Captain Marvel Jr. Captain Marvel Jr. was reworked and represented, with Junior making his first post-"Crisis" appearance in heroic form in "Power of Shazam!" #7 (Sept. 1995). Beginning with "Power of Shazam!" #13, writer Jerry Ordway began focusing the book on Captain Marvel and Mary Marvel, relegating Junior to periodic solo stories. During this period, Junior began appearing in "Teen Titans", and the character's name was changed to "CM3", so that he could identify himself without triggering his transformation. Junior continued to appear in "Teen Titans" until its cancellation in mid-1998. The character then returned to regular appearances in "Power of Shazam!", until
Captain Marvel (DC Comics) low-print run in the fall of 1939 as an ashcan copy created for advertising and trademark purposes. Shortly after its printing, however, Fawcett found it could not trademark "Captain Thunder", "Flash Comics", or "Thrill Comics", because all three names were already in use. Consequently, the book was renamed "Whiz Comics", and Fawcett artist Pete Costanza suggested changing Captain Thunder's name to "Captain Marvelous", which the editors shortened to "Captain Marvel". The word balloons in the story were re-lettered to label the hero of the main story as "Captain Marvel". "Whiz Comics" #2 (cover-dated Feb. 1940) was published in late 1939.