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Captain Marvel

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Captain Marvel

US comic-book character created 1940 by C(larence) C(harles) Beale (1910-1989). Captain Marvel is a 15-year-old schoolboy, Billy Batson, who transforms himself (by saying ‘Shazam’) into a superhuman hero wearing a red-and-yellow caped athletic suit.



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is more convenient than believable," runs the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, and School Library Journal agrees: "What has been an adept and creepily believable tale edges into Captain Marvel land.
A Different Sensibility? by Baker, Deirdre F. / The Horn Book Magazine
On a cold and blizzardy morning, 11-year-old Michael Devlin gets out of bed early, with his head full of fantasies of Captain Marvel and the power of the word ``shazam,'' and makes his way through snowy streets to serve as altar boy at Saturday Mass.
HAMILL'S `AUGUST' DELVES INTO INQUISITIVE TEEN'S MIND by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
He pointed to the presence of Disney, Captain Marvel, Madame Tussaud and other entertainment wonders as a outcome of the public/private partnership that has been forged through business and tax incentive packages, a sea change in economic development approaches under Mayor Guiliani.
NACORE examines retail/entertainment developments by Real Estate Weekly
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