Captain Marvel (DC Comics) Mary Marvel appeared together as a team in another Fawcett publication, "The Marvel Family". In addition, there was a funny animal spin-off character, Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, which was created in 1942 for Fawcett's "Funny Animals" comic book and later given an eponymous series as well. With Bill Parker having been drafted into World War II, chief writing duties on the Captain Marvel-related comics stories went to Otto Binder by 1942. C.C. Beck remained as lead artist, and he and Binder steered the Captain Marvel stories towards a whimsical tone that emphasized comedy and fantasy elements alongside the superhero action.
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