Lieutenant Marvels

Captain Marvel and his Three Lieutenants stride over the Isthmus of Panama on the cover of Whiz Comics number 29 (April, 1942). Debuting in 1941, the Three Lieutenant Marvels would make recurring appearances until the end of the decade. At the height of his popularity, Captain Marvel outsold every other superhero title on the newsstand, including DC's top three.

The Lieutenant Marvels are fictional characters from publications by Fawcett Comics and DC Comics. They first appeared in Whiz Comics #21 in 1941. They were three young men from Earth-S, all of whom shared the name Billy Batson (also known as Captain Marvel / Shazam).

Fictional team biography

Brooklyn, New York City has its own Billy Batson, and he travels to the W.H.I.Z. radio station with two other Billy Batsons, one from the Western United States and one from the Southern United States, to visit the "real" Billy. To prevent confusion, the western Billy suggests he be called "Tall" Billy, the southern Billy is renamed "Hill" Billy and Brooklyn's Billy is given the title "Fat" Billy. At the "real" Billy's suggestion, all four Billys form the Billy Batson Club.

The nefarious Dr. Sivana hatches a plan to kill the "real" Billy Batson and sends his henchmen to find out where Billy lives. Sivana's goons mistakenly find the other Billy Batsons instead and capture them. Sivana uses them as bait to trap the real Billy.

Sivana and his henchmen gag Billy and tie him and the other Billys to a buzzsaw. Billy is able to remove his gag but his shout of "Shazam" can not be heard over the roar of the buzzsaw. With seconds to spare, Billy enlists the aid of his club members and they all shout "Shazam" together.

When the smoke clears, Captain Marvel sees that the other Billys have transformed as well, into Tall Marvel, Hill Marvel, and Fat Marvel. Hill Marvel remarks that they have each changed into Captain Marvel but Fat Marvel counters that by saying that there is only one Captain Marvel. Tall Marvel suggests that they are really Lieutenant Marvels, hence the trio's name.

The Captain and his three Lieutenants easily defeat Sivana and his henchmen. After shouting "Shazam" and transforming back into their civilian identities, the three Billys head back home. The Lieutenants returned from time to time during the Fawcett Comics era to aid their hero.

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. Some people, such as Jonathon Woodward in his Annotated Crisis on Infinite Earths website, suggest that the Lieutenant Marvels died in the last battle of the Crisis on Infinite Earths, although Who's Who in the DC Universe claims they survived but lost their powers.

Powers and abilities

By shouting "Shazam!", the Four Billy Batsons are transformed into the Lieutenant Marvels. In this form, they each have the powers of Captain Marvel: the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the stamina of Atlas, the power of Zeus, the courage of Achilles, and the speed of Mercury. Since they have to share the power, they are each only one-third as powerful as Captain Marvel.

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