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"The Mighty Marvels Join Forces!": A man in a black and yellow Marvel Family suit lands in the middle of a city intersection. When a cop angrily tells him to move, he tries to snap the man in two for having the audacity to address his betters in such a manner. [[Billy The Marvel Family #1 is an issue of the series The Marvel Family (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1945. It was published on November 21, 1945.

Synopsis for "The Mighty Marvels Join Forces!"

A man in a black and yellow Marvel Family suit lands in the middle of a city intersection. When a cop angrily tells him to move, he tries to snap the man in two for having the audacity to address his betters in such a manner. Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel, Jr. are on hand to save the beleaguered officer of the law. To their great surprise, he isn't only dressed like them, he has all the same powers as them too and is unhurt even by their mighty blows. With superhuman speed he slips away into the crowd to have time to come up with a way to deal with his new rivals. Hoping for answers, Billy and Freddy head to Shazam's tomb and summon the wizard's ghost. He's disturbed to hear that his former pupil, Black Adam, has returned to Earth, and tells the sorry tale.

In the days of ancient Egypt, Shazam tried to empower a champion as he empowered them in the modern day. The recipient he selected was a man named Teth-Adam, who by saying "Shazam" became Mighty Adam, the first World's Mightiest Mortal. Adam was corrupted by his power, overthrew the pharaoh and was soon dreaming of global conquest. Unable to harm the invulnerable champion-turned-tyrant, Shazam renamed him Black Adam and instead banished him to the farthest star in the universe. By flying for 5000 years, Black Adam finally managed to return to the world of his birth.

As soon as the specter fades, Black Adam springs from the shadows and gags the boys before they can transform. Noticing Billy and Freddy are missing, Mary and Dudley go to Shazam's tomb hoping for some help finding. Seeing them at the mercy of the World's Mightiest Villain, Mary transforms while Dudley saves the boys. Even the entire Marvel Family's unable to budge their predecessor. Dudley summons the wizard's ghost again for advice, and is told to make Adam say his name. Dudley then tries to convince the others to let Adam join them. After all, he got his powers from the same wizard, whose name he repeatedly fails to pronounce, prompting a frustrated Black Adam to correct him that the name is "Shazam". Which on cue summons magic lightning that reverts Black Adam to his mortal form. Since he's thousands of years old, Adam immediately decays away to his skeleton.

Appearing in "The Mighty Marvels Join Forces!"

Featured Characters:

Marvel Family
- Captain Marvel/Billy Batson (Flashback and main story) (Origin)
- Captain Marvel, Jr./Freddy Freeman (Flashback and main story) (Origin)
- Mary Marvel/Mary Batson (Flashback and main story) (Origin)
- Uncle Marvel/Uncle Dudley

Supporting Characters:

Shazam (Flashback and main story)
Sterling Morris

Antagonists:

Black Adam/Teth-Adam/Mighty Adam (First appearance) (Flashback and main story) (Origin) (Dies)

Other Characters:

Achilles (Mentioned only)
Atlas (Mentioned only)
Hercules (Mentioned only)
Mercury (Mentioned only)
Sarah Primm (Mentioned only)
Solomon (Mentioned only)
Zeus (Mentioned only)

Locations:

Earth-S
- 30th Century BCE
  - Egypt
- 1945
  - New York City
    - WHIZ Radio
Rock of Eternity (named for the first time)

Items:

Seven Deadly Enemies of Man

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "The Marvel Family and Baby Marvel"

Appearing in "The Marvel Family and Baby Marvel"