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
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