Billy Batson, a teenaged radio broadcaster and orphan, was brought by a magic train to an underground lair where he met the wizard Shazam. The wizard gives him superpowers to combat the forces of evil. All Billy had to do to use these powers was to say the wizard's name "Shazam!"

Captain Marvel's nemesis was Dr. Sivana, a mad scientist bent on world domination, who called Marvel the "Big Red Cheese". Marvel also fought Captain Nazi, Ibac, and the nefarious Mister Mind and his Monster Society of Evil. The Society ranks included Marvel's greatest foes and new ones such as Herkimer and even the axis leaders Adolf Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo.

Captain Marvel was assisted in his fight against crime and evil by the Marvel Family consisting of among others: Captain Marvel Jr., Mary Marvel, Uncle Marvel, the Lieutenant Marvels, and his good friend Steamboat. During a time traveling adventure, he met and teamed up with the Captain Marvel of 2943. He also had a girlfriend named Cissie Sommerly, the niece of his boss Sterling Morris.

Captain Marvel also frequently teamed up with the other Fawcett superheroes such as Ibis the Invincible, Bulletman and Bulletgirl, Spy Smasher, Minute-Man, and Mr. Scarlet & Pinky.

Captain Marvel has the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the stamina of Atlas, the power of Zeus, the courage of Achilles, and the speed of Mercury.

* All Hero Comics #1 (cover only)
* America's Greatest Comics #1-8
* Captain Marvel Adventures #7-45, 130, 142
* Captain Marvel Adventures Wheaties Miniature Edition
* Captain Marvel and the Good Humor Man
* Captain Marvel and the Raiders from Space
* Captain Marvel and the Horn of Plenty
* Captain Marvel and the Lieutenants of Safety #1-3
* Captain Marvel Thrill Book
* Captain Midnight #1 (cover only)
* Flash/Thrill Comics #1 (Ash-can)
* Master Comics #20-21, 50
* Special Edition Comics
* The Marvel Family #4, 69, 84
* Whiz Comics #2, 7-63, 99-104, 119-129, 154
* Whiz Comics Wheaties Miniature Edition
* Wow Comics #9
* Xmas Comics #1-7

* The Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)

* Marvel Comics owns the trademark for the name Captain Marvel. DC Comics owns trademarks for the names Shazam and Billy Batson. In order to use the Captain Marvel name, it can only appear in the interior of the story.
* Captain Marvel had a funny animal spin-off called Hoppy The Marvel Bunny.
* Captain Thunder was the planned original name for the character but, since Fiction House already had a Captain Thunder, the name was changed.
**Captain Thunder (as "[https://dc.wikia.com/wiki/William_Fawcett_(Earth-276) William Fawcett]") has appeared in DC Comics, Later, Roy Thomas registered the trademark for another character.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Marvel_%28DC_Comics%29 Wikipedia]
*[http://www.herogoggles.com/fawcett_heroes.html Hero Goggles]
*[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Billy_Batson_(Earth-S) DC Database]
*[http://dcanimated.wikia.com/wiki/Captain_Marvel DC Animated Wikia]
*[http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/c/capmarv.htm International Hero]
*[http://www.dpccomics.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/theamericancomicshop/goldenagedatabase/index.php?search=captain+marvel&searchnames=on Golden Age Hero Directory]
*[http://www.toonopedia.com/capmarv1.htm Toonopedia]
*[http://www.comicvine.com/billy-batson/29-2350/ ComicVine]
*[https://superheroes.fandom.com/wiki/Captain_Marvel_(DC_Comics) Superheroes Wikia]
*[https://www.dccomics.com/characters/shazam DC Comics]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200813013432/http://free-universe.myartsonline.com/CaptainM.html Free Universe (Archived)]

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