Frank Coghlan Jr., a silent-movie child actor who later played young Billy Batson, who transformed into Captain Marvel by uttering the magical word “Shazam!” in the landmark 1941 serial ...

Frank Coghlan Jr., a silent-movie child actor who later played young Billy Batson, who transformed into Captain Marvel by uttering the magical word “Shazam!” in the landmark 1941 serial ...

Billy Batson and his superhero form, Captain Marvel/Shazam, have evolved significantly over DC Comics' history. Originally, Billy and Captain Marvel were separate identities, merging post-Crisis ...

Introduced as young Billy Batson, a boy reporter for WHIZ Radio, he became the superheroic Captain Marvel once he uttered the magic word “Shazam,” the name of the wizard who granted him his ...

Their retelling of Billy Batson’s origin story was built on a lot of Captain Marvel history — but also on an alternate universe version of the Shazam family from the Johns-written Flashpoint ...

No longer would Billy Batson ever become Captain Marvel. Meanwhile, at Marvel Comics, they began publishing their own Captain Marvel comic books in 1967.

Debuting in “Whiz Comics” No. 2 (1939), from Fawcett Comics, young orphan Billy Batson was able to turn into the adult, super-powered Captain Marvel by saying a magic word: “Shazam,” the ...

Originally, Billy Batson didn’t turn into Shazam when he said the word “Shazam”; instead, he was the first comic book Captain Marvel, debuting 80 years ago in 1939’s Whiz Comics No. 2.

“Captain Marvel” was released by Fawcett Publications, ... Shazam is actually a boy named Billy Batson, an orphan who thought his parents died in a car crash, but discovers, ...

By 2012, a new series of comics wholly divorced itself from the confusing Captain Marvel name, and Billy Batson was reborn as Shazam. Shazam is now playing in UK cinemas. Related articles.

After “Captain Marvel” took the box office by storm last month, Warner Brothers is hoping lightning strikes twice as “Shazam!” premieres today, starring. newslink.