Captain Marvel (DC Comics) Marvel's protégé, Captain Marvel, Jr., who was the alter-ego of Billy and Mary's best friend, the disabled newsboy Freddy Freeman. Before DC's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" comic book miniseries in 1985, the Marvel Family also included part-time members such as Mary's non-powered friend "Uncle" Dudley (Uncle Marvel) and three other protégés (all of whose alter egos are named "Billy Batson") known as the Lieutenant Marvels. A pink rabbit version of Captain Marvel, Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, appeared in his own stories featuring a funny-animal cast. The current-continuity version of Shazam has a Shazam Family made up of his five foster
Hasbro Comic Book Universe Hasbro Comic Book Universe The Hasbro Comic Book Universe (HCBU) is an American comic book franchise and shared universe created and published by IDW Publishing, based on various properties of the toy company Hasbro. Following the bankruptcy of Dreamwave Productions in 2005, IDW picked up the "Transformers" comic book license and hired veteran writer Simon Furman to craft a rebooted continuity based on the toy line, similar to what Marvel Comics did through Ultimate Marvel. In May 2008, IDW obtained the "G.I. Joe" comic book license from Devil's Due Publishing. In 2016, IDW gained the rights of "Rom", "Micronauts", "Action