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In 1972, Fawcett licensed the character rights to DC, which by 1991 acquired all rights to the entire family of characters. as Billy Batson.įawcett ceased publishing Captain Marvel-related comics in 1953, partly because of a copyright infringement suit from DC Comics alleging that Captain Marvel was a copy of Superman. Captain Marvel was also the first comic book superhero to be adapted to film, in a 1941 Republic Pictures serial, Adventures of Captain Marvel, with Tom Tyler as Captain Marvel and Frank Coghlan, Jr. Billy often shares his powers with other children, primarily his sister Mary Batson and their best friend/foster brother Freddy Freeman, who also transform into superheroes and fight crime with Billy as members of the Marvel Family, also known as the Shazam Family.īased on comic book sales, Captain Marvel was the most popular superhero of the 1940s, outselling even Superman. The character battles an extensive rogues' gallery, most of them working in tandem as the Monster Society of Evil, including primary archenemies Doctor Sivana, Black Adam, and Mister Mind. He is the alter ego of Billy Batson, a boy who, by speaking or thinking the magic word " SHAZAM!" (acronym of six "immortal elders": Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury), can transform himself into a costumed adult (Powers do not require transformation) with the powers of superhuman strength, speed, flight and other abilities. Shazam first appeared in Whiz Comics #2 ( cover-dated Feb. Beck and writer Bill Parker created the character in 1939. Otto Binder, William Woolfolk, Ed Herron, Joe SimonĬaptain Marvel, also known as Shazam ( / ʃ ə ˈ z æ m/), is a fictional superhero appearing in American comics originally published by Fawcett Comics, and currently published by DC Comics. Electricity generation and manipulationĬover of Captain Marvel Adventures #31 (January 1944).Whiz Comics #2 (cover date February 1940 / release date December 1939) South Korean actor Park Seo-joon ( Parasite) has also been cast in The Marvels in a mystery role, so it could easily be possible he is the Dar-Benn to Zawe Ashton's Ael-Dan (or some variation on those roles).For the Marvel character of the same name, see Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics). The Marvels could indeed reveal how political power in the Kree Empire shifts (or has shifted) drastically. The Kree Empire's current status is very much unknown following the events of Avengers: Endgame we know the Kree's rivals The Skrulls are working for Nick Fury (see: Marvel's Secret Invasion series), and that Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) has spent the last few years busy trying to defend the cosmos. It seems clear why Marvel Studios could use characters like Ael-Dan and Dar-Benn in The Marvels. Their reign was short-lived, however, as the Ael-Dan and Dar-Benn were killed by Shi'ar Empress Deathbird, during the galactic skirmishes of Operation Galactic Storm. Ael-Dan and his conspirator Dar-Benn framed Silver Surfer for the assassination of the Kree Emperor and took control of the Empire themselves. Ael-Dan was one of several Kree generals who banded together to overthrow an unpopular ruler who had been installed as head of the empire. General Ael-Dan existed for all of a year (1991-1992) and appeared in only three Marvel Comics (Avengers #345 and #346, Silver Surfer Vol.