Captain Marvel Jr.

Captain Marvel Jr.
Real Name	Frederick Christopher "Freddy" Freeman
First Appearance	Whiz Comics #25 (December, 1941)
Creators	Ed Herron, Mac Raboy
Team Affliations	Marvel Family, Teen Titans, Outsiders, Young Justice
Aliases	CM3, Shazam
Base of Operations	Fawcett City
Powers	Magically bestowed powers of various mythological figures which include super strength, invulnerability, super-speed, flight, healing, fearlessness, wisdom/enhanced mental perception, and control of magic lightning
Skills and Abilities	Fighting Experience
Tools and Weapons	None

Captain Marvel Jr. is a superhero who is a sidekick to Captain Marvel and is currently part of the DC Universe.

Origin

When Captain Marvel's enemy Captain Nazi nearly murders a young boy named Freddie Freeman, Captain Marvel takes Freddie to see the wizard Shazam, who allows the boy to live by giving him similar powers to Captain Marvel.

Biography

Fawcett

Freddy Freeman was born to David and Rebecca Freeman, both of whom passed away when Freddy was still young, leaving Freddy in the care of his loving grandfather Jacob.  One day, Freddie and his grandfather Jacob were fishing in a lake when a man fell from the sky into the water.  The two investigate, unaware that the man is the powerful super-villain Captain Nazi and when he came two, he knocked Freddie into the lake and hit Jacob with an oar. Jacob died but Captain Marvel was able to rush the injured Freddy to the hospital.  When Captain Marvel learned that Freddy would not make it through the night, he decided to take him to the wizard Shazam in the hopes that he could save him.

Though Shazam said he could not save him, he told Billy that he could using the powers he granted him.  Shazam then disappeared and Billy turned back into Captain Marvel as Freddy awoke.  Just as Captain Marvel was turning into Billy Batson, Freddy exclaimed "Wow, it's Captain Marvel!", at which timed he turned into a super-human version of himself, dressed similarly to Captain Marvel.  Freddy, his life now saved, is dubbed "Captain Marvel, Jr." by Captain Marvel and is told that he cannot remain forever in his superhuman form and must continue to heal in his human form.

Trivia

Elvis once revealed that he is a huge fan of Marvel Junior, his hairstyle was inspired by him, the short cape, the lightning bolt symbol with the acronym TCB. And after he revealed that, the writers put Freddy on to be revealed as a huge Elvis fan. The DC comics have an alternate universe comic book called Kingdom Come where Freddy in this version when he turns into a superhero looks a lot like Elvis and is called King Marvel.

In other media

• Along with the rest of the Marvel Family, Captain Marvel Jr. appeared in the TV series The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! (1981–82) voiced by Barry Gordon.
• Captain Marvel Jr. appears in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "The Malicious Mr. Mind!" voiced by John DeVito.
• Greg Weisman (producer of the TV series Young Justice) has confirmed that Freddy Freeman was a member of the Young Justice team in between seasons 1 and 2 and was known as Lieutenant Marvel. He was set to appear in an upcoming issue of the tie-in comic in a story centered on the Marvel Family.
• A parallel earth version of Captain Marvel Jr. named Captain Super Jr. appears in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010) voiced by an uncredited Bruce Timm.