Who Is Mary Marvel? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Mary Marvel is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Mary Batson, with over 1,097 comic issue appearances. She is the older twin sister of Billy Batson, Earth's mightiest mortal Shazam. By uttering the name of the wizard Shazam, Mary is granted the powers of the Biblical Solomon and the five Olympian Gods, becoming Mary Marvel.

Who is Mary Marvel?

Current Events The Marvel family have been re-imagined in the new 52. Although their origin is not yet clear, Billy, Freddy and Mary have all come together in the same foster home with the Vazquez family. It also seems that Mary and Billy are no longer related biologically, though it is still too soon in their story to determine this conclusively. She tells Billy that her parents are dead and Freddie's are in prison. She tells Billy early on when introducing herself that she has a bunny that she rescued from The Puppy Mill Animal Farm. She rescued the bunny from cosmetic testing and named him Hoppy. Origin Mary’s story is inherently linked with that of her namesake, Captain Marvel , known as Billy Batson in his alter ego. Before attaining any superpowers, she met Billy and Freddy Freeman at a game show hosted by Batson.

Key facts

Mary Marvel is of god/eternal origin and first appeared in "Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr. Proudly Present Mary Marvel". The character is published by DC Comics. With 1,097 recorded issue appearances, Mary Marvel ranks among the most featured characters in comics.