{"id":447,"date":"2019-01-15T09:29:41","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T09:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/?p=447"},"modified":"2019-01-26T03:46:41","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T03:46:41","slug":"character-spotlight-mary-marvel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/15\/character-spotlight-mary-marvel\/","title":{"rendered":"Character spotlight &#8211; Mary Marvel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mary is the twin sister to Billy Batson (aka Captain Marvel).\u00a0 Originally created in 1942 by Fawcett Comics her first appearance was in Captain Marvel Adventures #18.\u00a0 Like her brother, she gains her powers every time she says the word &#8220;Shazam.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1053\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mm2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mm2.jpg 599w, https:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mm2-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sarah Primm (the lady that nursed the two twins) secretly switched Mary with another child that died so that Mary would be raised by the wealthy Mrs. Bromfield.\u00a0 It was several years later, that the truth would be revealed when a dying Sarah Primm informed Billy of his twin sister.\u00a0 His only link to finding her was a broken locket.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1054\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mm3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mm3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mm3-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As fate would have it, Billy (as Captain Marvel) does find his twin sister and saves her from being kidnapped.\u00a0 He then reveals his secret to her turning back to Billy Batson.\u00a0 There reunion was shortlived as the kidnappers returned and captured the twins.\u00a0 As Billy lied gagged and tied, Mary accidentally says the word Shazam and transforms into the heroine equivalent of Captain Marvel.<\/p>\n<p>Mary Marvel&#8217;s first appearance is in Captain Marvel Adventures #18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Mary is the twin sister to Billy Batson (aka Captain Marvel).\u00a0 Originally created in 1942 by Fawcett Comics her first appearance was in Captain Marvel <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/15\/character-spotlight-mary-marvel\/\" title=\"Character spotlight &#8211; Mary Marvel\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5,1],"tags":[718,226,719,225,717,716,715,208],"class_list":["post-447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-character-spotlight","category-comics","category-miscellaneous","tag-billy-batson","tag-captain-marvel","tag-captain-marvel-adventures","tag-dc-comics","tag-mary-batson","tag-mary-bromfield","tag-mary-marvel","tag-shazam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1055,"href":"https:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions\/1055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}