Captain Marvel

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Captain Marvel, as a comic book character name, refers to one of several fictional characters, listed here in chronological order:

1. Captain Marvel (DC Comics) is a superhero created by C.C. Beck and Bill Parker; a young boy named Billy Batson who transforms into a man empowered with attributes of various Biblical and mythological figures by saying the word "Shazam!". He was originally published by Fawcett Comics and currently published by DC Comics.
2. Captain Marvel was the title character in a short-lived title published by Myron Fass' M.F. Comics in 1966, shortly before the Marvel Comics version debuted. He had no genuine connection to the classic Fawcett character, but invoked his powers by shouting the word "SPLIT!" When he did, his android body dissolved into its component head, torso, and limbs, which then operated coordinately. The title remains one of the most derided of the Silver Age.
3. Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics) is Captain Mar-Vell of the alien Kree race, as published by Marvel Comics.
4. Captain Marvel was the original name of the fictional Marvel Comics superhero Monica Rambeau (aka Photon and Pulsar), a former member of the Avengers and current leader of Nextwave.
5. Captain Marvel was Genis-Vell, the artificially-created son of Mar-Vell.
6. Captain Marvel was the superhero identity of Carol Danvers in the House of M reality.
7. Captain Marvel (Amalgam Comics) is Billy Mar-Vell, the young Kree who turns into an adult superhero by shouting "Kree!".
8. Ultimate Captain Marvel is Kree Pluskommander Mahr Vehl, surgically altered to look human and sent to earth by his people to observe its destruction by the entity Gah Lak Tus, but defects to help the humans. He wears a specially designed combat suit that is activated by his wristwatch. The name 'Captain Marvel' arises as a mispronunciation by General Nick Fury and Carol Danvers. This particular derivation was written by Warren Ellis as part of the Ultimate Galactus series (2005-2006).
9. Captain Marvel was one of several "Captain" aliases that The Captain was forced to give up because it was taken already.

In addition,

• Captain Marvel is also the title of a 1972 jazz album and a song that appears on that album. The album is recorded by jazz saxophonist Stan Getz for Columbia Records. The song is written by Chick Corea, who also included it on Return to Forever's Light as a Feather album the same year.