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
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