Using Marzosh's endurance, the Champion can withstand and survive most types of extreme physical assaults. By speaking the magic word "VLAREM!" (an anagram of "Marvel"), he gained the power of the following fictional gods: This gave him a backstory in which he was a young shepherd who becomes the Champion, one of the world's first superheroes in ancient Canaan, over 5,000 years ago. Nelson Bridwell for World's Finest Comics #262 ( cover date April/May 1980), Shazam's origins are further explored. Shazamo then dropped the last letter of his name. He was given cloven hooves as a sign of his inner evil, and could cast each magic spell only once. The wizard defeated Oggar and cursed him to live in the world of mortals. However, Oggar became corrupt and tried to take power from Shazamo. Originally, the wizard's name was Shazamo, the last letter standing for the hero of magic Oggar. S The wisdom of Solomon H The strength of Hercules A The stamina of Atlas Z The power of Zeus A The courage of Achilles M The speed of Mercury. Each letter empowers him with certain attributes: When Billy first meets him, Shazam tells Billy that his name is an acronym for six ancient heroes. Shazam tells that once, 5,000 years before, he gave powers to Black Adam, but Black Adam was killed while turning back to his regular self. More superheroes soon joined the superhero Shazam in carrying on the legacy of the wizard Shazam, including Shazam Family members Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr. Although Shazam is killed, as prophesied, by a giant granite block falling on him, Billy/Captain Marvel/Shazam can summon the ghost of Shazam for guidance by lighting a special brazier in Shazam's lair (the Rock of Eternity). He therefore passes along part of his power to Billy, who shouts his name – "SHAZAM!" – to transform into Captain Marvel/Shazam. Shazam informs Billy that he is an ancient Greek/Egyptian wizard who has been using his powers for many centuries to fight the forces of evil, but that he is now old and not long for this world. Fictional character biography Creating Captain Marvel/Shazam Both the wizard and his champion shared the name of "Shazam" in the comic book stories published from then to date, the Wizard later revealing "Shazam" is an adopted name, his original name being Mamaragan. In 2012, DC officially changed Captain Marvel's name to "Shazam", to resolve trademark conflicts with the Marvel Comics character of the same name. This became a problem for DC's lawyers, as the company had abandoned any rights to the Captain Marvel name, and it was now owned by rival Marvel Comics.
Two decades after gaining the rights to Captain Marvel, DC Comics began publishing new stories under the title Shazam!.
Despite the new comic's popularity and theatrical success, Captain Marvel was similar enough to Superman that a court ruled against Fawcett in 1952. Beck for Fawcett Comics, he is an ancient wizard ( Whiz Comics #2 gives his age as 3,000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel. Created in the 1940s by Bill Parker and C.
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