Billy Batson (English)
Name:Additional Names: |
Description:
- Fawcett: Twin brother of Mary Batson Bromfield. Nephew of Ebenezer Batson.
- Pre-Crisis Earth-S: Son of Merrill and Jocelyn Batson. Twin brother of Mary Batson Bromfield. Nephew of Ebenezer Batson.
- Pre-Crisis Earth-One: Nephew of Dudley Batson.
- New Beginning: Son of Donald and Marilyn Batson. Grandnephew of Dudley Batson. Step-nephew of Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana. Step-cousin of Beautia and Magnificus Sivana.
- New Earth: Son of Clarence Charles "C.C." Batson and Marilyn Batson. Twin brother of Mary Batson Bromfield. Nephew of Ebenezer Batson.
- Flashpoint timeline: Brother of Mary Batson. Foster child of Mr. and Mrs. Beck.
- New 52's Earth 0: Son of Clarence Charles "C.C." Batson and Marilyn Batson. Foster child of Victor and Rosa Vasquez.
Notes:
Created by Bill Parker and C. C. Beck.
First appearance as:
- Billy Batson / Captain Marvel in Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #2 (February 1940).
- Pre-Crisis Earth-S: Captain Marvel in Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #1 (February 1973).
- Pre-Crisis Earth-One: Billy Batson in DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #49 (September 1982).
- Post-Crisis Earth: Captain Marvel in Crisis on Infinite Earths (DC, 1985 series) #12 (March 1986).
- New Beginning: Captain Marvel in Shazam: The New Beginning (DC, 1987 series) #1 (April 1987).
- New Earth: Captain Marvel in Legends (DC, 1986 series) #1 (November 1986).
- Earth-0: Captain Marvel in 52 (DC, 2006 series) #12 (September 2006).
- Earth-0: Shazam's replacement in Trials of Shazam (DC, 2006 series) #1 (October 2006); named Marvel in issue #2 (November 2006).
- Flashpoint timeline: Billy Batson as one of six individuals comprising Captain Thunder in Flashpoint (DC, 2011 series) #1 (July 2011).
- New 52's Earth 0: Shazam in Justice League (DC, 2011 series) #7 (May 2012).
- Infinite Frontier's Earth 0: The Captain in Shazam! (DC, 2023 series) #1 (July 2023).
- Earth-5: Captain Marvel in 52 (DC, 2006 series) #52 (July 2007).
- New 52's Earth 5: Captain Marvel in The Multiversity: Thunderworld Adventures (DC, 2015 series) #1 (February 2015).
Overviews of Character Origin Universe:
Appearances With a Story Universe:
Relations:
- secret identity of - Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (p. 1940) (English)
- secret identity of - Captain Thunder [Flashpoint timeline] (p. 2011) (English)
- secret identity of - The Captain [Billy Batson] (p. 2023) (English)
- secret identity of - Marvel [Billy Batson, in the role of the Wizard] (p. 2006) (English)
- secret identity of - Shazam [Billy Batson] (p. 2012) (English)
Translations:
- republished as - Billy Batson (Dutch)
- republished as - Billy Batson (Swedish)
- republished as - Billy Batson (p. 1947) (French)
- republished as - Billy Batson (p. 1974) (German)
Group Memberships:
-
Teen Titans Academy (p. 2021)
2021 - 2022 (formal)
Notes: Quit in Teen Titans Academy (DC, 2021 series) #11 (March 2022).
All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are
copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.