In the Captain Marvel/Shazam comic books, lightning is used as part of the transformation process. Saying the word brings down a force of lightning from Zeus that transforms the summoner into a Shazam ...

(Marvel came up with their own trademarked version of 'Captain Marvel' in 1967, but more on that in a bit.) When D.C. acquired the licensing of the character back in 1972, they had to re-title the ...

Captain Marvel, also known as Shazam and now The Captain was created by C. C. Beck and Bill Parker in 1939 for Whiz Comics #2, published by Fawcett . He is the alter ego of the ten-year-old boy Billy ...

A great way to find out what a screenwriter is thinking is to ask him who he pictures in the title role.’Shazam’ writer Bill Birch was asked that and he replied… I always thought Ryan Reynolds would ...