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 Marvel (DC Comics) its comic book staff. Otto Binder and Kurt Shaffenberger ended up at DC, becoming prominent members of the creative team for the Superman-related comics from 1954 through the 1960s. Shaffenbeger snuck an unauthorized cameo by Captain Marvel into a story in "Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane" #42 in 1963. "Whiz Comics" had ended with issue #155 in June 1953, "Captain Marvel Adventures" was canceled with #150 in November 1953, and "The Marvel Family" ended its run with #89 in January 1954. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny was sold to Charlton Comics, where a few Fawcett-era stories from that strip were reprinted