Writer/artist Jerry Ordway resurrected the Marvel Family in 1995 with his Power of Shazam! series, establishing the team as being made up solely of Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel, Jr. DC retconned Captain Marvel in 1986 with their Legends miniseries, establishing him as a solo hero without a team. Fawcett sold DC the rights to the characters in 1980, by which time Shazam! had been cancelled, and the Marvels had been relegated the back-up feature of World's Finest Comics, and, later, Adventure Comics. In 1972, DC licensed the rights to the Marvel Family characters, and began publishing them in a comic series titled Shazam!. By 1953, all of these books had ceased publication, due to Superman publisher DC Comics' lawsuit against Fawcett. By the late 1940s, Marvel Family comics were among the most popular in the industry, and the Marvel Family had expanded to include both non-superpowered characters ( Uncle Marvel and Freckles Marvel) and even talking animals ( Hoppy the Marvel Bunny). The members of the Marvel Family appeared both separately and together in many of Fawcett's comic book series, including Whiz Comics, Wow Comics, Master Comics, Captain Marvel Adventures, Captain Marvel Jr., Mary Marvel, and The Marvel Family. With Junior and Mary's additions to his adventures, Captain Marvel became the first superhero to have a team of sidekicks who share his powers, abilities, and appearance a concept later adapted for heroes such as Superman and Aquaman, among others. ( Whiz Comics #25, December 1941) and Mary Marvel ( Captain Marvel Adventures #18, December 1942). The Marvel Family was established in 1942 after the introductions of Captain Marvel's partners, the Lieutenant Marvels ( Whiz Comics #21, September 1941), Captain Marvel Jr. The Shazam Family made their cinematic debut in the DC Extended Universe film Shazam!, released in 2019 by New Line Cinema and Warner Bros., and returned in the 2023 sequel, Shazam! Fury of the Gods. In current continuity, the Shazam Family comprises the superpowered alter egos of Billy Batson (teenaged alter-ego of Shazam, formerly Captain Marvel) and his foster siblings: Mary Bromfield (formerly Mary Marvel), Freddy Freeman (formerly Captain Marvel Jr.), Darla Dudley, Pedro Peña, and Eugene Choi. In 2012, DC officially changed Captain Marvel's name to Shazam, making Shazam Family the name of the superhero's associates. When referring to the Marvel Family on comic book covers or various merchandise, they are by this legal necessity called the "Shazam Family". Since 1972, DC has instead used the trademark Shazam! for their comic book titles with the Marvel Family characters, and the name under which they market and promote the characters. Created in 1942 by writer Otto Binder and artist Marc Swayze, the team was created as an extension of Fawcett's Captain Marvel franchise, and included Marvel's sister Mary Marvel, their friend Captain Marvel Jr., and, at various times, a number of other characters as well.īecause Marvel Comics trademarked their own Captain Marvel comic book during the interim between the demise of the Fawcett Comics' Captain Marvel comics in 1953 and DC's revival in 1972, DC Comics is today unable to promote and market Captain Marvel under that name. The Marvel Family, also known as the Shazam Family (also Shazamily), are a group of superheroes who originally appeared in books published by Fawcett Comics and were later acquired by DC Comics. on the cover of The Marvel Family #4 (September 1946). See: Billy Batson (Captain Marvel/Shazam)Ĭaptain Marvel, Mary Marvel, and Captain Marvel Jr. Red Skull goes on to say: “What has happened to the men of the world is truly one of the great tragedies of our time … I offer you the sword of manhood.The cover of Captain Marvel Adventures #18, published in 1942 by Fawcett Comics, featuring (left to right) Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr.Ĭaptain Marvel Adventures #18 (December 1942) He does not understand it’s not the dream that moves men to the boldest of action, but the nightmares,” says Red Skull, as the comic shows images of rioting men across the US, wearing Red Skull and American flag masks. “To his countrymen, Captain America speaks of dreams. The comic sees the baddie plan to stage demonstrations with the men he has radicalised online. “Do I really live in a universe where Ta-Nehisi Coates has written a Captain America comic featuring a parody of my ideas as part of the philosophy of the arch villain Red Skull?” Peterson later asked, adding: “It’s hard not to be shocked by the sheer surreality of the time we inhabit. Do I really live in a universe where Ta-Nehisi Coates has written a Captain America comic featuring a parody of my ideas as part of the philosophy of the arch villain Red Skull? - Dr Jordan B Peterson April 6, 2021
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