Captain Marvel (real name Billy Batson) is an optimistic, hopeful, and righteous superhero who uses his powers of flight, super strength, and electrokinesis to battle evil. He briefly joined the Justice League, but left after a conflict with Superman.
History
However, a fight between himself and Superman that was secretly engineered by Lex Luthor caused Billy to see that the main heroes of that league that he looked up to -- particularly Superman -- were no longer acting like heroes and after the fight Billy resigned his membership in order to keep his morals and idealism intact.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Divine Empowerment: All of the powers granted collection of six by gods and figures of legend either directly or through Shazam.
- Transformation: When Billy shouts Shazam he transforms into an adult version of himself, with a different costume as well.[2][3]
- Accelerated Healing
- Clairvoyance: The ability to understand situations from many angles, including future and past consequences with superhuman clarity and accuracy.
- Divine Grace: Innate luck and divine guidance that allows finesse in actions and dealings with others.
- Eidetic Memory
- Magic Resistance
- Enhanced Intellect: Intellect and wisdom are heightened to superhuman levels. This also provides great or comprehensive knowledge in many areas, including:
- Flight: The ability to hover or soar at high speed through an act of sheer will.[2][3]
- Healing: The ability to use the transformative lightning to heal others or ones self instantly.
- Indomitable Will: An incredible amount of willpower that allows perseverance in overwhelming odds and seemingly unbeatable situations.
- Invulnerability[2][3]
- Self-Sustenance: The ability to survive without sleep, food, water, or air.
- Superhuman Speed: The ability to run or fly at incredible rates of speed.
- Superhuman Reflexes
- Superhuman Agility
- Superhuman Stamina[3]
- Superhuman Strength[2][3]
- Teleportation: The ability to access the Rock of Eternity.
- Transformation: When Billy shouts Shazam he transforms into an adult version of himself, with a different costume as well.[2][3]
Abilities
Notes
- This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the DC Animated Universe and is an adaptation of Captain Marvel. The original character was created by C.C. Beck and Bill Parker and first appeared in Whiz Comics #2.
- Captain Marvel was voiced by Jerry O'Connell, while Billy Batson was voiced by Shane Haboucha.
Trivia
- Although Captain Marvel never appeared on-screen until "Clash", someone who looks like a slightly older Billy Batson makes a cameo appearance in the The New Superman Adventures episode "Obsession". He is among the reporters covering the fashion show early in the episode.
- The use of the lightning bolts as a weapon against Superman in "Clash" was previously used in the Elseworlds story Kingdom Come during a battle scene at the "Gulag" in issue #4.
Recommended Reading
Related
- 34 Appearances of Billy Batson (DCAU)
- 2 Images featuring Billy Batson (DCAU)
- 1 Quotations by or about Billy Batson (DCAU)
- Character Gallery: Billy Batson (DCAU)
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Footnotes
  This character has been a member of the Justice League of America, or simply the Justice League in any of its various incarnations, sworn by a duty to act as guardians of America and the world by using their skills and/or superpowers to protect Earth from the clutches of both interstellar and domestic threats. |
 This character is or was a member of the Marvel Family in any of its various incarnations, and an ally of Captain Marvel and the Wizard Shazam. This template will categorize articles that include it into the category "Marvel Family members." |