That's because someone else took his place. Captain Marvel was another hero that made his debut in "Whiz Comics #2" in the late 1939 published by Fawcett Comics. It featured a 12-year-old orphaned ...

Mary Marvel's recent birthday marks a major change in her status quo within the Shazam Family dynamic. As Mary becomes an adult, her new role could lead to interesting character development and ...

Making his debut two years later in Whiz Comics #2, by Bill Parker and C.C. Beck, Shazam — or Captain Marvel, as he was initially named, and The Captain as he’s referred to now — became a ...

and if it hadn't been for Shazam, we would not have had Captain Marvel. Ironically enough, Superman, as we know, might not have existed without Shazam as well. During the first few years ...