Billy Batson (New Earth)

{{DC Database:Character Template
 * Theme                  = Marvel
 * Title                  = Captain Marvel
 * Image                  = Captain Marvel 004.jpg
 * RealName               = William Joseph "Billy" Batson
 * CurrentAlias           = Billy Batson
 * Aliases                = Shazam, Captain Marvel, The Big Red Cheese, the World's Mightiest Mortal, Captain Whitebread, Captain Thunder
 * Identity               = Secret
 * Alignment              = Good
 * Affiliation            = Marvel Family; Formerly Justice League of America; Justice Society of America; S.H.A.Z.A.M.
 * Relatives              = C.C. and Marilyn Batson (parents, deceased); Mary Batson (Mary Marvel, twin sister); Ebenezer Batson (uncle); Sinclair Batson (cousin, deceased)
 * Universe               = New Earth
 * BaseOfOperations       = Fawcett City, formerly Rock of Eternity; formerly San Francisco


 * Gender                 = Male
 * Height                 = 5'4"
 * Height2                = (as Billy); 6'2" (188 cm) (as Captain Marvel)
 * Weight                 = 125 lbs
 * Weight2                = (as Billy); 250 lbs. (113.4 kg) (as Captain Marvel)
 * Eyes                   = Blue
 * Hair                   = Black
 * Hair2                  = (Formerly White)
 * UnusualFeatures        = None; formerly when in Captain Marvel form, Billy changes his physical from his true age as teenager to a fully adult human male.


 * Citizenship            = American
 * MaritalStatus          = Single
 * Occupation             = Formerly employed as a radio announcer. Formerly Keeper of the Rock of Eternity
 * Education              = Former High School Student


 * Origin                 = Orphan Billy Batson met the wizard Shazam and was granted the powers of Captain Marvel. With the death of the Wizard Shazam, Batson was granted powers which may have been even greater than that of the wizard. The Wizard Shazam's later return in the form of a spirit bore witness to the choice made by Batson to support his sister and an evil acolyte known as Black Adam, Billy was stripped of all powers and abilities, making him an ordinary teenager once again.


 * PlaceOfBirth           = Fawcett City
 * Creators               = C.C. Beck; Bill Parker
 * First                  = Whiz Comics #2


 * Quotation              = Brother, you are messing with the wrong god-power-wielding dude.
 * Speaker                = Captain Marvel
 * QuoteSource            =

Captain Marvel is the World's Mightiest Mortal. Originally, he was a orphaned boy named Billy Batson, who was chosen by the wizard Shazam to be a champion of good. Shazam gifted Billy with the power of six legendary Greek figures, and when he spoke the Wizard's name, he became an adult superhero empowered by six legendary Greek figures. Later, Captain Marvel would gain the ability to share his power with Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr., creating the Marvel Family. Today, Captain Marvel remains as one of the world's greatest heroes.
 * HistoryText            =

The Power of Shazam
Billy's parents - archaeologists C. C. and Marylin Batson - were killed by their treacherous assistant, Theo Adam, while on a dig at the tomb of Rameses II at Abu Simbel, Egypt. Theo Adam was the resurrected non-powered form of Teth-Adam aka Black Adam. He also kidnaps Billy's sister Mary, who ends up missing.

The wizard Shazam is made aware of all of these events, and (just as in the Fawcett origin) has Billy brought before him by the dark-clothed stranger, and grants the boy the power to become Captain Marvel. As Captain Marvel, Billy takes on the form of his late father, which is how Theo Adam guesses his identity, has a revelation about the power of Shazam, and becomes Black Adam using a scarab he stole from the tomb. After subduing Black Adam and his employer, the rich tycoon Doctor Sivana, Billy swears to find his sister as Captain Marvel.

Captain Marvel became a member of the revived Justice Society of America and was featured prominently in that group alongside his nemesis Black Adam. Captain Marvel had originally joined the team to keep an eye on Adam, who had joined the JSA claiming to have reformed. Black Adam eventually left the JSA to instigate a takeover of his home country of Kahndaq; he had a fondness for the country, and wished to see the totalitarian regime done away with, in what he saw as justice. Captain Marvel remained with the team.

JSA
During his tenure in the JSA, Marvel dated Courtney Whitmore, also known as Stargirl, which put him in an unusual position; while he could legally date Courtney as Billy Batson, it looked very strange for the grown-up Captain Marvel to be with the teenaged Stargirl. The Golden Age Flash, Jay Garrick, another JSA member, confronted Marvel about the issue. Rather than telling Garrick and the team the truth about his age, Marvel chose to follow the Wisdom of Solomon and leave the team and Courtney.

The Marvel Family played an integral part the Infinite Crisis. The climax of the Day of Vengeance saw the Spectre engaged in a cosmic-level battle with the wizard Shazam. At the conclusion of this battle, Shazam was obliterated, and the Rock of Eternity burst apart into Earth's dimension, freeing scores of ancient magicks and evils that had been captured eons ago back into the Universe.

Day of Vegeance
In the aftermath of the Day of Vengeance, Day of Vengeance, Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family then helped Zatanna and several other beings to capture the Seven Deadly Sins and rebuild the Rock of Eternity. Captain Marvel was then required to take over Shazam's role as caretaker of the Rock. Marvel was later shown fulfilling this role, although teetering on the brink of insanity, constantly talking back to the Seven Sins around him. During this time, Marvel was shown helping Black Adam grant Adrianna Tomaz the powers of the goddess Isis. Later that year, Captain Marvel presided at the marriage ceremony of Adam and Isis in Kahndaq.

52 and World War 3
Black Adam's continued attempts to reform, and depicted Adam's formation of, with Captain Marvel's blessing, a "Black Marvel Family". Joining Black Adam in the Black Marvel Family were his wife Isis and her brother Osiris. Isis and Osiris are murdered by the "Four Horsemen", creatures engineered by a team of DC's mad scientist characters (Dr. Sivana among them). As a result, Black Adam takes his revenge out on the entire world, killing millions. Black Adam is halted for a few minutes, just the time needed for Captain Marvel to force a magic lightning bolt on him, turning Black Adam back to Teth-Adam and changing his magic word into an unknown one.

The Trials of Shazam! and Final Crisis
With Shazam dead, the Rock of Eternity chose Capain Marvel as its new caretaker. Captain Marvel recieved a new white suit and his hair became long and white, and assumed the name Marvel. form Trials of Shazam! featured Captain Marvel, now with a white costume and long white hair, taking over the role of the wizard Shazam under the name Marvel, while Captain Marvel Jr. and Mary Marvel lose their powers. A powerless Freddy Freeman is then drafted to prove himself worthy to the individual six gods evident in the "Shazam" acronym so that he can become their new champion and herald under the name Shazam, although a witch Sabina De La Croix from the Council of Merlin attempts to take the power herself, as ordered by her father Merlin. Atlas is killed by Sabina, but Apollo's healing replaces him. Marvel helps Freddy when he is trapped by the weight that Atlas bore. Later, Apollo takes Atlas's place in holding the world, while Marvel returns to the Rock of Eternity and Freddy continues his trials. The battle between Freddy and Sabina ends when Freddy is chosen to wield the gods's power, and becomes Shazam, while Sabina is destroyed. As the new Shazam, Freddy takes Marvel's former duties as a superhero.

Justice Society of America
Marvel is ambushed by Black Adam and Isis, who are intent on taking over the Rock of Eternity. Isis robs Marvel of his powers by saying Shazam from a spell book to send lightning at him, and banishes a powerless Billy Batson back to Fawcett City, where he contacts the Justice Society for help. Upon arriving at the Rock of Eternity with Billy, the Justice Society fights Black Adam and Isis. Billy is abducted by the now evil Mary Marvel, who shares her powers with him and turns him into an evil teenage Captain Marvel. The evil Billy and Mary join Adam and Isis in fighting the Justice Society. However, Adam switches sides when Isis sets into action her plan to kill off humanity and destroy modern civilization. With the help of the Justice Society's Flash and the spirit of C.C Batson (Mary and Billy's father), the dead wizard Shazam's soul is retrieved from an underworld realm known as the Rock of Finality, and Adam gives up his powers to resurrect him from the statue he is imprisoned in. Shazam promptly takes his powers back from the other three Black Marvels, turns Adam and Isis into stone statues, and banishes Billy and Mary from the Rock of Eternity upon stating that they have failed him. He threatens to come after Freddy Freeman, as his powers come directly from the Gods. They are later seen walking the streets of Fawcett City while homeless and pondering the fate of their father's spirit.

Blackest Night
During Blackest Night, they are living in an apartment, and comment on how scary it is not to have their powers anymore.

Shazam One-Shot
Freddy is seen with Billy and Mary in their apartment. They reminisce about the past and how Mary now feels useless without her powers. Mary is later seen assaulting Freddy, Blaze appears. The scene cuts to a homeless shelter. Blaze is seen talking to Mary. She tells Mary that if she kills Freddy, she will restore Billy and Mary's powers. It cuts back. Blaze is seen breaking her promise to Mary. Seconds later the word 'Shazam' is heard, sending Blaze rocketing through the wall. It turns out Freddy was in on it too, only pretending to get killed. Blaze and Freddy fight in the streets. Blaze punches Freddy with a ring containing liquid from the river of the Styx, which is toxic to everyone besides the residents of Hell. Billy is seen telling Mary to distract Blaze while he helps Freddy wash off the toxic water. Freddy then follows by "killing" Blaze and sending her back to Hell. Later on, Freddy tells Billy and Mary that no matter what, he will find a way to restore their powers!

Flashpoint
In an effort to save his mother's life from the Reverse-Flash, Barry Allen unknowingly changes reality, creating a new world in which his friends' lives are drastically different.

In this universe Billy Batson never becomes Captain Marvel, instead he along with five other children who were caught on a subway car that took them to the Rock of Eternity, and The Wizard Shazam instead grants the power to six children each with a different aspect of the power of Captain Marvel. An Asian-American boy named Eugene Choi possesses the wisdom of Solomon, an overweight Latino boy named Pedro Peña possesses the strength of Hercules, Mary Batson possesses the stamina of Atlas, Freddy Freeman possesses the power of Zeus, Billy Batson possesses the courage of Achilles, and an African-American girl named Darla Dudley possesses the speed of Mercury. Tawky Tawny is also shown with them on a leash held by Pedro. By saying the wizards name "Shazam" together, the six children possess the collective ability to turn into Captain Thunder, this timeline's version of Captain Marvel, who has a scarred face which he claims is due to Wonder Woman, who in this timeline is a villain.

Cyborg, the Flash, Batman, Enchantress and Element Woman meet with the group of Children Known as S.H.A.Z.A.M. and ask for their help. Billy is swayed to the heroes' cause after he uses his abilities to see what the timeline is supposed to be like while stabilizing the Flash's memories, as they were adjusting to the current timeline. Billy convinces Eugene and the other children to help. They come together and shout "Shazam" and they merge into Captain Thunder. The heroes and Captain Thunder travel to what is left of Europe to stop the war between the Atlantean and the Amazons. Captain Thunder fights with the Amazon leader Wonder Woman to a draw before being transformed back into the six children by Enchantress, who is revealed to be a traitor. Before the kids can reform Captain Thunder, Billy is stabbed by the Penthesileia one of the Amazons killing the young boy.

DCnU
Flash's changes to reality created a new world where Billy's life had significantly changed. In this new world, his superhero identity was called Shazam, not Captain Marvel. Billy also had undergone a personality change: while he was still essentially a good boy, he was distrustful of people and wanted to become an adult as fast as possible so that he could take care of himself and not worry about anybody else.

Billy lived in an orphanage on Philadelphia and was interviewed by a couple of parents, the Vasquezes, so that he could be adopted and attend to school. He behaved properly towards the Vasquezes, who decided to adopt him. As soon as they left, however, Billy expressed indifference towards them. Later, Billy sees an emergency on the city and transforms into Shazam. After being adopted he moves to the Vasquezes home where he meets the rest of their family, who are also adopted. It is immediately apparent that Billy does not fit in with the rest and he soon gets into a fight with the others, storming off into his room.


 * Powers                 =
 * - All of the powers granted collection of six by gods and figures of legend either directly or through Shazam.
 * : The ability to understand situations from many angles, including future and past consequences with superhuman clarity and accuracy.
 * : Innate luck and divine guidance that allows finesse in actions and dealings with others.
 * : Intellect and wisdom are heightened to superhuman levels. This also provides great or comprehensive knowledge in many areas, including:
 * : The ability to hover or soar at high speed through an act of sheer will.
 * : The ability to use the transformative lightning to heal others or ones self instantly.
 * : An incredible amount of willpower that allows perseverance in overwhelming odds and seemingly unbeatable situations.
 * : The ability to survive without sleep, food, water, or air.
 * : The ability to run or fly at incredible rates of speed.
 * : The ability to access the Rock of Eternity.
 * : The ability to transform from a mortal to the entity empowered by the six.
 * : The ability to use the transformative lightning to heal others or ones self instantly.
 * : An incredible amount of willpower that allows perseverance in overwhelming odds and seemingly unbeatable situations.
 * : The ability to survive without sleep, food, water, or air.
 * : The ability to run or fly at incredible rates of speed.
 * : The ability to access the Rock of Eternity.
 * : The ability to transform from a mortal to the entity empowered by the six.
 * : The ability to access the Rock of Eternity.
 * : The ability to transform from a mortal to the entity empowered by the six.
 * : The ability to access the Rock of Eternity.
 * : The ability to transform from a mortal to the entity empowered by the six.
 * : The ability to transform from a mortal to the entity empowered by the six.

Class 100 +. As Captain Marvel his strength is on par with Superman. When he received the upgrade to Lord Marvel and became the keeper of the Rock of Eternity, he was one of the strongest beings in the Universe.
 * Abilities              =
 * : Thanks to the Wisdom of Solomon, he has the ability to understand, comprehend, and speak any language on earth.
 * Smooth Talker: Another facet of his intelligence is ability to talk his way out of situations, as a man with an unprecedented amount of wisdom, he prefers to talk, rather than fight.
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 * Weaknesses             =
 * : Only the strongest of magics can affect him in any particular way, such as those wielded by the Spectre.
 * trigger: With the trigger for the transfomration being merely saying "Shazam" Billy as both his child self and as Captain Marvel has been tricked or in some cases forced to say it. Transforming him back into his vunerable child form. In addition if anyone prevents Billy from saying the word then he cannot transform.


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 * Notes                  =
 * Captain Marvel's first appearance was in, published by Fawcett Comics and taking place on Earth-S. His first appearance in the mainstream DC Universe was in.


 * Trivia                 =
 * DC                     =
 * Wikipedia              = Captain Marvel (DC Comics)
 * Links                  =
 * Captain Marvel Culture: The history and cultural significance of the many Captain Marvels
 * Captain Marvel at the Guide to the Mythological Universe

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 * Recommended            =
 * Captain Marvel Adventures
 * The Trials of Shazam!
 * Infinite Crisis
 * 52