Thankfully, that problem had a relatively simple solution. Namely, how is a superhero called "Captain Marvel Jr" supposed to introduce himself if saying the phrase "Captain Marvel" toggles his abilities on and off? While Shazam's magic word at the time was well, “Shazam,” Freddy's magic word became "Captain Marvel," which would cause a similar magical reaction and imbue him with Shazam-like powers and abilities (though unlike Shazam, Freddy would stay a teenager).Īs you might imagine, this caused a lot of weird wrinkles in Freddy's story. To save his life, Shazam (then still called Captain Marvel) transferred some of his own powers into him-though there was a catch. First introduced all the way back in 1941, Freddy Freeman was a disabled newsboy who got caught in the crosshairs of an attack by Captain Nazi.
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