The Lieutenant Marvels were a group of fictional characters, a team of superheroes in the Fawcett Comics and DC Comics universes. They first appeared in Whiz Comics #21 in 1941. A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Superman and Batman, two of the most recognizable and iconic superheroes. ... Whiz Comics #2, the first appearance of Captain Marvel, the companys most popular character. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... Whiz Comics was a monthly ongoing comic book anthology series, which was published by Fawcett Comics from February 1940 to June 1952. ...

History

Origin

Brooklyn, New York City has its own Billy Batson and he traveled to Station W.H.I.Z. with two other Billy Batsons, one from the Western United States and one from the Southern United States, to visit the "real" Billy. To clear things up, the western Billy suggested he be called "Tall" Billy, the southern Billy was renamed "Hill" Billy and Brooklyn's Billy was given the title "Fat" Billy. At the "real" Billy's suggestion, all four Billys formed the Billy Batson Club. Main article: New York City A map of New York City, highlighting Brooklyn. ... Nickname: The Big Apple Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... The states shown striped may or may not be considered part of the informal western United States today. ... Southern United States. ... Captain Marvel is a comic book superhero, originally published by Fawcett Comics and now owned by DC Comics. ...

The nefarious Dr. Sivana hatched a plan to kill the "real" Billy Batson and sent his henchmen to find out where Billy lived. Sivana's goons mistakenly found the other Billy Batsons instead and captured them. Sivana used them as bait to trap the real Billy. Doctor Thaddeus Bodog Sivana is a is a Fawcett Comics and DC Comics supervillain, the archenemy of Captain Marvel. ...

Sivana and his henchmen gagged Billy and tied him and the other Billys to a buzzsaw. Billy was able to remove his gag but his shout of "Shazam" could not be heard over the roar of the buzzsaw. With seconds to spare, Billy enlisted the aid of his club members and they all shouted "Shazam" together!

When the smoke cleared, Captain Marvel saw that the other Billys had transformed as well into Tall Marvel, Hill Marvel, and Fat Marvel. Hill Marvel remarked that they had changed into Captain Marvel but Fat Marvel countered that by saying that there is only one Captain Marvel. Tall Marvel suggested that they were really Second Lieutenant Marvels and that's how they got their name: The Lieutenant Marvels. Second Lieutenant is the lowest commissioned rank in many armed forces. ...

The Captain and his three Lieutenants easily mopped up Sivana and his henchmen. After shouting "Shazam" and transforming back into their civilian identites, the three Billys headed back home.

Publication history

The Lieutenants appeared periodically in the adventures of Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family through the early 1950s, and also when the characters were revived by DC Comics in the 1970s under the title Shazam!. They were retconned out of existence during the Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1985, and have not been re-introduced into current DCU continuity. The Marvel Family is a group of fictional characters, a team of superheroes in the Fawcett Comics and DC Comics universes. ... // Events and No. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Retroactive continuity – commonly contracted to the blend retcon – is the adding of new information to historical material, or deliberately changing previously established facts in a work of serial fiction. ... Crisis on Infinite Earths was a twelve-issue comic book limited series (identified as a 12 part maxi-series) and crossover event, produced by DC Comics in 1985 in order to simplify their fifty-year-old continuity. ... This article is about the year. ...