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Captain Marvel
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Real Name
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Billy Batson
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First Appearance
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Whiz Comics #2 (February, 1940)
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Creators
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C. C. Beck, Bill Parker
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Team Affliations
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The Marvel Family, The Justice League, The Justice Society of America, The Squadron of Justice, Justice League Unlimited (animation only)
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Aliases
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SHAZAM (recent), Captain Thunder, Marvel, Black Billy
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Base of Operations
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Fawcett City
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Powers
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Super-strength, speed and stamina, Physical and magical invulnerability, Flight, vast wisdom and enhanced intellect, Control over and emission of magic lightning
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Skills and Abilities
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Fighting Experience, Reporting experience
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Tools and Weapons
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None
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Billy Batson is the first superhero named Captain Marvel created by Fawcett Comics and is currently a part of the DC Universe.
Origin
Billy Batson was an orphan who was chosen by the wizard Shazam to use the power of the gods to fight evil. Now, when he says SHAZAM, Billy turns from a young boy to an adult superhero named Captain Marvel.
Biography
Fawcett Comics
Billy Batson was a homeless orphan who worked as a newsboy who was guided into the subway by a mysterious stranger one day. He entered a strange, driverless subway car with drove into an underground cave that contained giant statues labeled the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man (Laziness, Hatred, Pride, Envy, Greed, Selfishness and Injustice). He then met an old wizard named Shazam, who revealed that this was his lair and that he had been watching Billy's hardships as an orphan. He then gave Billy the power to become a superhero named Captain Marvel, then was soon crushed by a giant rock in his own lair (what caused this is unclear, though it may be that Shazam knew this would happen). Captain Marvel's powers came from various gods and heroes, with each letter of that god or hero's name making up a part of Captain Marvel's: the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the stamina of Atlas, the power of Zeus, the courage of Achilles and the speed of Mercury
Later on he became a hero helping his city and the world where he joined the Justice League and one time he beat Superman in a fight taking place in Lex Luthor's city after that he quit the Justice League of America. But eventually joined back he also took care of the Young Justice team.
TV shows
comes out in Justice League,Justice League Unlimited, Batman the Brave and the Bold and Young Justice
powers
turns into a grown man superhero, super-strength, super-speed of mercury, wisdom of Aristotle and turns again back into Billy Batson.