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The Champion

[[Image:|200px|center|Shazam (Earth-S)]]

Real Name

Shazam

Current Alias

The Champion

Alignment

Good

Universe

Earth-S

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Status

Occupation

Wizard

Creators

Bill Parker, C.C. Beck

First appearance

Whiz Comics #2
(February, 1940)

History

Shazam wa a former shepherd and a three-thousand year old wizard of great power. With the ability to call upon the apptitudes of the great elders such as Achilles, Atlas, Hercules, Mercury, Solomon and Zeus, Shazam also has the ability to bestow great power unto a selected champion.

In the 1940s, Shazam found such a virtous person to inherit these powers -- ten-year-old Billy Batson. When Billy first met him, Shazam explained that his name was an acronym for six Greco-Roman deities, heroes, and prophets and that these deities empowered him with certain attributes. Shazam informed Billy that he has been using his powers for many centuries to fight the forces of evil, but that he was now old and not long for this world. He therefore passed along part of his power to Billy, who shouted his name — "SHAZAM!" — to transform into the super-hero Captain Marvel. Although Shazam was killed — as prophesied — by a giant granite block falling on him, Billy/Marvel could summon the ghost of Shazam for guidance by lighting a special brazier (a torch-like apparatus) in Shazam's lair, the Rock of Eternity.

See Also

• Discuss Shazam (Earth-S) on the forums
• Appearances of Shazam (Earth-S)
• Character Gallery: Shazam (Earth-S)
• Quotations by Shazam (Earth-S)
• Images featuring Shazam (Earth-S)

Links and References

• None.
  

Footnotes

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