Shazam
Shazam is a wizard who lives in an underground throne room. He originally granted Captain Marvel his powers. Shazam cannot heal Freddy, but tells Billy that he, as Captain Marvel, can pass along some of his powers so that Freddy can walk again.
↻ synthesized from 7 sources
When
- First attested
- 1939 CE
- Attested period
- 1939 – 2020
- Historical notes
- First appearance in Whiz Comics #25 (December 1941).
Relationships
- manifests as
- Captain Marvel
- co occurs with
- Solomon, Sabbac, Captain Nazi, Oggar, Satanus, Three Faces of Evil, Seven Deadly Sins, Billy Batson, Yuga Khan, The Sisters of Fate, Ahk-ton, Psycho-Pirate, Gwydion, Hercules, Zeus, Mercury, Achilles, Pandora, Mamaragan, Artemis (Diana), Zoe, Helios, Persephone, Kronos
- teacher of
- Captain Marvel, Teth-Adam, Mary Marvel
- allied with
- Atlas, Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel, Ibis, Uncle Dudley
- enemy of
- Blaze, Black Adam, Spectre, Eclipso, Mordru
- parent of
- Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel
- served by
- Tawky Tawny
- student of
- Shazamo
- manifested by
- Champion
Mentioned by
- Hercules
- Zeus
- Mercury
- Achilles
- Pandora
- Mamaragan
- Artemis (Diana)
- Zoe
- Helios
- Persephone
- Kronos
- Spectre
- Eclipso
- Mordru
- Tawky Tawny
- Shazamo
and 1 more
Sources
Source passages
“After a second attack from Captain Nazi, the injured Freddy is taken to the wizard Shazam by Captain Marvel and his sister Mary Marvel, who both grant the boy the power to become Captain Marvel Jr.”
#37981 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“neither he nor his benefactor, the wizard Shazam, can find the girl”
#38087 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Billy Batson, an orphaned 12-year-old boy who, by speaking the name of the ancient wizard Shazam, is struck by a magic lightning bolt and transformed into the adult superhero Captain Marvel.”
#38099 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In the Shazam! backup storyline in the 2011 Justice League comic book, an older Shazam later apologizes to Pandora for giving her a harsh punishment as his demise nears and Black Adam is resurrected by Dr. Sivanna.”
#38227 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The Wizard Shazam gains stamina from Atlas, and grants it to Shazam”
#40069 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5