Powers
William Batson's human body has been super-charged with the magical energy of the Godwave. This grants him 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; S.H.A.Z.A.M. These powers are described below:
- Cosmic Awareness: Captain Marvel possesses an Excellent understanding of the divine interactions with the mortal world. He is acting as an emmisary for humanity against entities from magical realms whom are friendly, and a guardian against those who are not.
- Total Memory: This represents Captain Marvel's Wisdom of Solomon. With it, he can Recall knowledge and facts that he normally should not and/or would not know with Monstrous ability.
- Dimension Travel: This can only be used to travel to the Rock of Eternity at Remarkable rank. The Rock of Eternity is a nexus of power in a nearby realm of existance that channels power to anyone utilizing the power of the wizard Shazam. As to whether he can travel to other dimensions or locations using the Rock is currently unknown.
- True Flight: Captain Marvel is able to defy gravity and fly at Shift-Z airspeeds, Class 1000 in space.
- Hyper Speed: He has the ability to sharpen his awareness and increase his temporal flow at Unearthly rank, appearing to move faster than humanly possible.
- Self-Sustenance: Captain Marvel is sustained by the magical energies coursing through his body. He does not require air, food or water.
- Resist Disease and Toxins: Marvel is highly resistant to the effects of toxins and disease to the point where he is uneffected by anything less than Unearthly intensity.
- True Invulnerability : When transformed Captain Marvel possesses Monstrous protection from physical and Energy attacks.
- Alter Ego: By speaking the magic word, "Shazam," he summons a magical bolt of lightning that supercharges and transforms him. Since the bolt strikes wherever he is standing when he says the word, anyone at ground zero is damaged by Incredible lightning. Billy and Captain Marvel are Immune to any damage from this lightning. Billy Batson has the following abilties.
Fighting |
Typical |
Agility |
Typical |
Strength |
Poor |
Endurance |
Good |
Reason |
Good |
Intuition |
Good |
Psyche |
Remarkable |
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Health |
26 |
Karma |
50 |
Limitation
Lightning attacks that cause Shift-X damage in a single round cause Captain Marvel to revert back to Billy Batson.
When a member of the "Marvel Family" activates their powers, Cap loses -1CS from his Physical Attributes, Flight, True Invulnerability and Hyperspeed Powers.
Talents
Archaelogy
Contacts
Whiz Radio, Shazam - Wizard, Marvel Family
History
Billy Batson's parents were archeologists. On a trip to Egypt C.C. and Marylin, along with Mary (Billy's twin sister), were seemingly all killed in mysterious circumstances. In truth, Theo Adam killed his parents and sent his sister back to the United States for adoption. Billy was entrusted to his uncle Ebeneezer, who took his inheritance and kicked him out on the street. Then, one day he was guided by a strange man to an abandoned subway tunnel deep within the bowels of the city. There he met Shazam, an old wizard who had fought against evil for more than 5000 years. Since Shazam was about to die he wanted to leave his power to another person, and had chosen Billy. He would give Billy his power in exchange for his pledge to use it for good purposes.
Billy said the word for the first time, and thus was born Captain Marvel. With 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 a young wide eyed Billy bacame one of "Earth's Mightiest Mortals" with powers spawned directly from the gods.
Billy became child radio announcer for WHIZ radio and through them and their spelling bee he met Freddy Freeman and his Twin Sister Mary. Since reuniting with his sister Mary, Billy has become very protective of her. Billy chose to split his power among himself, his sister Mary and both then subsequently donated a fraction of their power to their friend, Freddy Freeman, who was crippled when he accidentally stumbled onto a battle between the Marvels and one of their foes.
Freddy can summon the power, but unlike Billy or Mary, and due to the source of his power, Freddy speaks the name "Captain Marvel" to be transformed. The group is loosely referred to as "The Marvel Family" when all three are in their super-powered forms. Together, as Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel, and Captain Marvel, Jr, the Marvel family protected Fawcett City and Earth from numerous threats. Billy values his new "Marvel Family" very much, as it is the only real family he has.
Recently, The Marvels suffered a tremendous loss when the nefarious Mr. Mind detonated an atomic bomb in nearby Fairfield, killing thousands. Together, the Marvels brought Mr. Mind to justice, but the three nearly died when they were in a car accident in their non-powered forms. When their longtime enemy Black Adam reappeared, apparently to take their places, the one, true, original Captain Marvel ultimately defeated him.
Captain Marvel joined the Justice League for a while, even when Guy Gardner wouldn't stop teasing him, but left after a while. More recently, during the One Million incident, it was revealed that Billy will assume the wizard Shazam's role in the 853rd century. Billy's exploits up until that time remain unrevealed.
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