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Adventures of Captain Marvel

THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN CARTOONLAND BECOMES THE STRONGEST MAN ON THE SCREEN! All others pale in the light of this human fortress who finds no barrier too great in his amazing fight for justice

RELEASED 28 Mar 19413h 36m★ 6.4 TMDB

On a scientific expedition to Siam young Billy Batson is given the ability to change himself into the super-powered Captain Marvel by the wizard Shazam, who tells him his powers will last only as long as the Golden Scorpion idol is threatened. Finding the idol, the scientists realize it could be the most powerful weapon in the world and remove the lenses that energize it, distributing them among themselves so that no one would be able to use the idol by himself. Back in the US, Billy Batson, as Captain Marvel, wages a battle against an evil, hooded figure, the Scorpion, who hopes to accumulate all five lenses, thereby gaining control of the super-powerful weapon

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Republic Pictures' 1941 live-action theatrical serial, adapting the Captain Marvel character originally published by Fawcett Comics and now known as DC's Shazam. Tom Tyler plays Captain Marvel and Junior Coghlan plays Billy Batson, two forms of the same character. This entry covers all 12 chapters (216 minutes); watch them in numbered order. Return of Captain Marvel is a re-release title. A separate continuity with no other DC adaptation required.

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Adventures of Captain Marvel is title 26 of 26 in our Live-action Elseworlds viewing sequence. Independent films and television adaptations, each with their own starting point. This is a collection of separate adaptations, rather than a single continuous story.

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Tom TylerCaptain Marvel
Frank Coghlan Jr.Billy Batson
William BenedictWhitey Murphy
Louise CurrieBetty Wallace
Robert StrangeJohn Malcolm
Harry WorthProf Luther Bentley
Bryant WashburnHarry Carlyle
Kenne DuncanBarnett
George LynnProf Dwight Fisher
George PembrokeDr. Stephen Lang
Reed HadleyRahman Bar
Jack MulhallHowell

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