Discovering the success of the former, Fossett Comics decided to create its own superhero. 1939, painter C·C· Baker and screenwriter Bill Parker created Captain Thunder in the first issue of Flash Comics, also known as thriller comics, referring to the image of Hollywood movie star Fred MacMurray. Due to copyright issues, this issue is invalid. Starting from the second issue, the journal was renamed Whiz Comics. Before printing, the painter Peter Costanza suggested changing the name of the protagonist to captain wonder, which was later simplified to captain surprise. So, in the second issue of Whiz Comics (1940 February), the magical captain was born.
The story of Captain Magic was welcomed by readers as soon as it was published. Comic book sales once surpassed Superman, and he became the most popular superhero in the 1940s. Captain Magic is also the first superhero in comic book history to have a live-action movie. His story was adapted into the film The Adventures of Captain Surprise, starring tom tyler. In the same year, National Comics Company sued Fossett Comics Company, claiming that Captain Fantastic pirated their original Superman image. After a long lawsuit, 1953, Fossett Comics made a concession and settled $400,000 out of court. Finally, the National Comic Company won the case.
In the 1950s, the American comic book market shrank sharply. The parent company of Fossett Comics canceled the comic department and terminated the publication of its comics. In 1972, DC comics obtained the publishing license of the magical family and related characters (all copyrights were obtained at 199 1). Since then, Captain Magic and other figures have joined the DC universe.
It is worth mentioning that Marvel Comics introduced the comic character Captain Surprise in 1960s, and took the lead in registering the comic trademark of Captain Surprise. This ensures Marvel Comics' exclusive right to the name "Captain Surprise". Due to the limitation of this problem, DC Comics Company cannot use the title of "Captain Marvel" to promote and publicize Captain Marvel. In desperation, they changed the comic title of Captain Magic to "Shazan! 》(Shazam！ )
20 1 1 year, DC comics entered the new 52 era, and the magic captain was officially renamed Shazam.
Common names are currently used and used. Names, codes, titles and nicknames are used in both English and Chinese. Billy's nickname is Billy batson. Billy batson is commonly used and officially named William Batson. William batson's legal name is william joseph batson. William joseph batson's legal name is Captain Surprise.
Captain Magic, code name SHAZAM before flash point!
Shazam brand new 52 code name Other Captain White Bread.
The most powerful in the world
Mortal Marvel Comics
Lord Marvel Comics.
Big red cheese
Captain thunder
Captain lightning
The champion of magic
Shazam's champion
God of the gods
Characters experience Earth Cycle (1940- 1986)
1972, DC Comics Company obtained the copyrights of the characters such as Captain Magic and launched a new comic book "Shazan! After entering the DC comic world, the characters such as Captain Wonder are divided into Earth-S in the DC multiverse. The original stories and experiences of these characters in Fossett Comics Company have also been completely embedded in the history of Earth S.
Fossett Comics Company Period
Billy batson was born in new york in the early 20th century. When he and his twin sister Mary batson were less than six months old, his parents were killed in a car accident. Billy was put in foster care at his uncle's house, and he separated from Mary. More unfortunately, Billy's uncle seized his inheritance and kicked him out of the house when he was a child. From then on, Billy began to wander the streets and make a living as a newspaper boy.
On the night that changed Billy's fate, a mysterious man in a coat found Billy selling newspapers in the street, took Billy to a shabby MRT station he had never seen before and boarded a driverless MRT train full of hieroglyphs and strange symbols. The train took Billy to a huge cave called "eternal stone" and then disappeared with the mysterious man. Billy found that there were statues representing the seven deadly enemies of mankind-the seven deadly sins. An old man with a white beard sat on the stone platform at the end of the cave. The old man introduced himself as a wizard named Shazam. He realized that although Billy lived a hard life, he was optimistic. He decided to choose Billy as his hero to safeguard world justice, and endowed him with the abilities of the Six Gods (Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury). To gain these magical powers, he only needs to call out the wizard's name-Shazan!
When Billy shouted, "Shazan!" At that time, a mysterious lightning fell from the sky, instantly turning a twelve-year-old boy into a muscular adult. Shazam named the new soldier after "Captain Surprise" and paid tribute to him. Suddenly, a boulder above Shazam's seat suddenly fell and hit the middle of Shazam. Shazam's soul immediately appeared, and he told the magic captain that his soul would live forever in the eternal stone to guide the novice hero. In order to fulfill his promise to Shazam, Billy became the most powerful mortal in the world-the magic captain.
DC Comics Company Period
1973 Shazan in February! On the inaugural issue, Billy and Captain Wonder had their first personal publication in DC comics. Billy is a clever young man, enthusiastic and optimistic. He is always kind, optimistic, brave and selfless. He always avoids physical conflicts with others, but he always stands up at critical moments, because he knows what is right and can't care about personal gains and losses when doing the right thing. Billy worships Superman very much. Despite their conflicts, he always takes the steel body as a role model for superheroes. Billy loved his twin sister Mary very much, both before and after Mary became a magic Mary. Billy always tries his best to seek happiness for others. After Freddie Freeman was wounded by the Nazi captain, he turned to the wizard and turned Freddie into a little magic captain.
In the eyes of heroes, Billy is generally regarded as a boy scout, even surpassing Superman. The magic captain's childlike heart and kind nature make the broad masses of people like it very much.
The magic captain before the crisis is different from other DC mainstream heroes. He comes from Earth -S, which is why there is a man who looks like the captain of the silver age magic, but is called the captain of the thunder. The origin of the captain before the crisis is slightly different from that of the captain now. In the original Origin, the wizard will die after the first transformation of the magic captain, although he often appears as a ghost afterwards.
At the rock of eternity, Billy knew that his father had taken him to the wizard. Billy decided to accept the power of the wizard and seek good deeds. He also knew the existence of his sister Mary, found her and shared the wizard's power, and then the power was distributed to Freddie. Members of the magic family also have magical uncles who have no super powers but wear captain's clothes.
Infinite earth crisis
Infinite Earth Crisis is the first major comic event in American comic history. The anti-display tries to destroy the DC multiverse, and superheroes from multiple parallel universes gather together to fight against this unprecedented enemy. The magic captain also joined the unprecedented battle.
The New Earth Period (1986-20 1 1 year)
After the "CW Infinite Earth Wiki", all the earths in the DC multiverse merged into a "new earth".
1986165438+1October, the magical captain after the crisis returned for the first time in the short-term publication Legend. 1987, the magical captain appears in the story as a member of the Justice League. In the same year, he also had his own independent publication. In this four-part series, the screenwriter tries to reintroduce the magic captain, wizards Shazam, Black Adam, Dr. Shyvana and others into the new DC universe. The most remarkable change is that Billy became the captain because he is sunny. The story sets the personality of the golden age in the dark modern society, and does not regard Billy and the captain as two people with different personalities like the golden age. At the end of the year, DC announced that it would keep a new series, but it failed to achieve it.
Billy in modern times faces roughly the same enemies as Billy in the past, including Black Adam, Dr. Shyvana, King Kul, Aybek, Nazi captain, meditation mites and so on. Captain Wonder has been in the Justice League for some time. He also joined the American Judicial Association to supervise Black Adam, and he was one of them. But after Black Adam left the team, he remained a member of the American Judicial Association. During this time, he started dating star girls, but due to misunderstanding with team members, he finally left.
After the infinite crisis, the wizard Shazam was killed by the ghost and the eternal stone was destroyed. With Zatana's help, Captain Wonder re-imprisoned the seven deadly sins and rebuilt the eternal stone. Later, he was appointed Lord Shazam, in charge of the eternal stone, and he chose Freddie as his champion.
Superman and Shazam.
This series is about two people meeting for the first time. Superman saw that the museum was robbed, so he entered the inspection. Several thieves released a strange creature to stall Superman's escape. On the other side, Captain Wonder is fighting Fossett's giant robot. Unlike Superman, the captain defeated the robot. Because of the failure of the robot, Dr. Sivana plans to join hands with lex luthor, another bald man who is troubled by the cloak man. After seeing the news about the theft of the museum, Billy planned to patrol the archives attached to the McConnell Museum in Fossett. He found that the gang was committing crimes again. Thieves use the same magic to release monsters and attack the captain, who fights with him. Then an unexpected helper came. He is superman. With the help of Superman, they defeated the monster, but the thief ran away again. Then they chatted on Mount Everest. It turned out that these people were looking for magic items everywhere. I'm going to summon monsters Sabac and Eclipso.
Superman heard Fossett's cry for help, so they quickly flew back to Fossett and fought fiercely with Sabbach. In the battle, the magic captain discovered Sabbach's weakness, and his ability also came from magic words. The captain successfully tricked Sabbach into saying the spell and defeated him. Superman saw the thief who controlled the eclipse, subdued him and defeated it at the same time.
Captain Wonder doesn't know that lex luthor found his place a few days ago. Dr. Sivana hired a gang to assassinate the captain, but he was defeated by him. Sadly, the bullet in the battle killed Billy's best friend. Captain Magic was furious, broke into the police station alone, found out the criminal, and found that Sivana was behind the scenes. So the captain rushed to Sivana's building and almost strangled him. Then there was a rumor that Captain Wander had killed an orphan. When Clark saw it, he found the captain on Mount Everest. The captain exposed himself to Superman. Superman and the wizard had a fierce argument, saying that a child should not bear such a heavy responsibility. At the end of the story, Billy was sitting alone in the building when a man appeared. He calls himself clark kent, that is, Superman.
Lightning is coming again
In the event of "two lightning strikes", people in metropolis fell into a kind of madness, and some even committed suicide. A train was caught by Superman before it flew off the track. Time is life, and Superman must solve this chaos as soon as possible. A woman caught his attention. She was Dr. Jenny Tracy who worked in the interstellar laboratory. Later that day, Tracy went to the Star Lab to get lex luthor's uniform. Superman heard the explosion of the interstellar laboratory, and when he arrived, he found that Tracy, who was controlled by the eclipse, had put on her battle suit. After the war, Superman rescued Tracy, but the eclipse escaped. After that, Clark went home, but his wife Louise seemed to deliberately provoke Clark. Before Clark found out that Louise was being controlled, the eclipse controlled Clark. So the eclipse began to wreak havoc, and the magical captain rushed to fight it. Then the eclipse took control of the captain, and the wizard Shazam invited the ghost to deal with him. The ghost sealed him in a black diamond.
Infinite crisis
During the infinite crisis, Captain Magic changed Black Adam's spell and deprived him of his power.
A Day of Fury
Spectre intends to destroy the existence of magic. The wizarding world is in chaos. A group of heroes who can't seem to get together plan to team up against the crisis. They call themselves the Shadow Contract. When they teamed up, the ghost got an unexpected ally, an eclipse. His current host is Gene Rowling (the wife of the Atomic Man), and they form a deadly combination against the wizarding world. Eclipse bears a grudge against Shazam, and the wizard Shazam asks the magic captain to deal with the ghost so as to take it down when the ghost is weak. When the shadow bag arrived in Budapest, the captain and the ghost were fighting fiercely. They took advantage of the ghost's hurry to catch the eclipse. After defeating the eclipse, the witch, one of the members of the Shadow Pack, used her ability to send magic to the magic captain to fight the ghost, but then the magic balance was broken, and the ghost gained the upper hand again, defeated the magic captain and fled with the eclipse. Shadow bag leaves with the help of black Alice, and the magic captain returns to the eternal rock. After that, the Shadow Contract intends to use Black Alice to seize the power of the ghost. The project was successful, but the ghost became invisible and could not hit him. Everyone tried their best to deal with the eclipse, and Black Alice sent her near the sun to make her weak in the light. The ghost went to the eternal rock to face Shazam. The magic captain accused the ghost, but the ghost changed him back to his original shape with lightning and cast a spell to put him to sleep. Before fighting the ghost, Shazam fought a big battle with Modru (the Lord of Chaos sealed in the eternal rock), and his vitality was exhausted. Then the eternal stone was destroyed in the battle between the ghost and Shazam. The Shadow Contract summoned Naboo to fight the ghost, and the others to repair the eternal stone. The ghost finally defeated Naboo, but the ghost was recalled to heaven.
The Day of Revenge, World War II
The magic captain used lightning to turn Black Adam back into a mortal and changed his spell.
The trial of Shazam
It's been a year since Captain Magic reappeared. He has adapted to his new role and protected the eternal stone. He helped Zatana with a magical creature he had never seen before and told her that the magic book had been rewritten. On his way back to the eternal stone, he saved several children who were sacrificed as summoning demons. When he summoned lightning back to Belgium, it changed him. Then he called Freddie to the eternal stone and explained that Shazam's strength had healed and why Mary lost her strength. At the same time, he said that magic has found a new host, himself. Billy gave Freddie a chance to go to the demon king to be tested and gain strength. Because he couldn't leave the eternal stone for more than 24 hours, he sent a guide to find Freddie. Freddie passed the trials of Solomon and Achilles, but Atlas was killed and they found Apollo instead of the trial. Finally, the guide changed back to Zeus, and Freddie completed all the trials and became the new magic captain.
Shazam's trial Shazam was reborn.
Black Adam and the resurrected Isis seized the eternal stone and Billy's power, and Billy sought help from the Justice Association. At the end of the story, Black Adam realized that his wife was out of control, so he gave up his power and resurrected the wizard Shazam.
The angry wizard took away everyone's power.
The darkest night
See the power of Shazam #48 for details. Black light revived Black Adam's wife's younger brother Osiris, but Osiris was not controlled by black light. Billy and Mary saw the incident through the internet in their apartment, but they couldn't intervene.
flash(ing) point
In the 20 1 1 big event Flash Point, Flash went back to the past through time and space to avoid his mother's death, which triggered the butterfly effect and created a timeline called Flash Point. The magic captain in this timeline version is named S.H.A.Z.A.M He is a combination of six teenagers. These six teenagers are: eugene choi, who is endowed with the wisdom of King Solomon, and Peja, who is endowed with the power of Hercules. A) Mary batson, endowed with the endurance of Atlas, Freddy Freeman, endowed with the divine power of Zeus, Billy batson, endowed with the courage of Achilles, Dara Dudley, endowed with the speed of Mercury.
New issue 52 (from 20 1 1 till now)
After the age of 52, Billy batson took Shazam, a wizard who taught him magic power, as his superhero name. The name "Captain Magic" was deleted, and Billy was set to never be called "Captain Magic" but "Shazam".
For details, please refer to the Shazam serial from the 7th issue of Justice League.
Abilities and Weaknesses Whenever Billy batson shouts "Shazam!" When he was named, he was instantly struck by a magical lightning and became an adult superhero endowed with the power of the Six Gods. SHAZAM's name is made up of the initials of these six gods.
S stands for Solomon's wisdom
Solomon's wisdom gave Billy a wealth of knowledge, perception, understanding and insight. Billy can talk to Solomon when he needs it. Some of these knowledge are specific abilities or strategies or knowledge reserves, including superhuman knowledge, clairvoyance, hypnosis, familiarity with various languages, and suggestions (for example, Solomon strongly opposes revealing his true identity to the Justice Association).
H stands for the strength of Hercules
Hercules is the strongest god, almost infinite, and may even surpass Superman, so he always tries his best to restrain his strength. Because of this, we don't often see him moving planetary objects. Although that's really within his power.
A stands for Atlas's endurance.
This means that he doesn't need to sleep or eat, and he has almost unlimited endurance. Even from Black Adam's point of view, this divine power kept him alive for more than 5,000 years.
Z stands for the divine power of Zeus
He has high spell resistance and can summon lightning to switch between two forms. You can even strike the enemy with lightning. In some cases, lightning can be emitted purposefully. Lightning can also heal the magic captain's body.
A stands for Achilles' courage.
The whole body is invulnerable, immune to all forms of physical attacks, and its resistance is equal to that of Superman. Optimistic fighting spirit can inspire people even in the most desperate situation.
M stands for the speed of mercury.
Superman's speed, moving at incredible speed. Flight can travel through space and the atmosphere at amazing speed. The ability to teleport, teleport to the eternal stone.
Senior Magic of Weakness: Although spell resistance is tall enough, Dr. Destiny is not strong enough to face ghosts.
Lightning: Magic lightning can change him back to his original shape.
Naive: Although he looks like an adult after transformation, he is actually only fifteen years old. He is often more optimistic and trusting than other heroes, but his innocence has given him a strong moral concept.
Foster parents: Mr. and Mrs. Vasquez.
Brothers (both orphans adopted by the couple): Frederick Freeman (Captain Magic II), Pedro Pena and Eugene Cui.
Sisters (both orphans adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Vasquez): Mary Besson (Magic Mary) and Dara Dudley.
Pet: rhubarb
Teammates Superman, Batman, wonder woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Neptune, Steel Bone, etc.
Other people with the same name in Shazam DC.
Shazam is a mysterious wizard who has lived for thousands of years. He is also a member of the Eternal Parliament. He is also the source of strength for Black Adam and the superhero Shazam. After the new 52, Billy batson took Shazam, the wizard who taught him magic power, as his superhero name.
One day, a mysterious man used magic to guide Billy batson to a MRT station he had never seen before, and boarded a mysterious MRT full of hieroglyphs and strange symbols. They came to a cave with a statue symbolizing the seven deadly sins of mankind. The wizard Shazam learned about Billy's hard life experience, and Billy's optimism left a deep impression on him. So he decided to choose Billy as his messenger to safeguard human justice, and gave him the abilities of Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury, and all he had to do to gain these abilities was to shout out the name of the wizard-Shazam.
A short-term successor
Frederic Freeman briefly became the magic captain in Shazam's story trial, and joined the Justice League in the story of "Scream of Justice" until the end of Operation Flash Point. In addition, in Titan of Tomorrow (a future story), Frederick Freeman also inherited the magic captain.
The main villain is Black Adam.
Dr. Sivana (Dr. Sivana)
Meditation mite (Mr. Mind)
Sabbach (Sabbach)
Seven deadly sins.
In the parallel world, Earth 3, New 52, this world has the power to praise sand (the opposite power of Shazam) and is the alexander luthor of this world.
Earth 5, captain of the world surprise (also translated as captain thunder), corresponds to Superman besides the main world captain.
Similarities and differences between characters After DC comics bought the copyright of Shazam, Shazam joined the Justice League as a superhero, and he was also a "Hercules who flew at a very fast speed in a cloak". Not only readers, but also DC once joked that Shazam is like Superman in comics (of course, this is related to Shazam's creative process). However, they seem to have many differences in details:
Shazam is a red+white cloak with a big yellow lightning mark on the chest and a yellow belt around the waist. Superman, on the other hand, is a blue tights+red cloak, with a big "S" sign on his chest and a red * * * (this is the famous "* * * outer wear").
Generally speaking, Shazam is stronger than Superman, while Shazam looks younger and more honest, and Superman feels more like an adult.
Although their abilities are similar, Shazam's superpowers come from magic in essence, while Superman is his alien's super physique. At the same time, Superman is very vulnerable to magic attacks, and Shazam himself has the ability to cast magic.
Clark kent is a reporter of the Daily Planet, while Billy batson was a minor of 15 years old before the transition (Shazam had a lot of interaction with the juvenile assistants of the Juvenile Justice League because of this).
Film and television performance animation "Superman Justice League" series
Shazam animated Batman: Brave and fearless series in animation
Animation juvenile justice league series
In the 2009 animated film Superman and Batman: Public Enemy, Billy batson was voiced by Rachel MacFarlane and Captain Wonder was voiced by Corey Burton.
In the 20 10 animated film DC Booth: Superman and Shazam's Black Adam Return, Billy batson is voiced by Zach Callison and Captain Wonder is voiced by Jerry O'Connell.
20 13 Animation Film Justice League: Flashpoint Paradox
In the animated film Justice League: War 20 14, Billy batson is voiced by Zach Callison and Shazam is voiced by sean astin.
20 15 animated film Justice League: The Throne of Atlantis was dubbed by sean astin again.
Tv series 1974-1977 TV series shazam! Although it was in the 1970 s of CBS, a company called "Shazan! Saturday morning TV series. Captain Magic is known as "the most powerful mortal in the world" in his adventure. He was nicknamed "Big Red Cheese" by the villain Dr. Sivana, and later this title was officially accepted by the winter fans of Captain Magic.
Garrett Craig plays in 1979 TV series The Legend of Superheroes.
In the movie 194 1, tom tyler plays captain wonder, and Frank Coglan Jr. plays Billy batson.
In the movie Shazam 20 19, Zachary Levi plays Shazam and Ash Angel plays Billy batson.
In the movie Justice League 2, 2065438+09, Arthur Angie continues to play Billy batson before transformation, and Zachary Levi plays Shazam after transformation.