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
Captain Marvel Jr. During the "Trials of Shazam!" miniseries, it was originally implied that Freddy would no longer "need" to speak the name of "Shazam!" to invoke the powers——that he could will them to manifest themselves——but he still prefers to effect the change by speaking the word. Formerly, he spoke the words "Captain Marvel!" and transformed into Captain Marvel Jr., but in this instance, his form remained the same. This applied even if he did not intend it. In his super-powered state, Freeman has the following magic based powers: In April 1950, the Belgian comic "Bravo" published its own version of "Capitaine Marvel