Mary Marvel

Uncommon card · No. 174140

Mary Marvel, also known as Lady Shazam and Shazam, is a superheroine originally appearing in American comic books published by Fawcett Comics and now by DC Comics. Created by Otto Binder and Marc Swayze, she first appeared in Captain Marvel Adventures #18 (cover-dated Dec. 1942). An ancillary character of Shazam, she is among the earliest known female contemporary of a male superhero in comic books. While her alter ego is Mary Bromfield, her origin and background have been retroactively altered throughout her publication history. In classical stories, she is the fraternal twin sister of Billy Batson (born Mary Batson), separated from him at a young age and adopted by the Bromfield family, relatives of the Batsons. After being reunited with her brother, she discovers that she possesses powers similar to his but derived from a different set of goddesses, becoming a superhero of Fawcett City alongside Billy and Captain Marvel Jr., the latter occasionally serving as her love interest, as the...

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