Millennium Edition: Whiz Comics Vol 1 2
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By speaking my name you can become the strongest and mightiest man in the world - Captain Marvel!
- -- Shazam
Appearing in "Introducing Captain Marvel!"
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- Ebenezer Batson (flashback only)
- Sterling Morris
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- Radio Silencer
- Seven Deadly Enemies of Man
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Synopsis for "Introducing Captain Marvel!"
One evening a ten-year-old newspaper boy named Billy Batson is hawking newspapers on the streets of Fawcett City, when a strange shadowy man in a long coat approaches him. He beckons Billy to follow him, and leads him underground into a dilapidated subway station. A driverless subway car unlike any Billy has ever seen before, roars to the platform and the two get on board. The car speeds off deep underground, bringing them to a vast cavern known as the Rock of Eternity. Billy disembarks and both the subway train and the cloaked stranger mysteriously disappear. Before him Billy sees two rows of statues lining each side of the cavern. Each statue is forged in the likeness of a horrific monster, representing the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man.
At the anterior of the cavern, he finds an old man with a flowing white beard sitting on a stone throne. Above him is a large boulder suspended from the ceiling of the cavern by a tiny, fraying thread. The old man introduces himself as a wizard named Shazam, and tells Billy that he has chosen him to be his champion against injustice. The wizard lights a brazier next to the throne, illuminating the names of six mythological elders inscribed on the wall behind it; Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury. He explains that each of these elders will bestow an aspect of their power unto Billy, and all the boy has to do to acquire such power is to speak the wizard's name.
Billy shouts the name "Shazam", and a bolt of mystic lightning strikes down from out of nowhere, transforming the ten-year-old boy into a powerful, muscle-bound adult. Shazam christens his new champion Captain Marvel and salutes him.
Moments later, the thread securing the boulder above Shazam's head snaps, and the rock crashes down, killing the wizard. Shazam's spirit rises from the debris and tells Billy that his ghost will always be present inside the Rock of Eternity, should the neophyte hero ever need his guidance.
Captain Marvel leaves the Rock of Eternity to begin his newfound career. He learns that a local mad scientist named Dr. Sivana has created a Radio Silencer that will block all radio signals from leaving the city. He intends on cutting the city off from the rest of the world, unless he receives 50,000 dollars. Captain Marvel arrives and destroys Sivana's equipment. Sivana curses Marvel's name swearing revenge against him – a goal he will spend the next several decades trying to accomplish.
Appearing in "Ibis Lives Again!"
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Synopsis for "Ibis Lives Again!"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "The Origin of Golden Arrow"
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- Brand Braddock (a corrupt businessman) (First appearance)
- Bronk Braddock (one of Brand's thugs) (First appearance)
- Brute Braddock (Brand's brother) (First appearance)
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- Gloria Parsons
- Nugget Ned
- Paul Parsons
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- Earth-S (19th Century)
- American Southwest
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Synopsis for "The Origin of Golden Arrow"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "The Coming of Spy Smasher"
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Synopsis for "The Coming of Spy Smasher"
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Appearing in "The Radium Theft of Dr. Death"
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- Blimp Black
- Bruce Lane
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- Doctor Death
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- John Galt
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Synopsis for "The Radium Theft of Dr. Death"
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Appearing in "Incident at Maloana"
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- Barracuda Brent
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- Betty Brewster
- Bentley Brewster
- Skipper Jones
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Synopsis for "Incident at Maloana"
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Appearing in "Seals of Doom"
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- Dan Dare
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- Carlos Peseta
- Carol Clews
- Portugese Pete
- Seminole Sam
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Synopsis for "Seals of Doom"
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Notes
- This issue was originally printed in Whiz Comics #2. It is also reprinted in Famous First Edition F-4.
- Whiz Comics was published by Fawcett Publications. The premiere issue of the series actually begins with issue #2. The character of Captain Marvel was originally to be named Captain Thunder for the first issue of Thrill Comics. Thrill Comics would have taken the #1 slot for this series, but it was never published beyond a single ashcan preview edition.
- "Introducing Captain Marvel" is also reprinted in Shazam: From the 40s to the 70s and Shazam Archives, Volume 1.
- Golden Arrow is currently a licensed property of DC Comics, but to date he has yet to appear in an actual DC Comics comic book.
Trivia
- Dan Dare is not to be confused with Dan Dare, a pilot adventurer published by Eagle Comics in the 1950s.
- Doctor Death's real name is James Kirk, but has no connection to the more infamous James Kirk of Star Trek fame.
- To date, Lance O'Casey has only made one canonical DC Comics appearance. He appeared in Power of Shazam #34.
See Also
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- Discuss Millennium Edition: Whiz Comics Vol 1 2 on the forums
- Cover gallery for the Millennium Edition series
- Images from Millennium Edition: Whiz Comics Vol 1 2
Recommended Reading
- Captain Marvel Adventures
- Captain Marvel, Jr.
- Hoppy the Marvel Bunny
- Ibis the Invincible
- Marvel Family
- Shazam!
- Power of Shazam
- Shazam: The New Beginning
- Spy Smasher
- Superman/Shazam - First Thunder
- Trials of Shazam
- Whiz Comics
Links and References
- Whiz Comics article at Wikipedia
- Captain Marvel article at Wikipedia
- Captain Marvel article at Toonopedia
- Captain Marvel biography page at DCU Guide
- Dan Dare article at Wikipedia
- Golden Arrow article at Wikipedia
- Golden Arrow article at Toonopedia
- Ibis the Invincible article at Wikipedia
- Ibis the Invincible article at Toonopedia
- Ibis the Invincible biography page at DCU Guide
- Lance O'Casey article at Wikipedia
- Marvel Family article at Toonopedia
- Scoop Smith biography page at DCU Guide
- Shazam article at Wikipedia
- Shazam biography page at DCU Guide
- Spy Smasher article at Wikipedia
- Spy Smasher article at Toonopedia
- Spy Smasher biography page at DCU Guide