History Characters / Shazam

** [[Characters/DCEUShazam Shazam]] [[note]]Billy Batson / Shazam, The Wizard Shazam, The Council of Wizards, The Shazam Family[[/note]]

** [[Characters/DCEUOtherSupervillains Other Supervillains]] [[note]]Doctor Sivana, The Seven Deadly Sins, Mister Mind, Ancient Champion[[/note]]

** [[Characters/DCEUShazam Shazam]] [[note]]Billy Batson / Shazam, The Wizard Shazam, The Shazam Family[[/note]]

** [[Characters/DCEUOtherSupervillains Other Supervillains]] [[note]]Doctor Sivana, The Seven Deadly Sins, Mister Mind[[/note]]

** [[Characters/DCEUShazam Shazam]] [[note]]Billy Batson / Shazam, The Wizard Shazam[[/note]]

** [[Characters/DCEUOtherSuperheroes Other Superheroes]] [[note]]Billy Batson / Shazam, The Wizard Shazam[[/note]]

** [[Characters/DCEUPhiladelphia Philadelphia]] [[note]]Freddy Freeman, The Bryer Brothers, Mary Bromfield, Eugene Choi, Pedro Peña, Darla Dudley, Victor & Rosa Vasquez, The Bryer brothers, Marilyn Batson, C. C. Batson[[/note]]

** [[Characters/DCEUOtherHumans Other Humans]] [[note]]Mr. Sivana[[/note]]

** [[Characters/DCEUPhiladelphia Philadelphia]] [[note]]Freddy Freeman, The Bryer Brothers, Mary Bromfield, Eugene Choi, Pedro Peña, Darla Dudley, Victor & Rosa Vasquez, The Bryer brothers, Marilyn Batson[[/note]]

** Characters/JusticeLeagueAllies: Captain Marvel.

** Characters/ArrowverseTheLegends: Isis.

** [[Characters/DCEUOtherSupervillains Other Supervillains]] [[note]]Doctor Sivana[[/note]]

** [[Characters/DCEUPhiladelphia Philadelphia]] [[note]]Freddy Freeman, The Bryer Brothers, Mary Bromfield, Eugene Choi, Pedro Peña, Darla Dudley, Victor & Rosa Vasquez, The Bryer Brothers[[/note]]

** [[Characters/DCEUFawcettCity Fawcett City]] [[note]]Freddy Freeman, The Bryer Brothers[[/note]]

** [[Characters/DCEUOtherSuperheroes Other Superheroes]] [[note]]Billy Batson / Shazam, the Wizard Shazam[[/note]]

** ''Characters/{{Shazam|2019}}''

* ''[[Characters/Shazam2019 Shazam]]''

** Characters/JusticeLeagueAllies

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[[folder:The Marvel Family]]

Chosen by the wizard Shazam, the Marvel Family are empowered by six ancient gods and heroes, possessing the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the stamina of Atlas, the power of Zeus, the courage of Achilles, and the speed of Mercury.
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* BadassFamily / BadassCrew
* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: For most of them, "Shazam!"
* TheCape: Seriously. Even more than {{Superman}}.
* FlyingBrick / SuperPowerLottery
** {{Flight}}: A side effect of gaining his speed from Mercury.
** MagicAndPowers
** SuperStrength: Hercules' strength, as mentioned above.
** SuperSpeed: Thanks to the speed of Mercury.
** ShockAndAwe: By summoning and dodging their magic transformation lightning. Against non-marvel targets, it acts just like how you'd expect lightning to act.
* HenshinHero: Some of the first!
* LightningCanDoAnything: Golden and Bronze Age stories feature the Shazam lightning doing more than just transforming the various Marvels. (For example, that time he beat Mr. Atom at the Indy 500 by using his lightning to turn a racecar into the Shazamobile)
* SuperpoweredAlterEgo: Also one of the first.

[[WMG:Captain Marvel / Marvel / Shazam (ComicBook/{{New 52}})]]
->'''AKA:''' Billy Batson
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The World's Mightiest Mortal himself, Captain Marvel is one of Earth's most powerful heroes. Clad in his red uniform and white-and-gold cape, Cap stands as a symbol of courage, strength, and kindness. What few know, however, is that he is in fact Billy Batson, a young orphan empowered by the great wizard Shazam to be his champion. Whenever he speaks the wizard's name--"SHAZAM!"--Billy is transformed into the mighty Captain Marvel!

Billy's parents, famous archaeologists, were murdered by Theo Adam. After spending most of his childhood penniless and alone on the streets of Fawcett City, Shazam helped Billy find his long-lost twin sister, Mary, with whom he shared some of his vast power; he was then adopted by Mary's surrogate parents, the Bromfields. When not fighting evil as Captain Marvel, Billy is a schoolboy who moonlights as a novelty DJ for Whiz Radio.

After Shazam was killed during the ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', Captain Marvel gained his power as the new wizard, Marvel. This was short-lived, as Shazam was resurrected a couple years later. Due to mistakes Billy, his sister, and Black Adam made in the wizard's absence, Billy is currently powerless, but the time will surely come when he regains his power as Captain Marvel once again.

However, reality was [[ComicBook/{{New 52}} reset]] before the Marvels could regain their powers. This resulted in some major changes to Billy's personalities in both identities. Billy was still mostly a good kid, but he was now a very troubled foster child and he wanted to grow up as fast as possible so that no one would have to take care of him. His superheroic codename was also changed to "Shazam", and his powers were now far more connected to his magical nature.

Billy also appears in Jeff Smith's ''Monster Society of Evil'' and its followup ''Billy Batson and the Power of Shazam''. In both he is much the same character as he was in the GoldenAge and the 90s series ''The Power of Shazam''.
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* AlliterativeName: Billy Batson
* AllYourPowersCombined: Has Solomon's Wisdom, Hercules' Strength, Atlas' Stamina, Zeus' Power, Achilles' Courage, and Mercury's Speed.
* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Originally Fawcett's version of Franchise/{{Superman}}. Now effectively an {{expy}}, since DC now owns both characters.
* {{Archenemy}}: Has considered Black Adam, Dr. Sivana, and Mister Mind to be his archfoes at various points. The feeling is definitely mutual.
* BadassCape: Though an unusually short one.
* BigGood: He is often treated like this, even in comparison to {{Superman}}, possibly due to ChildrenAreInnocent. It's explicitly stated in the comics that Billy Batson would be Marvel full-time to help people, if not for the wizard Shazam insisting that Batson himself deserves some happiness in his life, too.
* BlackBeadEyes: As Billy Batson, in the early comics.
* ChestInsignia: The big lightning bolt.
* DarkerAndEdgier: As of the ComicBook/{{New 52}} and rename to "Shazam", all his more idealistic elements have been made much more cynical.
* DeathByOriginStory: His parents. In modern continuity, they were killed by Black Adam's descendant/reincarnation.
* EmbarrassingNickname: The Big Red Cheese. Bestowed upon him by Doctor Sivana.
* EyesAlwaysShut: As Captain Marvel.
* {{Flight}}: A side effect of gaining his speed from Mercury.
* FlyingBrick: In the mold of Superman.
* FriendToAllChildren: The original hero for all children everywhere.
* FunPersonified
* GeniusBruiser: When he remembers to properly utilise the Wisdom of Solomon, Captain Marvel is capable of being extremely intelligent. Billy himself was often written as very clever and insightful when writers didn't lazily make Cap seem less sophisticated in an effort to make him appear more "childlike".
* TheGoodCaptain
* GoodCounterpart: Created by Shazam to be a good counterpart to Black Adam.
* HeroicBuild
* HeroWorshipper: Of Superman.
* IdealHero: Even ''more'' ideal than ''Superman''.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: In the '90s CrisisCrossover ''ComicBook/UnderworldUnleashed'', Billy's soul was so darn pure that not even the demon prince Neron could corrupt him. In fact he was stated out loud as having the most virtuous spirit of ''all'' DC heroes, [[UpToEleven even Superman]]. Superman is sometimes played as an older mentor to an even more idealistic younger brother, who can help out whenever there is magic or kryptonite involved.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His ComicBook/{{New 52}} incarnation. With said heart of gold buried waaaaaaay down.
* KidHero
* LanternJawOfJustice: To sometimes ludicrous levels, actually. In ''Billy Batson and the Power of Shazam'' it's a miracle he can stand up his chin sticks out so far.
* ManChild: He often comes across this way, but for a different reason--he's a young boy ([[ComicBookTime or sometimes teenager]]) named Billy who can [[HenshinHero transform]] into an adult superhero. Early on the two forms had [[SuperpoweredAlterEgo different personalities]], but most modern interpretations make them the same person, acting like a CheerfulChild in both forms (though Marvel gets a bit of maturity from having the Wisdom of Solomon as one of his powers).
* NighInvulnerability: When transformed, he has no weaknesses whatsoever, as his magic invulnerability works against pretty much any type of assault. Basically the most invulnerable DC hero around. During a battle with the galaxy-ravaging Void Hound, he was hit by an attack that warped space to teleport him inside out, but was only dazed, and it was stated outright that if any other hero had been hit (including WonderWoman and the Kryptonians) they would probably have died. At the height of their power during the later Golden and Silver Ages, the Marvels were literally invulnerable, to the point that Captain Marvel and Black Adam were incapable of hurting each other (this was done away with in the Bronze Age and Modern Ages). Basically, while Superman and Captain Marvel are virtual equals in most physical respects like Strength, Speed and Durability, the Captain can survive certain effects that Superman might not due to the mystical nature of his invulnerability (like magical attacks, or the aforementioned warp/inside out beam).
** Shazam is less invulnerable than Captain Marvel, if his [[spoiler:getting killed in one hit in ''Injustice'' is any indication.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His appearance was based on actor Fred [=MacMurray=].
* OlderAlterEgo: The [[Pantheon/{{Shape}} God]] of it.
* PutOnABus: The general treatment ever since Creator/MarvelComics appropriated his name. These days his main purpose is to fight Superman when the writers are lazy, though he has had a few good runs, including the 1995-1999 series and the ''First Thunder'' and ''Monster Society of Evil'' miniseries.
* SexierAlterEgo: Not that Billy Batson is ugly, but Cap is better looking (not to mention not jailbait).
* ShockAndAwe: The New 52 Shazam can just shoot lightning directly, without having to summon and dodge.
* SiblingTeam: With Mary.
* SuperIntelligence: Having access to Solomon's Wisdom boosts Billy's IQ to genius levels.
* SuperReflexes: Part and parcel with the SuperSpeed.
* SuperSpeed: Right up there with Superman in this department. Having Mercury as the source of your speed is a good place to be.
* SuperStrength: Again, to Superman levels. Given that it's coming from Hercules, this should not be surprising.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Though, as he tells Captain Nazi, he has no obligation to save him.
* TopHeavyGuy: In some of his cartoonier incarnations.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Stargirl. They didn't.

[[WMG:Mary Marvel]]
->'''AKA:''' Mary Batson Bromfield
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Captain Marvel's twin sister. While Billy was consigned to poverty after their parents died, Mary was taken in by a kindly rich couple, the Bromfields. When the siblings became teenagers, they met by chance when Mary entered a contest emceed by Billy. When Billy was captured by a gang of thugs, Mary was granted the powers of Shazam and saved her brother, transforming into an adult version of herself. They were reunited at last and the Marvel Family was born.

When Shazam died, Mary lost her powers, leading her on a quest to regain them. After gaining the powers of Black Adam, she fell victim to the silver tongue of the demon Eclipso, who brought her to the evil god {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}. Darkseid brainwashed Mary and his minion, Desaad, possessed her. After using Mary's body to fight the heroes of Earth, Desaad was cast out when Freddy Freeman used Shazam's power to exorcize him. She is currently powerless, her corruption by Darkseid having proven her unworthy to the resurrected Shazam; whether this would have changed was not seen by the time of the reboot.

An alternate version of Mary appears in Jeff Smith's ''Monster Society of Evil''. This version is a ten year old girl who is accidentally granted her powers when Billy transforms into Captain Marvel at too close a range; unlike him, she remains ten when she invokes the power of Shazam.
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* ActionGirl: One of the oldest one in comics, actually.
* AlliterativeName: As Mary Marvel.
* AllYourPowersCombined: In the GoldenAge & Pre-Crisis stories, and in Jeff Smith's variant, Mary draws on Selena's Grace, Hippolyta's Strength, Artemis' Skill, Zephyrus' Speed (and flight), Aphrodite's Beauty, and Minerva's Wisdom. In the regular Post-Crisis continuity she gains her powers from the same mythological beings as Billy (which better justifies their having the identical powerset). She briefly gained them from the same sources as Black Adam as well.
* BadassAdorable: Much of the time, but particularly in Jeff Smith's version.
* BadassCape
* BewareTheNiceOnes: In ''Superbuddies'', she's portrayed as incredibly sweet and naive... and then gets {{Mind Control}}led and proceeds to almost kill [[ComicBook/CaptainAtom Captain Freaking Atom]].
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis''.
* ChestInsignia
* ClarkKenting: Averted in the 90s series, where she turns into an adult under the influence of the magic. Played straight Pre-Crisis and in ''Monster Society of Evil''.
* CuteBruiser: In both the regularly continuity and even moreso in [[http://www.boneville.com/shazam-production-journal-mary-marvel/ Jeff Smith's version]].
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: [[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/CTDW-Cv47_solicit.jpg Look any further under it]], and she'll shock you.
* DemonicPossession: By Desaad in ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis''.
* DistaffCounterpart: Possibly the first superhero example, although [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namora]] was introduced near the same time.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: In ''Countdown''. [[GrievousHarmWithABody WHAP WHAP WHAP WHAP WHAP]]
* {{Expy}}: In an odd series of developments, an editor ordered his writers to base Captain Marvel on Superman (although he turned out quite different and more lighthearted); Franchise/WonderWoman was apparently based on Captain Marvel (with the similar grounding in magic, and more specifically the divine gifts); Mary Marvel seemed based on Wonder Woman; ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' was based on Mary Marvel; and ComicBook/PowerGirl was based on Supergirl.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: Provides the trope image. When Mary acquires Black Adam's powers, her costume turns black and she gains a new level in moral ambiguity. It's taken even further in Final Crisis where she sports a dominatrix outfit and pink pigtails on an otherwise shaved head.
* FaceHeelTurn: In ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis''. In ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', it was {{Retcon}}ned as DemonicPossession.
* FlyingBrick
* FriendToAllChildren
* FunPersonified: A trait she retained Post-crisis, even when the DC Universe was getting darker and darker around her.
* GeniusBruiser: As with Billy this is dependent upon her using the Wisdom of Solomon (Minerva in the Pre-Crisis continuity). In the 90s series, she was more prone to doing this than he was.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Before ''Countdown'', including the wonderful handling in the 12-part "I Can't Believe It's Not The Justice League" story.
* KidHero
* MagicSkirt
* MinidressOfPower: All her costumes.
* NiceGirl
* NighInvulnerability
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Her appearance was originally based on Creator/JudyGarland.
* OlderAlterEgo: Sometimes (in the '90s series), sometimes not (originally, currently, and in Jeff Smith's version).
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: For Mary's superhero form towards the end of ''Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam'' (which follows the Jeff Smith continuity). Mary says the magic word at the Rock of Eternity (where the magic is more unstable), and when the smoke clears, her superhero form is no longer a child.
* PutOnABus: Almost.
* SexierAlterEgo: Mary Marvel is taller, leggier, and older than Mary Bromfield in the 90s series.
* ShesGotLegs: As Mary Marvel
* SiblingTeam: With Billy
* SpoiledSweet: Golden Age Mary was raised in luxury by her adoptive mother, a noted society lady by the name of Bromfield, and led a much more sheltered life than either Billy or Freddy. It didn't stop her from being the kindest-hearted girl in the Marvel Family.
* StatuesqueStunner: As Mary Marvel in the 90s series, where she grew to about six feet tall.
* SuperIntelligence: By accessing Solomon (or Minerva)'s Wisdom, Mary can reason out solutions to problems that are far beyond her.
* SuperReflexes
* ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil: Again, ''Countdown''.
* ThouShaltNotKill
* {{UST}}: On and off with Captain Marvel Jr.
* WomanInWhite: Her second costume Post-Crisis was a white minidress with the yellow lightning bolt on the front.

[[WMG:Captain Marvel, Jr. / [=CM3=] / Shazam II]]
->'''AKA:''' Freddy Freeman
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A friend of Billy Batson's who was crippled by Captain Nazi in both Pre-Crisis and Post-Crisis continuity, Freddy Freeman was granted a portion of Billy and Mary's powers in order to help him walk again. When he says "Captain Marvel" he is transformed into a physically perfect version of himself, with a portion of Captain Marvel's powers, with a strikingly distinctive yellow on blue (with a red cape) variation of the Marvel costume. He's had issues with Billy at various points, most notably due to his own interest in Mary and Billy's insistence on protecting his sister.

During the ''Trials of Shazam'' series (when Billy had ascended to become the Wizard Marvel), he became the superhero Shazam, wearing a costume identical to Captain Marvel's, but with his own face and somewhat longer hair.
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* AlliterativeName: Freddy Freeman
* AllYourPowersCombined: The same beings who empower Billy (and in modern continuity Mary) empower Freddy.
* BadassCape
* BerserkButton: Captain Nazi is a walking berserk button for Freddy during the 90s series, and the mere mention of the man, let alone the sight of him, can send Freddy into a homicidal rage.
* BreakoutCharacter
* BreakTheCutie: Happened to him at the hands of Captain Nazi.
* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: Unlike Billy and Mary, his "magic word" was "Captain Marvel!", not "Shazam!" (meaning that he couldn't even say his own name, hence the "[=CM3=]" apellation). This changed when he became the leader of the Marvel Family.
** As Shazam, he had to say "Shazam", which led to the same problem.
* ClarkKenting: Though likely justified, as Freddy's status as a cripple will stop most people from thinking he could be a superhero.
* CustomUniform: It wasn't of his own design, but with everyone else in the Marvel Family having the the gold on red with a white cape color motif, Junior was a boldly striking contrast with his gold on blue with a red cape style. It was mitigated a bit when Mary changed her costume to gold on white.
* DarkerAndEdgier: But just a little bit, and the drawing style for his original stories was never nearly as goofy as for the others, nor was the tone, which may be why he was chosen to replace Billy.
* DeathByOriginStory: His grandfather, killed by Captain Nazi.
* FlyingBrick
* {{Foil}}: To Billy in both their guises in the 90s comic. Billy's something of a social outcast known only from the radio, while Freddy was the king of the school, and later ended up as the city's best known charity case. Conversely, Captain Marvel is a well-known and loved superhero on paar with Superman, while Captain Marvel Jr. is frequently seen as a loose cannon, particularly after some of his dustups with Captain Nazi.
* KidANova: Prior to his crippling, which is why Billy warns him away from Mary.
* HotBlooded: Easily has the hottest temper of the three, which gets him in trouble fairly often.
* LadykillerInLove: Both Billy and Mary worry that Freddy just wants to use Mary.
* LegacyCharacter: His switch to the second Shazam.
* LovableJock: He was one of these before Captain Nazi mangled his spine. He lost his athletic ability and most of his friends.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: On the receiving end of this from Billy.
* NiceGuy
* ShoutOut: Music/ElvisPresley was a huge Captain Marvel, Jr. fan when he was a kid, and his iconic Vegas outfit was in fact based on Freddy's costume. Modern writers have returned the favor by making Freddy a huge music fan with a love of Elvis in particular.
** Alex Ross takes it a step further in ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' where Freddy (now going by the name "King Marvel") [[http://dialbforblog.com/archives/88/king_marvel.gif looks like Vegas-era Elvis]] without the drug and weight issues.
* SidekickGraduationsStick
* SuperIntelligence: Though of the three, he's the most likely to ignore the advice that Solomon gives him.
* SuperReflexes
* ThouShaltNotKill: Though unlike Billy and Mary he comes close to violating it with Captain Nazi.
* UnstoppableRage: Enters it whenever he's around Captain Nazi. It takes Billy and Mary to hold him back.
* {{UST}}: On and off with Mary.

[[WMG:Shazam I / The Old Wizard / The Champion]]
->'''AKA:''' Jebediah of Canaan

The former wielder of Captain Marvel's powers, Shazam is the wizard who granted Billy Batson his powers.
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* TheArchmage: Shazam is ''the'' most powerful sorcerer in Franchise/TheDCU, bar none. So powerful he could actually ''defeat ComicBook/TheSpectre in a fight.''
* BackFromTheDead
* ElderlyImmortal
* EthnicMagician: He's an ancient Canaanite.
* MageTower: The Rock of Eternity is the ultimate example.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: In some versions of the story, Shazam dies as soon as he empowers Billy.
* PhysicalGod: Very nearly. He could probably stand toe-to-toe with {{ComicBook/Darkseid}} if it came to it.
** Heck, back in the 90's, one storyline actually had him become a New God, with all the powers that entails.
* RaceLift: His ''New 52'' incarnation is black.
* SpiritAdvisor: Pre-Crisis
* SuperPowerLottery: He has the exact same powers as the Marvel Family ''and'' near-omnipotent mastery of magic.
* WizardBeard
* WizardsLiveLonger: Thanks to the powers of the gods, he is over 5,000 years old.

[[WMG:Uncle Dudley / Uncle Marvel]]
->'''AKA:''' Dudley H. Dudley

* TheAlcoholic
* CoattailRidingRelative: Well, a fake relative, anyway, and a relatively benign example. For a short time in the late 1940s, his daughter Freckles pulled the same stunt, essentially riding on ''his'' coattails!
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Tawky Tawny, the other oddball of the Marvel Family.
* OlderSidekick
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He was based on W. C. Fields.
* {{Retcon}}: The Crisis on Infinite Earths rebooted him as the custodian at Billy's school, and made him a more benign character.

[[WMG:Mister Tawky Tawny]]
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A talking tiger that was originally Mary's doll.
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* BattleButler
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's very kind-hearted and friendly, but push him too far and you WILL see the business end of his claws.
** DeadpanSnarker: Has developed something between this and a permanent (and dapper!) calm; "Well, you do know what those who underestimate tigers always say, right? They scream 'Oh god, help me, I'm being mauled to death by a tiger.'"
* TheDandy
* FunnyAnimal / TalkingAnimal: In his first appearance, he was just a regular tiger who decided to walk on two legs, wear a suit, and come to the United States. Later stories {{Retcon}}ned him into an anthropomorphic tiger spirit.
* [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Furry]]
* HeelFaceTurn: It's all but forgotten today, but Tawky was a villain when he first started out, sort of a feline [[Franchise/TheFlash Gorilla Grodd]]. Heck, he even tried to murder people!
* IAmNotLeftHanded: When the kid gloves come off, watch out.
* NiceGuy
* PantheraAwesome
* OlderSidekick
* TookALevelInBadass: In ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', he kills Kalibak, the son of {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}, in single combat. Take note: He may be a kind-hearted dandy, but he's still a freaking TIGER.

[[WMG:Marvel Bunny]]
->'''AKA:''' Hoppy

* BreakoutCharacter: He actually had his own series in the GoldenAge.
* FunnyAnimal: He actually lives in a town called "Funny Animalville".
* RealMenWearPink: He ''is'' pink.
* RetGone: Does not exist post-Crisis.
** He has appeared in ''Comicbook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'', however

[[WMG:The Lieutenant Marvels (Tall Marvel, Fat Marvel, and Hill Marvel)]]
->'''AKA:''' "Tall" Billy Batson, "Fat" Billy Batson, and "Hill" Billy Batson

Three young boys from across the United States who just happened to share the same name as Billy "Captain Marvel" Batson--"Tall" Billy from Texas, "Fat" Billy from Brooklyn, and "Hill" Billy from down south. Travelling to Fawcett City to meet the famous kid radio star, the four formed the "Billy Batson Club". When the quartet were kidnapped by Doctor Sivana, Billy gave the other three the ability to transform into the Lieutenant Marvels by saying "Shazam". Afterwards, the three became members of the Marvel Family, aiding the Big Red Cheese on a part-time basis.

The three Lieutenant Marvels were erased from history by the ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' (though post-Crisis versions of them were briefly seen in ''Trials of Shazam!'', only to immediately lose their powers).
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* BigApplesauce: Fat Marvel (who is not an example of BrooklynRage despite being from Brooklyn).
* DeepSouth: Hill Marvel.
* EverythingIsBigInTexas: Tall Marvel.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted.
* PunnyName: "Hill" Billy Batson. Seriously.
* RetGone

[[WMG:Eugene Choi]]
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Making an appearance both in Flashpoint and New 52, Eugene is an orphan child who makes up the brains of the whole marvel family. Sporting an asian them and being a total brainiac he sports an mixed breed chinese/american appearance and inherits the wisdom of Solomon as a part of Captain Thunder.

[[WMG:Pedro Peña]]
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An unassuming gentle giant of latino/american dissent within a family of orphans and resident fat kid at Fawcett City Highschool. Pedro assumes the Strength of Hercules when the marvel family comprise Captain Thunder in Flashpoint verse.

* BadassBeard: His Shazam form gains an impressive beard.
* BigFun: He's chubby, goofy and kind.

[[WMG:Darla Dudley]]
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A young African/American girl who supports the Speed of Mercury for her Captain Thunder persona, she is the youngest and most bubbly sort within the family acting as the goofy yet lovable and hyperactive sibling within the marvel family.

* ParentalAbandonment: Her parents didn't want a thing to do with her.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Her Shazam form wears a purple outfit.

[[WMG:Captain Thunder]]
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Characters named Captain Thunder have made numerous appearances in various DC comics.

Before introducing Captain Marvel to the main DC Universe, DC introduced this expy as an ally/foe of Superman, appearing in ''Superman'' #276 in 1974. Willie Fawcett inherited his power from a Mohegan medicine man named Merokee, who then gifted him with a thunderbolt emblazoned belt buckle and the powers of various animals and natural forces. When he rubs the belt buckle and says the word "Thunder!", he transforms into Captain Thunder. Willie eventually went on to become the protector of his dimension of Earth-276 (named after his first comic appearance).

The Captain Thunder of the broken Flashpoint universe came to be when six orphan kids (Billy, Mary, Freddy, and three others) got on the same train at the same time, transporting them all to the mystical rock of eternity where the Wizard Shazam sat waiting for them Unable to give sole ownership of the power to just one child, Shazam divided the individual powers of their SuperpoweredAlterEgo to each of the six street urchins giving them a letter corresponding to the different attribute.


'''Pre-Crisis'''

* AllYourPowersCombined: Has a Tornado's Power, a Hare's Speed, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncas Uncas]]' Bravery, Nature's Wisdom, a Diamond's Toughness, an Eagle's Flight and a Ram's Tenacity.
* AlternateSelf: Comes with being a parallel Captain Marvel.
* ByThePowerOfGreySkull: "Thunder!"
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He spends most of his appearance in ''Superman'' #276 like this, thanks to his universe's Monster League of Evil. Willie Fawcett is not affected, but Willie's gotten used to transforming when there's trouble...
* FlyingBrick / SuperPowerLottery
** DimensionalTraveler: Through use of his magic word he can break reality barriers.
** {{Flight}}: Effect of both having a twisters power and an Eagles flight.
** MadeOfDiamond: Comes with the Diamond's toughness.
** SuperStrength: Tornado's power
** SuperSpeed: Speed of a Hare.
* HenshinHero: Comes with having a transformative belt buckle and a magic word to activate it.
* MythologyGag: "Captain Thunder" was Captain Marvel's original name in the unpublished Whiz Comics #1.

'''Flashpoint'''

* AlliterativeName: Yes for Billy Batson, Freddy Freeman, Darla Dudley, and Pedro Peña. Mary Bromfield and Eugene Choi, not so much.
* AllYourPowersCombined: Literally, as the six kids physically combine into a single hero, with Eugene's Wisdom of Solomon, Pedro's Strength of Hercules, Mary's Stamina of Atlas, Freddy's Power of Zeus, Billy's Courage of Achilles and Darla's Speed of Mercury.
* ByThePowerOfGreySkull: "S.H.A.Z.A.M!" must be shouted in unison
* FlyingBrick / SuperPowerLottery
** {{Flight}}: From Mercury.
** HenshinHero: Team S.H.A.Z.A.M speaks the word in unison, and combine into a single hero.
** NighInvulnerable
** ShockAndAwe: Captain Thunder has access to the same magic lightning as the classic version, with the same summon-and-dodge limitation.
** SuperStrength: Hercules' strength, as mentioned above.
** SuperSpeed: Thanks to the speed of Mercury.
* FusionDance: He's a composite being of the children's divine powers.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Captain Thunder is scarred from an attack by Wonder Woman.
* MythologyGag:
** This time to ''both'' the Pre-Crisis version and the original ashcan publication, plus to the original idea that Captain Marvel would be six kids until Fawcett comics had them cut it down to just one. It's also similar to the Rainbow Squad, a team of pre-crisis ''villains'' who each had one of Captain Marvel's powers.
** Darla Dudley is a callback (combined with OneSteveLimit) to Mary Dudley, aka "Freckles Marvel".
** Inverted that these same kids would continue to be Billy's foster-siblings in the New 52.


[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Black Marvel Family]]

* AGodAmI: Each member seems to be under the delusion that receiving power from the Egyptian Gods makes them Gods themselves and not accountable to earthly laws. This notion causes each to engage in a fair amount of destruction under that delusion.
* BadassFamily / BadassCrew
* ByThePowerOfGreySkull: For Adam, it's "Shazam!", differs with the others
* LightningCanDoAnything
* FlyingBrick / SuperPowerLottery: Adam and Osiris; Isis has a different set of powers.
** {{Flight}}: Courtesy of Zehuti
** MagicAndPowers
** ShockAndAwe: Between step-brothers since one draws power from the other
** SuperStrength
** SuperSpeed

[[WMG:ComicBook/BlackAdam / Mighty Adam]]
->'''AKA:''' Theo Adam / Teth-Adam
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Black Adam was an Egyptian champion of Shazam given his powers, who was sent into suspended animation after corrupting them upon the deaths of his family. In modern times, he was reincarnated in the body of a descendant, a thief and a murderer. Eventually, his original personality took hold, though before long, it was revealed that he was pretty brutal in the old days as well. Twisting various other legacy heroes to his ways, he formed his own team, took over his home country (killing the dictator in charge), and became a huge AntiHero character. He gained and lost a new family once his new team broke up, as Isis and Osiris were brutally killed in the ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' event, and he became a genocidal maniac as a result. Shazam has finally decided to punish him by turning him into a statue, and until the ComicBook/{{New 52}} reboot, he remained stuck that way.

A very different version of Black Adam appears in the alternate continuity of ''Billy Batson and the Power of Shazam''. This version is a fellow schoolmate of Billy's who can nonetheless transform into the adult Black Adam.
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* AllYourPowersCombined: Shu's Stamina, Heru's Swiftness and flight, Amon's Strength, Zehuti's Wisdom, Aton's Power, and Mehen's Courage.
* AntiHero: Type V; a defining modern example. Despite being a hero on the JSA, he had no problem with killing people, finally quitting the team when they let Kobra go rather than see anyone die.
* TheAtoner: Initially, he joins the JSA to prove himself a hero, decrying the actions of Theo Adam. It doesn't turn out too well.
* BreakoutCharacter[=/=]BreakoutVillain: Despite being a one-shot character in the Golden Age (who died in his one and only appearance), he was brought back in the 1970s for good, and proved to be a massively popular character in the 90s, eventually starring in his own miniseries, joining the JSA, and being a big player in the DCU. In fact, it got to the point where Black Adam has more presence in the DCU than the Big Red Cheese himself.
* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: "Shazam!"
* CantTakeCriticism: If he feels you are anything less than respectful in his presence, that's more than enough reason for him to end you. Insulting him directly, makes him even more vicious.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: 5,000 years ago, his methods were grade-A heroic.
* EnfanteTerrible: In ''Billy Batson and the Power of Shazam''.
* EvilCounterpart: Inverted. While Theo Adam didn't transform into Black Adam until after Billy had become Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel himself was originally created as the good counterpoint to the ancient Black Adam, who Shazam knew could be reawakened.
* FallenHero: Black Adam was once a great hero in ancient Egypt, but fell to evil. He's tried to clean up his act in recent years, but is still an antihero at best.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: His ''New 52'' incarnation is confused and disoriented by the modern day, at first.
* FlyingBrick
* GeniusBruiser: Black Adam is sometimes written this way, at least when he's a protagonist. Unlike with Captain Marvel, there's no supernatural element present. When he's a villain, for the record, he is typically of average intelligence.
* {{Gorn}}: Various writers and artists could be said to indulge themselves to this with Adam stories, as he has Superman-level powers and no problems with killing. His mini-series was particularly bad. He's shred limbs, torn people in half, stomped people into goo, and punched a guy's metal mask through his face.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor
* HeroesEvilPredecessor: was previously empowered by Shazam but turned evil, meaning Captain Marvel was recruited to replace him.
* KnightTemplar
* LoveMakesYouEvil:
** In some continuities' backstories, Adam was denounced and banished by the wizard for falling in love with an evil woman (such as Blaze in ''The Power of Shazam!'' or Princess Jemai in the Filmation cartoon). Of course, Adam doesn't see his lover as evil, hence his anger at the wizard.
** His ''New 52'' incarnation turned evil because he wanted to use his power to get back at the people who killed his family.
* NighInvulnerability: There's not much out there that can hurt Black Adam; there have been times when neither he nor Captain Marvel could hurt the other.
* PointyEars: Inexplicably. At first it was probably to give him a demonic appearance, but now it's just TheArtifact (and makes him look like the ComicBook/SubMariner's long-lost twin).
* {{Reincarnation}}: Theo Adam is a descendant and reincarnation of the original Teth-Adam.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: He demolishes an entire ''country'', a Libya-stand-in called Bialya, when he finds out they allied with those who murdered Osiris and Isis.
* SuperReflexes
* TakenForGranite: Turned into a statue as punishment by the wizard Shazam after giving up his powers. [[ForegoneConclusion He's still in this state to this day.]]
* ThouShaltNotKill: Averted withe extreme prejudice.
* TokenEvilTeammate: During his tenure with the JSA.
* VillainousFriendship: Strikes one up with Sinestro during ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'', due to their similar ideologies.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: In Ancient Egypt, he was close friends with Katar Hol (Hawkman's original persona) and Nabu (the original Doctor Fate persona).
* WellIntentionedExtremist

[[WMG:ComicBook/{{Isis}}]]
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->'''AKA:''' Adrianna Tomaz

* BackFromTheDead: She was killed by the Horseman of Pestilence, but revived by EvilSorcerer Felix Faust to torment Adam. It backfired when she castrated him with her bare hands.
* CorruptTheCutie. Having her home destroyed, being killed, being resurrected to be used as a sex slave by Felix Faust, being turned to stone, and being resurrected again definitely ruined any sunny outlook she originally had about life.
* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: "O Mighty Isis!" or "I am Isis!"
* CanonImmigrant: She was originally the star of a short-lived TV show from the '70s, though the comic version bears little resemblance to the original. This is because DC doesn't own the rights to the TV series version of the character, but have the loophole that the name "Isis" is in the public domain.
* ElementalPowers
* FriendToAllChildren / FriendToAllLivingThings
* FertileFeet
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Currently good.
* KnightTemplar: After her resurrection. To the point she declared Kahndaq a closed state to all foreign influence with the consequence of foreign intrusion being another World War III event caused by her.
* MindOverMatter
* MoralityPet: She used to be this for Adam by encouraging him to use his powers to improve his country and placating his temper when he gets wrathful, but her eventual last words that Adam was correct in his vicious approach and that he should obtain vengeance before her death after Kahndaq was attacked terminated that status.
* StuffedIntoTheFridge
* TakenForGranite: Unlike Adam, she was freed from this fate.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Not originally, but she slips into genocidal mode after Black Adam frees her from Felix Faust's control. After Osiris reverts her back to normal from her stone state, she keeps slipping back from maniacal to good until Osiris is able to get her back to sanity.

[[WMG:Osiris]]
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->'''AKA:''' Amon Tomaz

* AGodAmI: Thinks it's okay to kill normal people because of his godlike powers.
* AxCrazy: What he became.
* BackFromTheDead: Thanks to the White Light in ''ComicBook/BlackestNight''.
* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: "Black Adam!"
* EvilCounterpart: In a sense and then played straight. He started out as the Black Marvel Family's answer to Captain Marvel Jr. but wasn't a bad person. Then when he died and came back he gradually became more selfish and prone to violence until he basically became the Marvel Family's answer to Superboy-Prime.
* FaceHeelTurn: No longer cares who he kills or how many so long as he gets results.
* {{Flanderization}}: Started out as a NaiveNewcomer unaware of the stigma attached to Black Adam. Then became disillusioned and feared he was cursed by Adam's power before he was killed by his seeming friend Sobek. After his undead heroic sacrifice in ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' he became the TokenGoodTeammate of Slade's mercenary team before gradually become self-deluded, completely selfish, and completely willing to spill blood to get what he wants.
* IgnoredEpiphany: In a sense. After being revived as a Black Lantern, Amon was somehow in control of his mind and body, and managed to pull a heroic sacrifice stopping Black Lantern Sobek. Then he came back from the dead and helped killed Ryan Choi.
%%* ItsAllAboutMe
* NaiveNewcomer: What he started out as in the ''ComicBook/TeenTitans''.
%%* PsychoElectro
* ShockAndAwe: Emits lightning bolts by speaking his sister's name.
* SpoiledBrat: He was once succintly summed up as a spoiled child with delusions of grandeur and his actions with his abilities tend to corroborate that notion
* StuffedIntoTheFridge
* TokenGoodTeammate: To Deathstroke's Titans at first, but he quickly slips into evil.
* UnwittingPawn: Of Blaze, in ''Titans''.

[[WMG:Sobek / Famine]]
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->'''AKA:''' Yurrd the Unknown

* BackFromTheDead: Although his "soul" is still "alive", his mortal remains were reanimated as a [[ComicBook/BlackestNight Black Lantern]].
* BigEater: On account of being a crocodile. And, y'know, ''the living personification of hunger''.
* DarkChick: Of the Four Horsemen. He's the least powerful and most erratic.
* EvilCounterpart: Of Tawky Tawny.
* TheFarmerAndTheViper: "What use is love to a reptile? My blood is cold!"
* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: Or rather [[ComicBook/NewGods Apokolips]]. He's Famine.
* IAmAHumanitarian: Again, Famine. He's pretty hungry.
* TheMole: For Intergang.
* ObfuscatingStupidity
* PhraseCatcher: "Oh, Sobek!"
* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: His essence is currently inside Dr. Veronica Cale.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Villains]]

[[WMG:Aunt Minerva]]
->'''AKA:''' (Name Unknown)

The former wife of a deceased gang lord, Minerva proved herself very adept at taking over and running his crime ring, and now spends her time constantly searching for (often unwilling) candidates to be her next husband.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer / StalkerWithACrush: She is disturbingly devoted in her love for Captain Marvel, once fretting that he'd think something terrible had happened to her because she'd only written him ten letters that day.
* BlackWidow: Oddly enough, subverted; she's had five previous husbands, but it's never implied to be anything but a case of very bad luck. She's not even much of a GoldDigger.
* EvilOldFolks
* LadyAndKnight: Dark Lady type. Her main hang-up seems to be falling for ''powerful'' men, regardless of whether they're good or bad, that can protect her from harm (despite not needing their help in the slightest). As a result, she's become smitten with Captain Marvel, Sivana, Ibac -- even Uncle Dudley, when he fought off the goons of another mob boss seeking revenge on her.

[[WMG:Blaze]]
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->'''AKA:''' Angelica Blaze

One of Shazam's children, the demoness Blaze battles her brother Satanus for control of their Hell dimension.
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* AntagonisticOffspring: To her father, Shazam.
* TheCorrupter: Of both Black Adam[[note]]though this was later retconned out[[/note]] and Osiris.
* DemonLordsAndArchdevils
* HalfHumanHybrids
* LeanAndMean
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Originally a {{Superman}} villain, but shifted to the Shazam cast when it turned out the Wizard was her father.
* SiblingRivalry: With her brother Lord Satanus.
* WickedWitch

[[WMG:Captain Nazi]]
->'''AKA:''' Albrecht Krieger
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A Nazi super soldier and enemy of Captain Marvel who, in both Pre-and-Post-Crisis continuities crippled Freddy Freeman and murdered his grandfather. He's served in several supervillain teams since then, but always returns to clash with the Marvels, and Captain Marvel Jr. in particular.
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* AnthropomorphicPersonification: May or may not be one for Nazism.
* {{Archenemy}}: Of Captain Marvel Jr.
* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: Once, Black Adam asked how he came back after a sure death. He explains that as long as at least one person in the world believes in the ideals of Nazism, he can never die.
* BadassCape: Sometimes.
* TheCaptain: Evil example.
* ChestInsignia: His swastika.
* DependingOnTheWriter: In some stories, his level of admiration for Hitler himself -- although he is staunchly devoted to Nazi ideals, he distastefully notes once or twice how Hitler's brunette hair and ill health was a sign of genetic impurity, and thinks of himself as [[HolierThanThou a much more fitting example of "the perfect Aryan leader"]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His brother, to a lesser degree, his great-niece, and of course, UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.
* EvilOldFolks: In current continuity, he's over 115 years old, even if he doesn't look it.
* TheGoodCaptain: Averted.
* HeroWorshipper: Of Hitler.
* HeManWomanHater: Extremely misogynistic, even towards his own great-niece.
* {{Jerkass}}: A dick to everybody, including his brother and great-niece.
* KickTheDog: In the middle of a battle with Captain Marvel, Captain Nazi took time off to murder Freddy's grandfather and cripple him. Why? For the heck of it. He later came back and tried to finish Freddy off. Why? Because he doesn't like the fact that the public is sympathizing with the kid.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Nazis weren't very good people.
* ObviouslyEvil: What part of "Captain Nazi" do you not understand?
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Racist, misogynistic, and a dick in general.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] for his Golden Age incarnation, who had super-strength without a proportionate level of invulnerability.
* SuperSoldier: A Nazi version.
* ThoseWackyNazis: It's even in his name.
* UngratefulBastard: Freddy and his grandfather saved Captain Nazi from drowning. He promptly killed the latter and crippled the former. Why? As he puts it, [[TheFarmerAndTheViper "Might as well ask, 'Why is the sky blue?'"]] He later tries to kill Theo Adam after the latter helps him escape from prison.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Has a swastika on his chest.

[[WMG:Chain Lightning]]
->'''AKA:''' Amy
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A troubled girl with electrical powers and a fractured personality, Amy was saved by Captain Marvel Jr. when she tried to commit suicide. She eventually developed a crush on him, which the three alternate personalities (Amber, The Inner Child, and Id) skewed into a dangerous obsession.
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* AbusiveDad: Referenced by The Inner Child.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Her costume stops her from overloading and killing herself, and helps to keep the other three under control.
* DeathSeeker: Amy can definitely come off like this.
* DrivenToSuicide: Amy tried to kill herself during a brief period when she was in control.
* EnemyWithout: When Chain Lightning drained the three Captain Marvels of their powers, all three of her alternate personalities manifested independently of Amy.
* EnfanteTerrible: The form taken by The Inner Child when manifested.
* EnergyAbsorption: Can drain electricity from anything, including the Marvel Family.
* {{Foil}}: To Freddy, who is more or less emotionally stable, but physically crippled, while she is physically fine, but too mentally damaged to live her own life.
* HeroicSacrifice: Amy makes a variant on one when she absorbs Amber, The Inner Child, and Id back into herself, losing her mind again in order to save Junior.
* InsanityDefence: Gets off on this, and with good cause, seeing as Amy isn't the one who actually breaks the law.
* ItsAllAboutMe: The Amber persona evidences traits of this.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy[=/=]LoveMakesYouEvil: Seeing Captain Marvel Jr. holding hands with Mary Marvel was enough to trigger a relapse, shortly after her release from the hospital.
* ManOfKryptonite: With a big enough charge, she can force the Marvel family to revert to their normal forms.
* TheMentallyIll: Amy's a depressed, suicidal girl, with three alternate personalities in addition to her own, who has to be heavily medicated in order to stay functional.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: When under Amber's influence she tries to kill anybody she sees as standing between herself and Junior.
* OnlyOneName: None of her personas have last names.
* PsychoElectro: Very unbalanced and possessed of electric powers.
* ShockAndAwe
* SplitPersonality: Three personalities, plus Amy.
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: Amber is usually dominant.
* StalkerWithACrush
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Amber's costumes tend to be along these lines when she manifests physically.
* TragicVillain: Amy's an innocent girl who just happens to suffer from a crippling mental illness.
* VillainousCrush: On Captain Marvel Jr.

[[WMG:Doctor Sivana]]
->'''AKA:''' Thaddeus Bodog Sivana, Sr.
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The world's foremost MadScientist, Doctor Thaddeus Bodog Sivana is a spiteful, petty, raving troll of a man who will settle for nothing less than total global domination... if only he can get rid of that Big Red Cheese first.

The Golden Age version was a typical mad scientist who dreamed of not only ruling the world, but the entire universe. With the ability to whip up any gadget he can think of (as well as escape prison at a whim by ''literally walking through the walls'' - it's scientific!), he caused much more trouble than you'd imagine a small gremlin like him could cause. A little-known fact is that, at one point, [[AbortedArc he was explicitly stated to be the current human avatar of Pride, one of the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man]].

The Post-crisis version followed Lex Luthor's example, starting as the CEO of Sivana Industries. However, his battles with Captain Marvel led to his financial ruin, which caused him to slip deeper and deeper into insanity. He was also the employer of Theo Adam, and accidentally provided him with the scarab that turned him into Black Adam; he later helped create the Four Horsemen who killed Isis and Osiris. Today, Sivana is a rogue scientist who has allied himself with the Secret Society of Super-Villains, the Injustice League, and the Oolong Island Science Squad.

In the alternate continuity of Jeff Smith's ''The Monster Society of Evil'', Sivana is US Attorney-General, and betrays the human race to Mister Mind in exchange for his advanced technology.
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* ArchEnemy: Was Captain Marvel's archnemesis during the GoldenAge (appearing in fully half his stories) and proudly proclaims himself the holder of this title in ''The Power of Shazam''. Although these days he's more or less lost this status to Black Adam.
* BaldOfEvil
* BigBad: Especially during the GoldenAge.
* CardCarryingVillain: He proudly proclaims himself the World's Wickedest Scientist.
* CatchPhrase: A relic of the former popularity of the series, his CatchPhrase is now more famous by far than he is: "Curses! Foiled again!"
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Starts out as one in modern continuity, only to lose it all during Captain Marvel's origin story.
* DastardlyWhiplash: He invokes a few of these traits, including his EvilLaugh and CatchPhrase "Curses! Foiled Again!"
* DirtyCoward: Sometimes portrayed this way, particularly in the ''Monster Society of Evil'' continuity.
* EmbarrassingFirstName[=/=]EmbarrassingMiddleName: Thaddeus Bodog Sivana. You'd be evil too if that was your name.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His children, and not just the evil ones. In ''The Power of Shazam'', when he and Captain Marvel are escaping from the Venusian worms, he is insistent that they also have to free his son Magnificus, who is very much the WhiteSheep of the family.
* EvilCripple: Downplayed. Sivana is sometimes portrayed as needing the aid of a cane to walk due to his age.
* EvilGenius: Provides the page image.
* EvilLaugh: "Heh! Heh! Heh!"
** In one story, this is even the tip-off for Billy that he's actually arrested an IdenticalStranger that Sivana himself kidnapped and framed - in all the time they were talking, the man didn't laugh like Sivana even once!
* EvilMakesYouUgly: His ''New 52'' incarnation starts off looking normal, until he's exposed to magic. As the sort goes on it starts warping his appearance, and by the end of it he's got the usual pointed ears, hunched posture and yellowed teeth.
* EvilOldFolks: No age has ever been given for Sivana, but given his wizened appearance, his adult children, and the fact that he leans on a cane, he has to be well into his sixties at least.
* {{Expy}}: In ''First Thunder'' and ''The Power of Shazam'' graphic novel, he's one for the modern day Luthor.
* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: His daughter Georgia and son Thaddeus Jr. frequently assisted in his criminal enterprises during the GoldenAge.
* FantasticScience: To the point where he could do math equations that let him walk through walls in the GoldenAge.
* ForTheEvulz: Best summed up by the assassin Merlyn, who, when discussing why people kill comments that "[[ComicBook/LexLuthor Luthor]] and [[TheFlash Grodd]] do it for power. [[TheJoker Joker]] and Sivana do it for kicks."
* FourEyesZeroSoul
* LeanAndMean: A skeleton.
* MadScientist: The UrExample in Franchise/TheDCU, and a classic one to this day.
** Arguably the TropeCodifier. Aside from his CatchPhrase being an early MemeticMutation ("Curses! Foiled again!"), he was one of the first times that every single facet of the modern stereotype came together: [[BaldOfEvil a bald head]], an EvilLaugh, using FantasticScience, having FourEyesZeroSoul, always wearing a LabCoatOfScienceAndMedicine, possesssing a MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate, [[ShorterMeansSmarter reduced]] [[DepravedDwarf height]], trying to TakeOverTheWorld -- he's the full package, to the point where most pictures of mad scientists that ''don't'' feature EinsteinHair likely look like a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute of Sivana.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizen: Comes up to Captain Marvel's waist.
* MisanthropeSupreme: Subverted in the 90s comics, where he appears to have sold out the human race to the Venusian worms, but was actually being braincontrolled by one of them. Played straight in ''Monster Society of Evil'', where he does betray humanity to Mister Mind in exchange for access to his advanced technologies.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Though he does at least legitimately hold a doctorate.
* ObviouslyEvil: Just look at the guy!
* RichesToRags: In the 90s comic.
* TheRival: ''First Thunder'' portrays him as one for ComicBook/LexLuthor.
* ScaryShinyGlasses
* ScaryTeeth: Has a positively enormous overbite, with teeth almost overlapping across his bottom lip. Georgia and Thaddeus Jr. bear it as well.
* ShorterMeansSmarter: He's a genius, and incredibly short. One of the few other Shazam characters smarter than him is Mr. Mind... who's only a few inches tall.
* TakeOverTheWorld: His stated goals are, in no particular order--1) Become Rightful Ruler of the Universe in fact as well as in name; 2) Spread evil, wickedness, and nastiness throughout the cosmos; and 3) humiliate, discredit, and ultimately KILL CAPTAIN MARVEL! ''Heh heh heh!''
* TheyCalledMeMad: The original version turned to villainy when his colleagues scorned his innovative theories. Unfortunately, this sparked a megalomaniacal grudge against humanity so insanely intense that when Captain Marvel revealed his beneficial inventions (that Sivana considered useless for his criminal plans) to the world and it granted him the Nobel Prize for Physics in gratitude, Sivana considered it an ''insult!''
* UglyGuyHotWife: Which explains why two of his kids didn't turn out hideous.

[[WMG:Georgia Sivana]]
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Dr. Sivana's youngest daughter, and the twin sister of Thaddeus Sivana Jr, Georgia Sivana inherited her father's meanstreak, and regrettably, his looks. A miserable, resentful girl, she frequently clashed with the Marvels (and Mary Marvel in particular) during the GoldenAge; she hasn't appeared much since.
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* ACupAngst: Contemplates using superscience to make herself curvier.
* {{Archenemy}}: One could make a case for her being Mary Marvel's during the GoldenAge.
* CardCarryingVillain
* DaddysLittleVillain
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Her father Dr. Sivana, and her twin brother, Thaddeus Jr.
* FourEyesZeroSoul
* GenerationXerox: Looks like her father in drag and acts like him too.
* LeanAndMean: Almost emaciated. [[DependingOnTheArtist Jack Binder's original design]] also gave her [[HugeSchoolgirl three or four inches on Mary]].
* MadScientist
* NerdGlasses
* ProgressivelyPrettier: In the Golden Age she looked like her father in a wig. See above for her modern look.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Both her and her brother weren't mentioned in all previous stories dealing only with Beautia and Magnificus, but apparently both were being raised in secret on Venus until they finally became teenagers. [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief The fact that they each found similar members of the Marvel Family to fight against was merely a coincidence]].
* TheResenter: Towards her pretty older sister Beautia.
* ShorterMeansSmarter: The shortest of Sivana's kids, and probably the smartest after him.
* TeensAreMonsters: She's not growing out of the "awkward age" any time soon.
* TheUnfavorite: She along with her brother are blatantly disliked by her mother, Venus, and her siblings Beautia and Magnificus for taking after their father in appearance and his mad scientist tendencies. Her mother derogatorily refers to her and her brother as "The Butterfaces" in ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' and angrily told her to be silent over complaining about how her hair was ruined while coddling Beautia over the same issue after Sobek smashed through their home.

[[WMG:Thaddeus Sivana, Jr.]]
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Dr. Sivana's youngest son, and the twin brother of Georgia Sivana. Like his sister and her antipathy towards Mary, he found a nemesis of his own in Freddy Freeman, having been introduced to Captain Marvel Jr. by his father specifically to keep Freddy out of his way (also like his sister).
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* {{Archenemy}}: To the entire Marvel Family, but specifically Captain Marvel, Jr.
* CardCarryingVillain
* DaddysLittleVillain
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His father, Dr. Thaddeus Sivana, and his sister, Georgia.
* FourEyesZeroSoul
* GenerationXerox: It's even commented upon in one story that he'll grow up to look exactly like his father once he loses his hair.
* ImpossiblyTackyClothes: Aside from the omnipresent lab coat, he's often dressed like an old-timey golfer below the waist, with puffy black pants, argyle socks and brown loafers. It's not a good look.
* LeanAndMean: Extremely gangly, and even nastier than that.
* MadScientist: As his father.
* NerdGlasses
* OneHeadTaller: The second-tallest kid in the family, right behind the Herculean [[TheGiant Magnificus]]. [[DependingOnTheArtist Some artists, however]], shrink him down to about Georgia's height to accentuate their similarities.
* RememberTheNewGuy: First he, then Georgia were introduced this way (see above).
* TheUnfavorite: He along with his sister, Georgia, are blatantly disliked by their mother, Venus, and their siblings Beautia and Magnificus for taking after their father in appearance and his mad scientist tendencies.
* TeensAreMonsters: Not only is he [[MoodSwinger much more irritable and temperamental]] than either Thaddeus Sr. or Georgia, a great number of his crimes (aside from the occasional bid for world domination) are simply practical and cruel in nature, such as petty theft, delinquency or victimizing poor disabled Freddy - either to stop his interference, or just for the fun of it.

[[WMG:Ibac]]
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->'''AKA:''' Stanley "Stinky" Printwhistle

A scrawny criminal who gains Caligula's cruelty, Ivan the Terrible's ability to inspire terror, Ceasare Borgia's cunning and Atilla the Hun's ferocity when he says "Ibac". Somehow this results in a DumbMuscle bruiser who poses little threat to anyone with superpowers.
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* BaldOfEvil
* TheBrute
* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: Saying "Ibac!" sees him gain the powers of some of the worst people in history.
* DumbMuscle
* EvilCounterpart: Was intended by Satan to be this to Captain Marvel. It didn't work out.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: The milquetoast Stanley keeps trying to reform, but [[EvilFeelsGood the temptation of becoming the monster once again is simply too much for him to stand]].
* {{Retcon}}: His "Curse of Shazam" version changes everything about him, making Ibac his actual name, and turning him into a warlord who lived several thousand years ago, calling him "the man who invented evil".
* UnfortunateNames: Bearing the name "'Stinky' Printwhistle" is not a fate to be wished on anybody.
* VillainDecay: IBAC started out as seeming like a pretty credible threat, especially with being given his powers by Satan himself and among Captain Marvel's first super-powered enemies besides. By the end of his second appearance, though, Cap was actively toying with him before finally taking him out. The rest of their Golden Age battles were similarly one-sided, although they were trying a little harder when DC relaunched the series

[[WMG:King Kull]]
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Former ruler of the "Submen", a brutish but technologically skilled humanoid race that ruled over early man until being overthrown in a sudden revolution. Now set free after eons of suspended animation, he plots to conquer the modern world anew.

* EvilLaugh: In sharp contrast to Sivana's high-pitched, wheezy chuckle, his is a booming, throaty guffaw.
* GeniusBruiser: He doesn't really look like one, but he ''was'' the king of a technologically advanced species.
* SuperStrength
* {{Ultraterrestrials}}: He comes from a race of super-advanced cavemen.

[[WMG:Madame Libertine]]

The great-niece of Captain Nazi, and granddaughter of his MadScientist brother, Wolf, Madame Libertine is a committed Neo-Nazi who possesses the power to make people lose their inhibitions. She has a rocky relationship with her misogynistic great-uncle, yet aids him nonetheless.
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* DaddysLittleVillain: Grandfather's little villain anyways.
* InTheBlood: Her grandfather is a Nazi scientis, her great-uncle is Captain Nazi.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Every bit the Nazi that her grandfather and great-uncle are.
* ThoseWackyNazis

[[WMG:Mister Mind]]
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[[caption-width-right:252:Post-Crisis Mister Mind]]

An evil worm (or caterpillar) from Venus, Mister Mind uses his telepathic powers to try and rule the world. The Pre-Crisis, GoldenAge Mind wore spectacles, used a voice box to communicate with regular humans, and ran a group called The Monster Society of Evil, which included most of Captain Marvel's major enemies, and tried to sabotage Allied efforts during WWII.

Despite what you might be expecting after reading the above, he's one of the few Captain Marvel villains who ''isn't'' PlayedForLaughs Post-Crisis. Reimagined as a more realistic looking caterpillar, Mind's telepathic powers were made far more potent, making him one of the most powerful psychics in the DCU. He tried to pave the way for his species to invade Earth, and following his defeat hijacked Sarge Steel and tried to trigger a nuclear holocaust, destroying Mary Marvel's hometown of Fairfield in the process. Since then, he's evolved into the Hyperfly and tried to devour the multiverse, clashed with Lex Luthor on behalf of the [[ComicBook/TheBlackRing Zone Child]], and remained a major player in the Post-Crisis world.

A version of Mind also appears in the AlternateUniverse of ''The Monster Society of Evil'', as a tiny snake from another dimension who invades Earth with his army of monsters and giant robots, manipulating the likes of Dr. Sivana to serve his purposes.
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* AliensAreBastards: His entire species was pretty godawful, a fact that Mind acknowledges during a conversation with Captain and Mary Marvel.
* AlienInvasion: The scout for an alien invasion from Venus.
* {{Archenemy}}: To the Marvel Family as a whole, in both the GoldenAge and UsefulNotes/{{the Dark Age|of Comic Books}} & ModernAge of Comic Books. Individual enemies like Sivana and Captain Nazi have claims on Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr., but when it comes to threatening the Marvels as a group, nobody holds a candle to Mister Mind.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Creates a hallucination of himself growing to several hundred feet and then rampaging through Washington and the White House.
* BadassBookworm: Surprisingly resilient for something so small, Mind manages to give the Captains a good fight after climbing into his PoweredArmour.
* BattleInTheCentreOfTheMind: Takes on Luthor this way in ''The Black Ring''.
* BigBad: Of the Monster Society of Evil, and numerous arcs in the comics, with and without the Society behind him. He was also the BigBad in Jeff Smith's "Monster Society of Evil", which takes place in an alternate universe.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Let's see -- he's immune to electricity, hibernates when frozen, can survive beatings no one should be able to, can breed without mating, and oh yeah, can pass his memories onto his offspring via a strand of RNA.
* BreakoutCharacter[=/=]BreakoutVillain: Mister Mind has gone onto be a much bigger player in the larger DC Universe than Captain Marvel has.
* CardCarryingVillain: During the 1940s when he ran a "School of Evil". The modern version of the character drops these qualities in favour of a more classic AlienInvasion.
* TheChessmaster
* DependingOnTheArtist: How many legs he has, how long he is, and how anthropomorphic he looks.
* EvilGenius
* EvilVsEvil: Has clashed with ComicBook/LexLuthor in the pages of ''Action Comics''.
* EvilerThanThou: With Dr. Sivana in ''The Power of Shazam''. Mind won out.
* HiveMind: The only survivor of one, he has all the powers of everyone who was ever connected to him.
* HiveQueen: Hive King actually, controlling every single one of his larvae.
* HumongousMecha: Brings three giant robots to invade Earth and scour it of life in "Monster Society of Evil." From his perspective, the PoweredArmour he used in ''Power of Shazam'' is probably an example of this as well.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Played with in ''ComicBook/TheBlackRing''. Mind goes through a lot of trauma and would be sympathetic -- but, as Luthor reminds himself, this is the being that nuked a city and tried to devour the multiverse.
* ItsPersonal: With the Marvels after he nukes Fairfield.
* KangarooCourt: Found himself on the end of one when he was arrested with a six-digit killcount. Not even his attorney would defend him. Sounds unfair, but... it's Mr. Mind.
* KarmaHoudini: Post-Crisis Mind was last scene making his escape into deep space with Luthor's Lois Lane robot as a bodysuit. The reboot happened immediately afterwards, so he never got his commeuppance.
* KillAllHumans: Tries this in his second appearance in ''The Power of Shazam'', attempting to arrange a nuclear holocaust.
* KnightOfCerebus: In ''The Power of Shazam'', where he enslaved minds, mutated Sinclair Batson into a twisted mess, blew up Fairfield and threatened the world with nuclear annihilation, a far cry from the petty criminals that Captain Marvel normally dealt with.
* LaughablyEvil: When he went up against Luthor in ''Action Comics''.
* TheLeader: Of the Monster Society of Evil in both the GoldenAge and Jeff Smith's version.
* MadeOfIron: Mind has survived freezing, blowing up, being thrown off a skyscraper, and numerous other events that should kill a human, let alone a being of his size. His BizarreAlienBiology may be a part of this.
* TheManBehindTheCurtain: In his first confrontation with Captain Marvel in the GoldenAge he only talked through media, or intermediary bodies he had possessed, and never revealed himself. As a result, it was quite a surprise to find out the fearsome Mister Mind actually was a mere worm. The same thing happens in Jeff Smith's "Monster Society of Evil", where Mind hides inside a giant robot, and when asked to show himself, uses a much larger projection. Billy and Mary are quite shocked when they meet the real Mister Mind.
* TheManBehindTheMonsters: In ''The Monster Society of Evil'', he has an army of talking alien alligators, centaurs, cyclopes, and other strange beings at his disposal.
* MeaningfulName: Mister Mind is a telepath, and an immensely intelligent one at that.
* MindRape: Does it to Sarge Steel and Luthor.
* TheNapoleon: Exaggerated. He's a two-inch long worm with dreams of world conquest.
* {{Narcissist}}: Of the kind that reacts to humiliation with a nuclear strike. Mind's all about feeding his ego, and can't bear anything that might make him seem weak.
* NiceHat: Dons a [[http://youarecomicscomicsblog.blogspot.ca/2011/10/what-makes-mister-mind-so-great.html black cowboy hat]] when threatening Luthor during ''ComicBook/TheBlackRing''. Justified, as they are in a western-style fantasy, and Luthor is perceiving Mind as the villain or "black hat".
* NukeEm: Tries to cause a nuclear holocaust in ''The Power of Shazam'' and succeeds in obliterating the town of Fairfield with the atomic robot Mister Atom.
* OmnicidalManiac: During ''ComicBook/52'' when he evolves into The Hyperfly and tries to devour the multiverse.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: A Golden Age comic gave him a killcount of 186,744 people. This was ''before'' he TookALevelInBadass.
* PoweredArmour: Mind has an eight-foot tall suit that he dons to fight Captain Marvel and Mary Marvel head on. From his point of view it's probably more of a HumongousMecha.
* {{Pride}}: Easily his big sin.
* PsychicPowers: Including {{telepath}}y and MindRape.
* PuppeteerParasite: Can control you from a distance via telepathy, or crawl in your ear for total mental domination.
* RealityWarper: During ''52'' as The Hyperfly, which was able to eat portions of space/time.
* RedBaron: Much as Sivana is the "World's Wickedest Scientist", Mind has sparingly been referred to by the title of "World's Wickedest Worm".
* RobotMaster: Has regularly used robots to do his fighting for him.
* ShorterMeansSmarter: Only a few inches tall, arguably the smartest person in the whole series.
* StarfishAliens: He's a two-inch alien worm.
* {{Telepath}}: One of the strongest ones in the DCU.
* TrulySingleParent: Produces large numbers of larval offspring whom he then mind controls into doing his bidding.

[[WMG:Sabbac I]]
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->'''AKA:''' Timothy Karnes

Freddy Freeman's former foster brother, Timothy Karnes used black magic to contact Hell and gain powers from six of the most powerful archdevils and demon lords in existence. When he says "Sabbac" he is transformed into a green-robed version of himself, empowered by the demons in much the same the Marvel Family is empowered by its benefactors.
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* AllYourPowersCombined: Has Satan's Strength, Any's Invulnerability, Belial's Wisdom, Beelzebub's Flames, Asmodeus' Courage, and Craeteis' Flight.
* BaldOfEvil
* BlackMagic
* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: "Sabbac!"
* CainAndAbel: He and Freddy were once foster brothers.
* DemonLordsAndArchDevils: Sabbac is powered by six of them: Satan, Aym, Belial, Beelzebub, Asmodeus, and Crateis.
* EvilCounterpart: A better one than Ibac.
* EvilSorceror: How he got his start.
* FlyingBrick
* PlayingWithFire
* SuperPoweredEvilSide

[[WMG:Sabbac II]]
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->'''AKA:''' Ishmael Gregor

A Russian mob boss with a serious craving for power, Ishmael Gregor killed the original Sabbac and stole his power in a black magic ritual, transforming into a new version of Sabbac that stood several stories tall.
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* AllYourPowersCombined: Has Satan's Strength, Any's Invulnerability, Belial's Wisdom, Beelzebub's Flames, Asmodeus' Courage, and Craeteis' Flight.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: He's grown to giant size once or twice.
* BreathWeapon
* DemonLordsAndArchdevils: Powered by the same six demon lords who empowered the original Sabbac.
* EvilCounterpart
* FlyingBrick
* GeniusBruiser: Far smarter than the original Sabbac.
* HuskyRusskie
* {{Kaiju}}: A multistory monster.
* LegacyCharacter
* ManOfWealthAndTaste
* NighInvulnerability
* PlayingWithFire
* SuperReflexes
* SuperStrength
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Other Heroes]]

In addition to the Marvel Family, Fawcett City is home to various other heroes, mostly drawn from DC's acquisitions from Creator/FawcettComics.

[[WMG:Bulletman and Bulletgirl]]
->'''AKA:''' Jim and Susan Barr

[[WMG:Ibis the Invincible]]
->'''AKA:''' Amentep

[[WMG:Minute-Man]]
->'''AKA:''' Jack Weston

[[WMG:Mister Scarlet and Pinky the Whiz Kid]]
->'''AKA:''' Brian and Pinkerton Butler

[[WMG:Spy Smasher]]
->'''AKA:''' Alan Armstrong

[[WMG:Kid Eternity]]
-> '''AKA:''' Kit Freeman

A boy who died before his time, and was given the ability to return to Earth (with his guardian, Mr. Keeper, the angel who messed up the books) and summon historical, legendary, and mythical figures to aid him by saying the word "Eternity!"

* CanonWelding: Pre-Crisis, he was unrelated to the Marvels (and his real name was unrevealed), but in the 1970s, he was retconned into being Freddy Freeman's brother. They further retconned it so that Kit had died in Freddy's place.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Post-Crisis, they changed his origin so that he'd gone to Hell instead of Heaven, Mr. Keeper was a demon instead of an angel, and the "historical figures" he summoned were more demons in disguise.

[[WMG:The Squadron of Justice]]

A team of super-heroes brought together by the god Mercury, the informally-named Squadron of Justice[[note]]they were only called by this name on one cover[[/note]] was the Earth-S counterpart to Earth-1's [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]] and Earth-2's [[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica Justice Society]]. Comprised of Captain Marvel, the Lieutenant Marvels, Bulletman, Bulletgirl, Ibis, Mister Scarlet, and Pinky, they came together to rescue Shazam from the clutches of King Kull. They won the day with the aid of the JLA and JSA. The Squadron of Justice does not exist post-Crisis.

* CanonDiscontinuity
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Others]]

[[WMG:Sterling Morris]]

Sterling Morris is the owner of WHIZ Radio in Fawcett City in the original and current continuities, and the owner of SNN and WHIZ TV in the Earth-5 continuity. As such, he's Billy Batson's boss.

* HonestCorporateExecutive: In all continuities he's more than willing to hire Billy to work as a correspondent. In ''The Monster Society of Evil'', he accepts Captain Marvel's claims that Sivana is corrupt, despite Cap being on Sivana's wanted list.
** That said, he sometimes acknowledges that his media empire ''is'' a business, and he admits that Billy Batson's reporting is fantastic for ratings.
* DaEditor: In addition to owning the radio (or TV) station, he personally oversees its operations and programming.

[[WMG:Helen Fidelity]]

Helen Fidelity is a reporter for SNN and WHIZ TV, who meets and befriends Captain Marvel, Billy, and their friends during Mr. Mind's invasion in ''The Monster Society of Evil,'' and appears in the SequelSeries, ''Comicbook/BillyBatsonAndTheMagicOfShazam.''

* CanonForeigner: So far, Helen's only shown up on Earth-5.
* {{Expy}}: For ComicBook/LoisLane.
* FavorsForTheSexy: After getting a job at WHIZ, Billy goes out of his way to buy her a latte and muffin every day.
* HotScoop: Billy seems to think so, anyway.
* PunnyName
* TookALevelInKindness: She's rather unfriendly and rude to Billy when she first meets him. Later on she accepts him as a friend, and treats him kindly.
* TwoPersonLoveTriangle: Billy has a PrecociousCrush on Helen (who isn't interested for obvious reasons), while [[LovesMyAlterEgo Helen flirts with Captain Marvel]].

[[WMG:Venus Sivana]]

The ex-wife of Dr. Sivana and mother of his children, Magnificus and Beautia.
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* AbusiveParents: Despite being amicable to her biological children, she blatantly voices her dislike and disparages her step-children, Georgia and Thaddeus Jr. She also ordered her son Magnificus to remove a feral Sobek from the family dinner table because he was ruining the peach cobbler she made for their charity dinner with the Black Marvel Family despite his blatant fear of Sobek.
* AmicableExes: She originally had angrily divorced Dr. Sivana after finding out he cheated on her with another woman. It was later retconned in ComicBook/FiftyTwo that their marriage ended because of his obsession with Captain Marvel and that despite his madness she still loves him greatly.
* UglyGuyHotWife: She's where Magnificus and Beautia got their attractive looks from. Why she got with Dr. Sivana in the first place is unknown.
* UpperClassTwit: She's notable ditzy and displays traits commonly seen with TheBeautifulElite. She's also somewhat prejudiced, as she referred to the Black Marvel Family as "camel jockeys" after Isis and Osiris had an argument in Arabic.

[[WMG:Beautia Sivana]]
-->''"Just call me 'Tia. Otherwise you're just stating the obvious."
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The oldest daughter of Dr. Sivana, Beautia is stunningly pretty, and exceptionally pleasant, if vain. Initially willing to work for her father, she quickly turned on him, becoming an ally and friend of the Marvel Family during the GoldenAge. In the Dark Age and Modern Age, we only meet her after her HeelFaceTurn. In both continuities, she has a serious crush on Captain Marvel.
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Her younger brother, sister, and father are hideously ugly and are {{Card Carrying Villain}}s. She looks like a swimsuit model and is a good guy.
* BrainlessBeauty: Averted and lampshaded. In ''The Power of Shazam'' Beautia comments on how she's a Yale graduate. "I'm brains and beauty, kiddo."
* CelebCrush: On Captain Marvel.
* HeelFaceTurn: In all continuities.
* HeroWorshipper: Of Captain Marvel again.
* LovesMyAlterEgo: Crushes on Captain Marvel without knowing he's actually a child/teenager.
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Somehow managed to avoid the apparent gnome genes that made her father, younger sister and younger brother what they are.
* MeaningfulName
* MenAreStrongWomenArePretty: She and her brother Magnificus embodied this during the Golden Age.
* MrViceGuy: Rather vain, and considerably shallow, but still a decent person, and one of the few adults to be unfailingly nice to Billy.
* SecretKeeper: In the GoldenAge she eventually found out the Marvel's secret identities. In the Post-Crisis world she remains oblivious.
* UglyGuysHotDaughter: Look at her father, now look at her. Not a lot of family resemblance.
* WhiteSheep: She and her brother are this to the rest of the Sivana family.
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Treated this way within the Captain Marvel book, and ''especially'' during the GoldenAge (in the modern age, she just happens to be the prettiest woman Billy's met).

[[WMG:Magnificus Sivana]]

Dr. Sivana's oldest son, Magnificus possessed SuperStrength during the GoldenAge, and briefly worked for his father, before performing a HeelFaceTurn and siding with Captain Marvel. In the Post-Crisis verse we only meet him post-HeelFaceTurn, without any powers, and working as an astronaut.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: For some reason, he sided with his father, Thaddeus Jr. and Georgia in the ''{{Comicbook/Multiversity}}: Thunderworld'' continuity.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: He and his sister Beautia are the attractive ones in the family, and the generally the good-aligned ones.
* HeelFaceTurn
* MadDictatorsHandsomeSon
* MeaningfulName
* MenAreStrongWomenArePretty: He and Beautia more or less embody the concept.
* SuperStrength: In the Golden Age only.

[[/folder]]

* AxCrazy

* EvilCounterpart: To Captain Marvel, Jr.
* HeelFaceTurn
** FaceHeelTurn: No longer cares who he kills or how many so long as he gets results.
* PsychoElectro / ShockAndAwe: Emits lightning bolts by speaking his sister's name.

* UnwittingPawn: Of Blaze, in ''[[ComicBook/TeenTitans Titans]]''.

* PutOnABus: The general treatment ever since MarvelComics appropriated his name. These days his main purpose is to fight Superman when the writers are lazy, though he has had a few good runs, including the 1995-1999 series and the ''First Thunder'' and ''Monster Society of Evil'' miniseries.

* HeelFaceTurn: It's all but forgotten today, but Tawky was a villain when he first started out, sort of a feline [[TheFlash Gorilla Grodd]]. Heck, he even tried to murder people!

Making an appearance both in Flashpoint and New 52, Eugene is an orphan child who makes up the brains of the whole marvel family. Sporting an asian them and being a total brainiac he sports an mixed breed chinese/american appearance and inherits the wisdom of Solomon as apart of Captain Thunder.

* BreakoutCharacter[=/=]BreakoutVillain: Despite being a one-shot character in the Golden Age (who died in his one and only appearance), he was brought back in the 1970s for good, and proved to be a massively popular character in the 90s, eventually starring in his own miniseries, joining the JSA, and being a big player in the DCU.

* LoveMakesYouEvil: In some continuities' backstories, Adam was denounced and banished by the wizard for falling in love with an evil woman (such as Blaze in ''The Power of Shazam!'' or Princess Jemai in the Filmation cartoon). Of course, Adam doesn't see his lover as evil, hence his anger at the wizard.

* OmnicidalManiac: During ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' when he evolves into The Hyperfly and tries to devour the multiverse.

* RealityWarper: During ''Infinite Crisis'' as The Hyperfly, which was able to eat portions of space/time.

* FollowTheLeader: Obviously created to cash in on {{Superman}}'s popularity. Then wound up getting so popular, ''Superman'' started to copy ''his'' trends.

* ArchEnemy: Was Captain Marvel's archnemesis during the GoldenAge (appearing in fully half his stories) and proudly proclaims himself the holder of this title in ''The Power of Shazam''.

* EvilCripple: Downplayed. Sivana is sometimes portrayed as needing the aid of a cane to walk.

[[WMG:AuntMinerva]]

[[WMG:Blaze]]
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->'''AKA:''' Angelica Blaze

One of Shazam's children, the demoness Blaze battles her brother Satanus for control of their Hell dimension.