Captain Marvel Jr. coma after being thrown into the lake by Nazi, and Freddy is found to have a severely injured spine and a broken leg, which will prevent him from ever walking again. After a second attack from Captain Nazi, the injured Freddy is taken to the wizard Shazam by Captain Marvel and his sister Mary Marvel, who both grant the boy the power to become Captain Marvel Jr. However, Jacob dies, and Captain Marvel Jr. goes on a rampage against Captain Nazi until the other Marvels intervene. Nazi and Captain Marvel Jr. would become arch-enemies, regularly pitted against one another. Junior
Captain Britain IGN ranked Captain Britain as the 79th greatest comic book hero of all time stating, "as he is the only Marvel hero to receive the benefit of Alan Moore's pen, the character enjoys very rarefied status in the Marvel Universe", and 34th in their list of "The Top 50 Avengers". An article in the Times of London in March 2016 stated, "Captain Britain's nemesis turned out to be lack of popularity, however, and his adventures ended after a year". A number of trade paperbacks have been released collecting both the early run and Alan Moore's updated version (his run being