Mary Captain Marvel Family Congrats!

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February 29.

Birthday of Captain Marvel
and his twin sister Mary Marvel,

founding members of the Marvel Family.

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Whiz Comics #2 Feb 1940
Origin and first appearance of newsstand Capt. Marvel in "Introducing Captain Marvel"
After being taken by a mysterious stranger to meet the ancient wizard Shazam

and gaining the powers of Captain Marvel,

Billy Batson learns of a mysterious boss called the Phantom Scientist

and decides to report it to the head of Amalgamated Broadcasting Company.

Script by Bill Parker, art by C. C. Beck

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An all-time favorite, and a definite classic.

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Happy Birthday!

(So that is how they stay so young, lol!)

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And, once again, not even a peep from DC about this. Sigh...

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CBR posted an article yesterday showing a 1970s calendar, identifying February 29th as the birthday of both Captain Marvel and Superman.

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Djimon Hounsou will reportedly return as the ancient wizard Shazam in director David F. Sandberg's superhero film sequel, Shazam! Fury of the Gods https://screenrant.com/shazam-2-movi...d-return-cast/

Whiz Comics #2 Feb 1940
Origin and first appearance of newsstand Capt. Marvel in "Introducing Captain Marvel"
After being taken by a mysterious stranger to meet the ancient wizard Shazam

and gaining the powers of Captain Marvel,

Billy Batson learns of a mysterious boss called the Phantom Scientist

and decides to report it to the head of Amalgamated Broadcasting Company.

Script by Bill Parker, art by C. C. Beck

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Aw Man, Yesterday, June 8th, was the late GREAT C.C. Beck's birthday https://13thdimension.com/shazam-13-...y-celebration/

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In 1939, artist C. C. Beck used FRED MACMURRAY as the initial model for the superhero character who became Fawcett Comics' Captain Marvel.

Captain Marvel himself was based on the actor Fred MacMurray, who was known as a pretty down-to-earth guy.

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Whiz Comics #25 Dec 1941
First appearance of Freddy Freeman
in "The Origin of Captain Marvel Jr."
Captain Nazi cuts Station WHIZ off the air and Captain Marvel races for
the radio sending station to deal with the issue and saves engineer Whitey
in the process. He then must stop a powerful turbine from spinning
out of control and costing the lives of innocent people.

Later, Captain Nazi chooses to make a scene of his wickedness by attacking
an air show with the intention of crashing a plane into a crowd of innocents.
Captain Marvel arrives and punches Captain Nazi into the waters of the bay, nearby
the spot where a boy and his grandfather are fishing. Captain Nazi kills the grandfather

and strikes the boy in the waters of the bay. In mere moments, the boy’s life is changed
irrevocably and he is left to die in the ocean alongside the body of his grandfather.

Luckily, Captain Marvel arrives in time to get Freddy, the boy, to a hospital. Unfortunately,
his injuries are quite severe and the doctors don’t know if the boy will survive the night.
Rather than let Freddy die alone, Billy hatches a desperate plan, sneaking Freddy out
of the hospital and bringing him to a secret underground chamber in the subway.
There Billy calls upon the ancient wizard Shazam in order to save a dying Freddy.

Shazam's power being limited, he tells Billy to speak his name and then as Captain Marvel
give up some of the might that he has been endowed with in order to save Freddy's life. When
Freddy sees Captain Marvel and speaks his name he becomes Captain Marvel Jr. for the first time.

Script by France Herron, art by C. C. Beck and Mac Raboy

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February 29.

That poor nurse -- looks like she aged decades by the time Billy and Mary reached puberty.

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That poor nurse -- looks like she aged decades by the time Billy and Mary reached puberty.

Ahaha, yes, I always thought the same thing with those exact panels!

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Hercules vs. Captain Marvel

"I can see this going down, with the two fighting and Billy trying to talk sense into Herc
until they figure out that Loki was pitting them against each other while he
did some sort of mischief in Fawcett City, at which point they team up to stop him.
Then, afterward, Herc tells Billy he can go ahead and keep the strength,
as he's using it in such an honorable fashion."

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Hercules vs. Captain Marvel

"I can see this going down, with the two fighting and Billy trying to talk sense into Herc
until they figure out that Loki was pitting them against each other while he
did some sort of mischief in Fawcett City, at which point they team up to stop him.
Then, afterward, Herc tells Billy he can go ahead and keep the strength,
as he's using it in such an honorable fashion."

So cool, 616! You know I love these composite covers. I could see Marvel Hercules saying that and I love that he has his golden Adamantine Mace.