Mary Marvel Mary Marvel Mary Marvel is a fictional character originally published by Fawcett Comics and now owned by DC Comics. Created by Otto Binder and Marc Swayze, she first appeared in "Captain Marvel Adventures" #18 (cover-dated Dec. 1942). The character is a member of the Marvel/Shazam Family of heroes associated with the superhero Shazam/Captain Marvel. She is the alter ego of teenager Mary Batson (adopted name Mary Bromfield), twin sister of Captain Marvel's alter-ego, Billy Batson. Like her brother, Mary has been granted the power of the wizard Shazam, and has but to speak the wizard's name to be transformed into
Marvel Super-Heroes (comics) Marvel Super-Heroes (comics) Marvel Super-Heroes is the name of several comic book series and specials published by Marvel Comics. The first was the one-shot "Marvel Super Heroes Special" #1 (Oct. 1966) produced as a tie-in to "The Marvel Super Heroes" animated television program, reprinting "Daredevil" #1 (April 1964) and "The Avengers" #2 (Nov. 1963), plus two stories from the 1930s-1940s period fans and historians call Golden Age of comic books: "The Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner Meet" ("Marvel Mystery Comics" #8, June 1940), and the first Marvel story by future editor-in-chief Stan Lee, the two-page text piece "Captain America Foils