Editing DC Comics (section)

=== Captain Marvel ===
Billy Batson was an orphaned twelve year old living with a miserly, abusive, uncle that kept him around to leech off his inheritance. One day he wandered onto a train that took him to a wizard, who judged him worth of a magic power: by calling the wizard's name "Shazam!" Billy can transform into the champion Captain Marvel, blessed with the [[Derp|"wisdom"]] of '''S'''olomon, strength of '''H'''ercules, endurance of '''A'''tlas, power of '''Z'''eus, courage of '''A'''chilles, and speed of '''M'''ercury, plus the lesser-known ability to give your classics teacher fits. If Captain Marvel is merely Billy in a buff magical alternate form or a separate person entirely has varied over the years, though modern incarnations go with the first. He would later gain a long-lost sister named Mary, and she quickly gains the power of the wizard as well. Unlike her brother, saying SHAZAM! transforms Mary into Mary Marvel, who looks like Mary in a version of Captain Marvel's costume and possesses the Grace of '''S'''elena, Strength of '''H'''ippolyta, Skill of '''A'''riadne, Speed of '''Z'''ephyrus, Beauty of '''A'''urora, and Wisdom of '''M'''inerva; this was dropped post-Crisis. Retards have claimed her "only change is the costume and powers" nature makes her the first [[/a/|magical girl]], but this would mean Go Nagai wasn't [[Wikipedia:Cutey Honey|first at something]] and is therefore objectively wrong.

Originally created by also-ran Fawcett Comics, their similarity in abilities to Superman led to legal brawls that were resolved when Fawcett got out of the superheroes game during the 1950s interregnum and sold their properties to DC. After this the Marvel Family started crossing over with the DC universe and was incorporated into it proper after the Crisis on Infinite Earths. Captain Marvel's interaction with Superman is of note because while their powers and, in many ways, personality (childlike innocence vs. honest boyscout) are very similar, the slight differences make a really big impact: Superman has the life experience to realize that he can't save everyone and being good doesn't always mean being nice, while the Captain's magical origin means he has an inherent advantage as Supes' obscene toughness doesn't include a ward save. He also has the dubious dishonor of sparking a long-running feud with [[Marvel Comics]] over a similarly named series of characters that DC ultimately lost, forcing a rebranding of the guy as "Shazam". This is incredibly stupid ([[Bloody Path|how can he say his own name without changing back?]]) but that's modern comics for you.