Making his debut two years later in Whiz Comics #2, by Bill Parker and C.C. Beck, Shazam — or Captain Marvel, as he was ...

heavily retooled to be closer to Fawcett Comics' classic Captain Marvel/Shazam. Thus, his book was canceled in 1979, and three years later, he was killed off in The Death of Captain Marvel.

and if it hadn't been for Shazam, we would not have had Captain Marvel. Ironically enough, Superman, as we know, might not have existed without Shazam as well. During the first few years ...