453: Mary Marvel (Shazam)

Geek History Lesson

Jason Inman

Visual Arts, Film History, Tv & Film, Arts

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🗓️ 14 March 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Mary Marvel made her debut in Captain Marvel Adventures #18, cover-dated December of 1942, in a story that explained that she was actually Billy Batson's twin sister, and could also summon the power of the wizard Shazam by speaking his name. Learn the entire history of Lady Shazam before the new Shazam film hits theaters! Additional research & writing by Diego Nunez - https://twitter.com/Blackcrow521

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0:25.3	What word would you yell to get the powers of Shazam? What? What word would you yell to get
0:48.2	the powers of Shazam? I'm sorry, we just started the podcast, so you can't
0:50.8	throw me off here. I would probably say Tally Ho. Tally Ho? I really like that. I don't
0:58.7	remember exactly where that came from, but I always enjoyed that joke from Spider-Man.
1:03.2	It's also part of the reason why I put that in my own book to your best friend, Tally Ho.
1:07.2	What would you... Shazam's not a real word. It was made up. It's an acronym. Yeah, but
1:12.1	it was made up. Yes. They came up with Shazam and then they made the acronym. Yeah, 100%.
1:17.9	So, do we have two hours to make an acronym? No, you don't have to make the acronym. Just
1:22.8	the word. What would yours be? Mine would probably be, I don't know, Great White North,
1:28.8	Maple, probably something Canadian. You're going to shout Great White North before you
1:32.5	go into a crew of Cry Battle. I'm going to say, I'm going to say yes. I mean, I do have
1:37.9	a comic series about Canadian Superheroes. Great White North, so it feels like the move.
1:42.3	It's no sillier than Shazam. It's... Let's be... I'm made up word. Let's be honest. Sorry,
1:48.2	you just got to threw me off there. I think that's probably the perfect place to begin this
1:51.4	lesson, right, Ashley? That's right. Hello, and welcome to Geek History Lesson. I'm
1:56.1	Ashley Victoria Robinson. I'm Jason Tally Ho in men. Welcome to your
2:00.8	mind university. Welcome to Geek History Lesson because this is the podcast where we give
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