Terrible Trio (Marvel Comics) Terrible Trio (Marvel Comics) The Terrible Trio is a fictional super-villain team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, they first appeared in "Fantastic Four" #23 (1964). They made several appearances in the 1960s and then one appearance in the late 1970s in "Marvel Two-in-One" #60. Bull Brogin, "Handsome" Harry Phillips, and Yogi Dakor were three career criminals brought together by Doctor Doom to help him destroy the Fantastic Four. He pays their bail using a robot and gives each of them superpowers, multiplying their natural abilities by a dozen. The
Captain Marvel (DC Comics) adventures feature him as a solo hero, he also fought evil on a regular basis accompanied by several other kids who share his powers to make up a superhero team called the Marvel Family (later referred to as the "Shazam Family" due to the issues DC Comics faced over the "Marvel" and "Captain Marvel" trademarks). The first members of the family, introduced in "Whiz Comics" #21 (Sept. 1941) and used sparingly afterwards, were the Lieutenant Marvels: three other boys from various parts of the United States who are also named "Billy Batson" and discover that, if they all say "Shazam!"