| LC control no. | n 2013049420 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Captain Marvel (Fictitious character) |
| Variant(s) | Marvel, Captain (Fictitious character) Shazam (Fictitious character) Batson, Billy (Fictitious character) Batson, William Joseph (Fictitious character) |
| Beginning date | 1940 |
| Located | Fawcett City (Imaginary place) |
| Special note | Do not confuse with Marvel Comics' Captain Marvel, a superhero identity that has been used by various characters including Mar-Vell, Monica Rambeau, and as of 2012, Carol Danvers, the former Ms. Marvel. |
| Found in | Captain Marvel adventures, 1941-1953. DC comics database, Aug. 6, 2013 (Captain Marvel is known as the world's mightiest mortal, a superhero with magic origins; in his secret identity he is young Billy Batson, an idealistic news reporter working in Fawcett City, but when he speaks the name Shazam he transforms into his fully-grown heroic persona) Wikipedia, October 15, 2013 (Captain Marvel, also known as Shazam, is a fictional superhero originally published by Fawcett Comics and later by DC Comics. Created in 1939 by artist C.C. Beck and writer Bill Parker, he first appeared in Whiz Comics #2 (February 1940); Alter ego: William Joseph "Billy" Batson) |
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