Captain Marvel – a guide to Captain Marvels

There are many characters named “Captain Marvel”, and I guess it can be confusing to people who aren’t experts. So here’s an orientation (Wikipedia would say “disambiguation”) page for your convenience.

On the DC-ish side

	Captain Marvel (Billy Batson), the big red cheese. An older gisted profile of the World’s Mightiest Mortal, pre- and post-Crisis. Very old notes, though.
	The same as above, but in the possible Kingdom Come future.
	The 1941 Republic serial adaptation of this Captain Marvel.
	The version in the 1970s Shazam! TV show
	Captain Marvel, Jr. (Freddy Freeman), an ally of DC’s Captain Marvel (very old notes, too).
	Mary Marvel, another close ally of Captain Marvel. Quick, old notes.
	Thunder (Cece Beck) — not to be confused with Black Lightning’s daughter Anissa Pierce — is the Captain Marvel of the 90th century and, briefly, of the 30th.
	Miracleman, created in the UK once Fawcett’s Captain Marvel stories could no longer be published.
	Captain Terror, a made-up evil version of Captain Marvel.

On the Marvel side

	The Kree hero Mar-Vell, foe of Thanos and protector of the universe until his tragic death.
	Genis-Vell son of Mar-Vell a.k.a. Legacy, Photon and others who attempted to succeed his father with some weird and off-putting results.
	Phyla-Vell daughter of Mar-Vell a.k.a. Quasar a.k.a. Martyr who also attempted to succeed her father and worked with the Guardians of the Galaxy.
	Ultimate Captain Marvel (Mahr Vehl) from the Ultimate version of the Marvel Universe – a parallel Earth.
	Carol Danvers a.k.a. Ms. Marvel a.k.a. Captain Marvel, Mar-Vell’s truest successor.