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- Fawcett Comics' executive director Ralph Daigh decided it would be best to combine the team of six into one hero who would embody all six powers. Parker responded by creating a character he called "Captain Thunder". [ 9]
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While publishing its Shazam! revival in the 1970s, DC Comics published a story in Superman #276 (June 1974) featuring a battle between the Man of Steel and a thinly disguised version of Captain Marvel called Captain Thunder, a reference to the character's original name.
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Pre-Crisis
A group of orphan kids, of which Willie Fawcett was one, had been sent to camp every summer. One night, when his buddies were asleep in their tent, Willie sat outside, with a funny feeling keeping him awake. Suddenly, he heard an owl, which swooped down and flew overhead until Willie followed. He ran off after the horned owl and followed it until he came to a hillside. The owl looked as if it would fly right into the solid rock wall, when suddenly the walls of the hill opened up. Although Wil...
Post-Crisis
Following Dr. Sivana changing history, resulting in CC Batson and his wife Marilyn remaining alive and being the Captains Marvel, CC Batson attempts to right history. After briefly being tempted to let Sivana die before he could cause events that would lead to the Batsons death, Waverider shows CC how history could have resulted without Sivana to influence the Batsons. Among the potentialities include Captain Marvels based on Mar-Vell, Monica Rambeau, and the M.F. Enterprises Captain Marvel....
Flashpoint
In the Reverse Flash altered world of Flashpoint, Captain Thunder appears as the version of Captain Marvel. Instead of being Billy Batson or Willie Fawcet, but instead seven youths: S.H.A.Z.A.M. (Billy Batson, Freddy Freeman, Mary Batson, a young man named Pedro, a youth called Eugene, a girl called Darla) and an alternate version of Tawky Tawny. The six humans transform into Thunder, while Tawny transforms into a large, armored tiger. At some point, Flashpoint's Wonder Woman encountered Capt...
Captain Thunder was created by Elliot S! Maggin and Curt Swan. He was used to determine who was stronger in a comic after DC acquired the rights to Fawcett Comics rival, Captain Marvel. The Flashpoint Captain Thunder was based on Bill Parker's original concept for Captain Marvel. Geoff Johns rectified Parker's idea of Captain Thunder as a super bei...
Captain Thunder derives his powers from his magic belt buckle. By rubbing the buckle and saying the magic word "Thunder!", young Willie Fawcett becomes Captain Thunder. Captain Thunder has immeasurable strength, super-speed, invulnerability, the power of flight, and great bravery, wisdom, and tenacity. He can also use his magic word to break the sp...
The original was Willie Fawcett, created as a DC Comics analogue to Captain Marvel. This name is seen again in the Flashpoint timeline, where Captain Thunder is summoned by the children of S.H.A.Z.A.M.. Captain Thunder was created by Elliot S. Maggin and Curt Swan, first appearing in Superman #276.
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May 18, 2023 · For those of you not in the know, Captain Thunder was Fawcett Publications’ proposed name for the original Captain Marvel prior to his debut release in Whiz Comics #2 in 1940. Fawcett changed his name to Captain Marvel prior to publication and the rest is history.
The original name for Captain Marvel was Captain Thunder. Fawcett's founder, Bill Parker, created Captain Thunder and Fawcett rushed out black-and-white ashcans to secure the trademarks on his signature comic book title.
Beck started as a staff artist on Fawcett Publications' pulp magazine, but after the publisher switched its focus to comic books in 1939, he was brought on to design a character conceptualized by writer Bill Parker, called at the time Captain Thunder.
OVERVIEW. A mighty hero from a parallel Earth, who once encountered Superman. [NOTE: Captain Thunder was based on the character Captain Marvel, published by Fawcett Publications from 1939 to 1953. The character was originally going to be called Captain Thunder, but the name was changed to Captain Marvel at the last moment.
