Captain Marvel/ Shazam!

Captain Marvel is the hero from the comic series Shazam!. I don't even like Captain Marvel. To me, he's completely useless and boring. But, to be fair, I will publish posts about characters I like and those I don't like as much. All Captain Marvel really does is give people bear hugs so he can strike them with lightning. Captain Marvel's story is very strange and completely unbelievable, even more so than Superman's.
Billy Batson was an ordinary child working as a radio news reporter. He was given his powers by a wizard named Shazam. Any time Billy says "Shazam," he is transformed into a fully-grown superhero. As a hero, Captain Marvel has incredible abilities. Captain Marvel's abilities aren't even fair abilities, unlike Superman. Superman actually has a weakness. When Billy says "Shazam", the letters stand for his powers. S stands for the intelligence of Solomon. H stands for Hercules' power. A stands for his stamina, which matches Atlas'. Z stands for his power, which rivals Zeus'. The second A stands for Achilles' courage. M stands for Mercury's speed. Basically, Captain Marvel is a compacted version of some of the most powerful Greek gods and Solomon. Captain Marvel's most commonly seen power is his ability to throw lightning bolts and summon lightning.
Captain Marvel is often shown fighting Superman. Superman generally loses these fights because of his weakness to magic. This is definitely unfair. Captain Marvel might as well be invincible, because he has so many powers and barely a single weakness. Captain Marvel has appeared as the main character in some television shows and a minor character in other shows. Some of the more recent appearances are in Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League Unlimited. He fought Superman in and episode of Justice League Unlimited, but this time Superman defeated him. Superman outsmarted Captain Marvel by using his own lightning bold to transform Captain Marvel back into Billy Batson. Captain Marvel has not appeared in any live-action movies, however. The most recent Shazam! film project was canned (thankfully) when Warner Brothers asked the story to be more serious.
Aside from television and comics, Captain Marvel only really appears in one videogame, Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe. He is completely useless and boring to play; all you can do with him is send a couple bolts of lightning here and there. Captain Marvel can't even fly! The most useful attack is to grab the opponent in a bear hug, turn them up to the sky and have Captain Marvel yell, "Shazam!". I don't even think that Captain Marvel should have been added to the game; they should have gone with a more Justice League-ish character like the Martian Manhunter. Downloadable content has been confirmed, so hopefully I can download some other character to play instead of this completely overpowered character. It seems I've only used DC Comics characters on this blog. Maybe next week I'll use a Marvel Comics charcter.