well-known to a generation of Americans. So it’s not strange that some parts of the Captain Marvel mythos would become part of the zeitgeist, even when the people saying “Shazam!” may not understand the origin of the term, the same way that most people don’t know that terms like “Brainiac” and “Bizarro” originated with Superman.

Warren Ellis 20/01/25(Sat)22:27 No. 25599

Alex Ross on Twitter:https://twitter.com/thealexrossart/status/1201224116579307525

Warren+Ellis 20/01/25(Sat)22:28 No. 25600

How Strong is Captain Marvel / Billy Batson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7AwJASoft0

Anonymous 20/02/05(Wed)15:20 No. 25611

>>23616
Captaim Marvel looks fucking rekd in that first photo.
How on earth did a guy who has obviously snorted a fucking suitcase full of coke
before he had those photos done, ever get on TV. The 1960's and 70's were great,
look at that outfit, even the costume designers had their own
truck full of coke parked round the corner.
Why doesnt it have the marvel logo on it?

Anonymous 20/02/29(Sat)14:47 No. 25630

>>24441
Happy birthday Captain Marvel!

Anonymous 20/02/29(Sat)14:48 No. 25631

>>24638
Happy birthday Anonymous!

WHIZ Comics #2 February 1940 Anonymous 20/02/29(Sat)14:49 No. 25632

>>25375
Happy 80th anniversary!

Anonymous 20/07/01(Wed)19:15 No. 25682

>>23616
I cannot wait for Captain Marvel's greates enemy, Black Adam (prtrayed by the Rock), to appear in live-action in 2021!

Warren Ellis Anonymous 20/07/16(Thu)14:34 No. 25683

"As far as I am concerned, he was, is and shall always be CAPTAIN MARVEL...the ORIGINAL Captain Marvel!!!!!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWsJ9dXuNjU

>>25375
>>23616

Warren Ellis Anonymous 22/02/12(Sat)14:27 No. 25934

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DC's Lawsuit That STOLE AND KILLED Captain Marvel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XazsZY61Xs

Anonymous 22/03/03(Thu)19:10 No. 25947

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>>25682 It'll be 2022 instead

Anonymous 22/05/16(Mon)18:03 No. 25980

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>>25947 Fall 2022? Summer 2022 is better but alas

Anonymous 22/06/08(Wed)20:48 No. 26107

Black Adam – Official Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0tOpBuYasI

Anonymous 22/07/23(Sat)22:58 No. 26151

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SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS - Official Trailer 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwFOa3qV5Sk

Anonymous 22/07/29(Fri)09:02 No. 26174

Director David F. Sandberg on the Dragon, Villains & What He Learned From Test Screenings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-tuD14gGlA

Holy Moley! Anonymous 22/08/04(Thu)23:06 No. 26217

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Billy Batson (Captain Marvel) wearing a Ms. Marvel shirt, and Carol Danvers (Ms. Marvel) wearing a Captain Marvel shirt.

Captain Marvel Jr. #1 November 1942 Anonymous 22/12/06(Tue)19:51 No. 26401

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"The Origin of Captain Marvel, Jr. Retold"

While they are fishing, Freddy's grandfather rescues the nefarious Captain Nazi, who promptly kills the grandfather and severely injures Freddy Freeman!

Anonymous 22/12/06(Tue)19:51 No. 26402

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Captain Marvel rescues the young boy and takes him to see Shazam, who tells Billy Batson that he, as Captain Marvel, can give some of his powers to the boy,

Anonymous 22/12/06(Tue)19:52 No. 26403

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who then becomes Captain Marvel Junior!

Written by Ed Herron with art by C.C. Beck and Mac Raboy

Anonymous 23/02/19(Sun)11:58 No. 26447

>>23616 Mark Waid Talks "The Captain" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzC_JIFfSPo

Captain Marvel Adventures #18 December 1942 Anonymous 23/10/22(Sun)21:24 No. 26601

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"Capt. Marvel Introduces Mary Marvel"

Billy is hosting a quiz bowl at WHIZ Radio with three young contestants. During a commercial break, Billy receives an urgent letter from Sarah Primm requesting his presence. He immediately goes to see the dying woman, who tells Billy about his twin sister. When the Batson twins were orphaned after their parents died in a car accident, Primm had substituted Mary for the baby girl of a rich family she nursed for, who had suddenly died, and sent Billy to an orphanage. Primm gives a locket broken in half to Billy. Mary, Primm tells Billy before dying, wore the other half of the locket.

Anonymous 23/10/22(Sun)21:26 No. 26602

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After the quiz is over, Billy recalls that one of the contestants, Mary Bromfield, wore a broken locket, so he and Freddy Freeman trail Mary's limousine in their super-powered forms of Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel, Jr.. Mary is kidnapped for ransom by thugs, prompting the two Marvels to intervene, save her, and knock out the kidnappers.

Anonymous 23/10/22(Sun)21:29 No. 26603

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Captain Marvel then learns that Mary's locket matches his own, and that she is indeed Billy's sister. The Marvels reveal their secret identities to Mary.
However the kidnappers wake up and gag Billy and Freddy, preventing them from saying their magic words. "Oh no," exclaims Mary, "Billy can't say 'Shazam!'"

Anonymous 23/10/22(Sun)21:32 No. 26604

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Shortly after saying the word, inadvertently, a magic lightning bolt hits Mary Bromfield, and she turns into a super powerful version of herself. She then defeats the bandits.

Written by Otto Binder with art by Marc Swayze

Anonymous 24/02/29(Thu)16:29 No. 26764

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>>24441 Happy birthday Captain Marvel and
>>24638 Anonymous!

Anonymous 24/02/29(Thu)16:34 No. 26766

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>>26601 Happy Birthday Mary Marvel!
(Captain Marvel's twin sister!)

Anonymous 24/11/25(Mon)07:16 No. 27182

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Untold Tales #651 Superman, Batman, Bulletman, and Captain Marvel

>>23631 Why have one superhero guarding a city when you can have four? Man, that place is going to be so smug . . .

Anonymous 25/04/07(Mon)19:42 No. 27434

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>>25632 Happy 85th anniversary!

Anonymous 25/05/04(Sun)16:45 No. 27553

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>>25934 Bill Parker, when asked to describe his inspiration for Captain Marvel, once said:

“Specifically I got it from the stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, stories with which I had been familiar and read as a child.”

At its core, the story of Billy Batson as Captain Marvel was a story about old wizards, spells, myths and secrets—elements which children center their greatest fantasies and perhaps still carry with them throughout adulthood.

Anonymous 25/05/04(Sun)16:53 No. 27555

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>>23631
>>23665 Treasury Facsimile Edition is set to hit May 28 2025 https://13thdimension.com/superman-vs-shazam-treasury-facsimile-edition-is-coming-this-month-lets-peek-inside/

SHAZAM! A C.C. Beck birthday celebration Anonymous 25/06/08(Sun)12:12 No. 27606

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>>23626
>>26401
>>26601
>>27553 C.C. Beck was born 115 years ago https://13thdimension.com/shazam-a-c-c-beck-birthday-celebration-in-13-covers/

Anonymous 25/06/18(Wed)17:53 No. 27635

>>25375
>>25934
>>26401
>>26601
>>27553 The Superhero who lost his name https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuaowmFRMl8 >>26447

Anonymous 25/07/22(Tue)18:28 No. 27697

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>>27553 Captain Marvel info page

Written by Matt Brady with art by Peter Krause, Jerry Ordway & Tom McCraw >>27555

Anonymous 25/08/04(Mon)06:13 No. 27723

>>23668
>>23669
>>26217 10 untold facts about Captain Marvel that DC doesn’t talk about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soihk9PVlMk

Fawcett city flip! Anonymous 25/08/21(Thu)08:55 No. 27764

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>>25934 Mary Marvel and Marvelman

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