Line #8 Main/CaptainMarvel


1	[[quoteright:350:[[https://nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/echoes_of_shazam_web1200.jpg https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/echoes_of_shazam_cropped.jpg]]]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[https://nerdist.com/article/alex-ross-echoes-of-shazam-every-captain-marvel-ever-exclusive/ "Echoes of Shazam!" by Alex Ross]], featuring pretty much ''every'' character named or inspired by Captain Marvel.[[note]]The Captains Marvel on the bottom include, from L-R: Monica Rambeau, Mar-Vell, the New 52 Shazam, Captain Marvel, the '40s Serial Captain Marvel, Billy Batson, the '70s Captain Marvel from ''The Shazam!/Isis Hour'', the '70s Billy Batson from ''The Shazam!/Isis Hour'', and Carol Danvers. Also, in the background: many, many, ''many'' more. Yes, even [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Thor]].[[/note]]]]
3	->''"Deep in the jungle where the mighty tiger lies''\
4	''Bill and his elephants were taken by surprise''\
5	''So Captain Marvel zapped him right between the eyes."''
6	-->-- '''Music/TheBeatles''', "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill", ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum''
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8	"Captain Marvel" is a name that can refer to multiple characters and/or pieces of media:
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10	[[foldercontrol]]
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12	!Comic Books
13	[[folder:Fawcett / DC Comics]]
14	* [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Billy Batson]]: The original Captain Marvel, created by Fawcett Comics in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks as a ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' [[SupermanSubstitute knockoff]]. Billy shouts the magic word "SHAZAM!" to call down magic lightning which transforms him into the World's Mightiest Mortal. Ironically, currently owned by ''Superman'''s creators Creator/DCComics, though they had to title his books ''Shazam!'' due to rights conflicts with the other Captain Marvels listed below (becoming the TropeNamer for IAmNotShazam) and eventually changed his name to "Shazam" completely in 2011.
15	* [[Characters/ShazamMarvelFamily Freddy Freeman]], who eventually inherited this title from Billy, and was previously (and is normally) Captain Marvel Jr. or [=CM3=] (or [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010 Lieutenant Marvel]]). He's covered on the ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' character page.
16	[[/folder]]
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18	[[folder:Inspirations/Parodies/Pastiches of Fawcett's Captain Marvel]]
19	* The [[Characters/ShazamMarvelFamily Marvel/Shazam Family]], which were all inspired by the success of Captain Marvel, includes: Mary Marvel, Captain Marvel, Jr (later known as [=CM3=] and then Captain Marvel), Uncle Marvel or Uncle Dudley, Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, Freckles Marvel, and the Lieutenant Marvels (Tall Marvel, Fat Marvel, and Hill marvel).
20	** ComicBook/TheNew52[=/=]ComicBook/DCRebirth introduced three new members of the Shazam family: Billy's adopted siblings Pedro Peña, Eugene Choi, and Darla Dudley, none of whom have code-names yet.
21	** [[Characters/ShazamBlackMarvelFamily Black Adam]], who was originally Captain Marvel's EvilCounterpart but has since evolved into an AntiVillain.
22	* ''Marvelman'' aka ''ComicBook/{{Miracleman}}'', a superhero pastiche of Captain Marvel created by Mick Anglo in the U.K. when the original Captain Marvel comics were cancelled; followed by an update of done in the 1980s by Creator/AlanMoore and Alan Davis and then Creator/NeilGaiman. The name was changed during Moore's run because Marvel Comics now owned the "Captain Marvel" name and objected to a competing similarly-named hero (though in a similar case of copyright irony to DC buying the original ''Captain Marvel'' rights, Marvel Comics later bought the rights to ''Miracleman'' in 2014).
23	[[/folder]]
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27	[[folder:Marvel Comics]]
28	* [[Characters/MarvelComicsMarvels Mar-Vell]], created by Creator/MarvelComics in 1967. Marvel was able to publish his adventures under the title "Captain Marvel" because the trademark on the "Shazam" version had lapsed, as all comic books featuring him had been cancelled in the fifties. Mar-Vell is a HumanAlien who went native and defended Earth, until he was KilledOffForReal in the Eighties.
29	* [[Characters/MarvelComicsMarvels Monica Rambeau]], the next one from Marvel Comics. After gaining energy powers in a freak accident, she took up Mar-Vell's now-vacant title. She gave up the name once actual successors to Mar-Vell appeared, and has since gone by Photon, Pulsar, and Spectrum; though she's currently best known by her birth name.
30	* [[Characters/MarvelComicsMarvels Genis-Vell]], Mar-Vell's son, who was Captain Marvel for about ten years from the mid-Nineties to the mid-Noughties.
31	* [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Phyla-Vell]], Mar-Vell's daughter, who was also Captain Marvel for a very brief time (from 2004 to 2007). She has since joined the ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy, and has become more associated with that franchise than ''Captain Marvel''.
32	* [[Characters/MarvelComicsMarvels Khn'nr]], a Skrull who took the form of and [[BecomingTheMask believed himself to be]] Mar-Vell right before and during 2008's ''ComicBook/{{Secret Invasion\|2008}}''.
33	* [[Characters/YoungAvengersTitleTeam Noh-Varr]], a Kree super soldier from an alternate universe who went by Marvel Boy and the Protector before having the Captain Marvel code-name passed down by Khn'nr. He later discarded the name and went by his real name.
34	* [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]], the current holder of the name. Originally a supporting character of Mar-Vell's, Carol Danvers eventually gained superpowers herself and became his DistaffCounterpart. After spending decades under different names (Ms. Marvel, Binary, Warbird), she became the latest Captain Marvel in 2012.
35	[[/folder]]
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37	[[folder:Inspirations/Parodies/Pastiches of Marvel's Captain Marvel]]
38	* ComicBook/MsMarvel, which began as the superhero name for Carol Danvers and has since been adopted by others:
39	** [[Characters/MarvelComicsMarvels Sharon Ventura]], who was the pro-wrestler girlfriend of [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Thing]] in the Eighties.
40	** [[Characters/ThunderboltsFoundingMembers Karla Sofen/Moonstone]] and [[Characters/CaptainAmericaRoguesGallery Deidre Wentworth/Superia]], supervillains who adopted Danvers' former costume and codename as part of the ComicBook/DarkAvengers in 2009 and 2011 respectively.
41	** [[Characters/MarvelComicsKamalaKhan Kamala Khan]], the current Ms. Marvel since 2013. A Pakistani-American teen and superhero fangirl who chose her codename in honor of her idol.
42	[[/folder]]
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46	[[folder:Amalgam Comics]]
47	* When the Marvel and DC universes merged together to create the ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse, Captain Marvel became the combination between DC's [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] and Marvel's [[ComicBook/CaptainMarvelMarvelComics Captain Mar-Vell]]: a young boy named Billy Mar-Vell who, when he shouts "Kree!", turns into the "super-scientifically enhanced" adult hero named Captain Marvel. He wears a lightning bolt like DC's Captain Marvel, but his outfit is green and white, like Marvel's Captain Marvel's first outfit.
48	[[/folder]]
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52	[[folder:M.F. Enterprises]]
53	* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Marvel_(M._F._Enterprises) M.F. Enterprises' Captain Marvel]] was a jet-powered, laser-eyed android that could detach his limbs with the shout of "Split!" and re-attach them with the shout of "Xam!" He only appeared in four issues of ''Captain Marvel'' (from April to November 1966) and two issues ''Captain Marvel Presents the Terrible Five'' (from September 1966 to September 1967).
54	** The book was remembered for how much it seemed to rip-off other characters. The red-garbed android (similar to the Human Torch) was best friends with a boy named Billy ''Baxton''. He also fought an enemy named Plasticman (who was later renamed Elasticman), the mad scientist Dr. Fate, the evil mastermind the Bat (who was also later renamed the Ray), and Professor Doom.
55	[[/folder]]
56
57	!Film, Television, Animation, and Music
58	[[folder:Film]]
59	* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainMarvel'', a 1940s film serial starring Fawcett's [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]].
60	* ''Film/{{Captain Marvel\|2019}}'', a Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse film which stars Marvel's Carol Danvers and has Mar-Vell and Monica Rambeau in supporting roles.
61	** ''Film/{{The Marvels\|2023}}'', a 2023 sequel starring Carol, Monica, and Kamala Khan (from her 2022 TV show) as co-leads.
62	** Phyla also appears with a minor role in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'', but altered to have absolutely no connection to Mar-Vell, Carol Danvers, or anything else ''Captain Marvel''-related.
63	* ''[[Film/{{SHAZAM2019}} SHAZAM!]]'', a 2019 film set in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse starring ComicBook/TheNew52[=/=]ComicBook/DCRebirth version of Shazam.
64	** ''Film/{{Black Adam\|2022}}'', a 2022 spinoff film featuring the titular AntiHero.
65	** ''Film/SHAZAMFuryOfTheGods'', the 2023 sequel to the 2019 film.
66	[[/folder]]
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68	[[folder:Television]]
69	* ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' (2011), which features a character named Captain Marvelous as its lead (no relation to either Captain Marvel comics franchise).
70	* ''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Ms. Marvel]]'', a 2022 live-action TV series that is set in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse and stars Kamala Khan.
71	* ''[[Series/Shazam1974 Shazam!]]'', a half-hour live-action TV series based on Fawcett's Captain Marvel. It was made by Creator/{{Filmation}} and went on from 1974 to 1977. From 1975 to 1977, it was paired with ''Series/TheSecretsOfIsis'' in ''The Series/{{Shazam\|1974}}!/[[Series/TheSecretsOfIsis Isis]] Hour''.
72	[[/folder]]
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74	[[folder:Animation]]
75	* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kid_Super_Power_Hour_with_Shazam! The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam!]]'', a 1981 Creator/{{Filmation}} cartoon that contained two segment: ''Hero High'', about a high school for superheroes, and ''Shazam!'', which was about DC's Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family and the fight against their enemies.
76	* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanShazamTheReturnOfBlackAdam'', a DC original animated short film starring DC [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] and ComicBook/{{Superman}}.
77	[[/folder]]
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79	[[folder:Music]]
80	* "Captain Marvel," a {{Jazz}} composition recorded by Chick Corea in 1972. In 1974, it became the name of a Jazz album by Stan Getz, which included said composition.
81	[[/folder]]
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