The best Shazam comics capture the magic of a child with godlike powers. They also never lose sight of Billy Batson’s ...

Shazam! stars a superhero with a publishing history more convoluted than his origin story, and strangely enough, happens to have an odd connection to the recently released Captain Marvel.

Given the long and complicated history shared by Captain Marvel and the hero now known as Shazam, fans wondered whether at least one of the two movies, which were released a month apart this year ...

Shazam got his first real sidekick in 1941, with the creation of Captain Marvel, Jr. In that era there were two significantly different things about Shazam: For one, his name was Captain Marvel.

Created in 1940 by Bill Parker and C.C. Beck, Shazam was first known as Captain Marvel, but his publishers lost the rights to that name to Marvel Comics.

“Shazam!” is the story of Billy Batson, who transforms into Captain Marvel, the world’s mightiest mortal, when he says the name of ancient wizard Shazam. A live-action version ran on CBS ...

‘Captain Marvel’ and ‘Shazam!’ Share a Complicated Past Maybe there's not enough room for two Captains Marvel in comics or movies at the same time.

Captain Marvel will finally be making his debut in DC's New 52 universe this month, but not without some changes. For one, he'll now be referred to as Shazam instead of Captain Marvel.

The tale of two Captain Marvels is certain to cause confusion for the casual fans of the comic crusader.

The Silver Age It wouldn’t be until almost 20 years later that DC would license the Captain Marvel characters, relaunching the book under the title Shazam!

The superhero who used to be Captain Marvel is one of the first American comics heroes, created in the 1930s to compete with Superman. But DC Comics is only now giving him his first big-screen ...