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
Doctor Strange (comic book) in early 1991, with a consent decree in which Marvel did not admit to liability or wrongdoing. In 2015, Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo teamed up for the fourth volume of "Doctor Strange". A fifth "Doctor Strange" series was launched by writer Mark Waid and artist Jesus Saiz in 2018. Doctor Strange (comic book) Doctor Strange is the name of several comic book titles featuring the character Doctor Strange and published by Marvel Comics, beginning with the original "Doctor Strange" comic book series which debuted in 1968. The original "Strange Tales" series ended with issue #168 (May 1968). The following