What does Shazam call himself?

Captain Marvel, the comic’s lead feature, introduced audiences to Billy Batson, an orphaned 12-year-old boy who, by speaking the name of the ancient wizard Shazam, is struck by a magic lightning bolt and transformed into the adult superhero Captain Marvel.

Why does Shazam call himself Captain Marvel?

This oft-told tale is one of comic books’ oldest legal disputes (at the precipitous of what may be many more legal disputes over comic book character copyrights), and though many longtime readers know how it all went down, Newsarama’ here to walk you through how Carol Danvers became Captain Marvel, and the guy that …

What happens when Black Adam says Shazam?

When Teth-Adam says the magic word “Shazam”, he is transformed into Mighty Adam, a super-powered being possessing the same powers that Captain Marvel would later be granted; however, Mighty Adam is soon corrupted by the vastness of his powers.

Did Captain Marvel change his name to Shazam?

That, naturally, is the question a lot of people have with Captain Marvel finally officially changing his superhero name to Shazam with the New 52 (Captain Marvel Jr. actually took the name Shazam himself before the New 52, but now the whole origin story has been retconned so that this is how Billy Batson’s origin has always been).

Did Billy Graham accidentally say Shazam?

That is all well and good, though, because it is unlikely that Billy would ever accidentally say the word “Shazam.” However, in Whiz Comics #25 (by France Herron and Mac Raboy), a tragedy occurred during a fight between Captain Marvel and the villainous Captain Nazi.

Why is Freddy Freeman’s magic word now Captain Marvel?

Billy was so disturbed by the injustice of it all that he took the young boy to the wizard, Shazam, and had him give him some of Captain Marvel’s powers and so now Freddy Freeman’s magic word, instead of “Shazam” was “Captain Marvel”… This was a problem, though, when his name was then Captain Marvel Jr.!