( 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)įreddy Freeman (Captain Marvel Jr./Shazam Jr.)Ĭaptain Marvel, Mary Marvel, and Captain Marvel Jr.
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)
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