Freddy Freeman, a crippled newsboy that Captain Marvel saved from an attack by one of his enemies, Captain Nazi. Freddy was not granted his powers by the wizard Shazam, but by Captain Marvel himself: whenever Freddy says the magic word "Captain Marvel," he is magically transformed into a super-powered version of himself. Unlike Captain Marvel and the modern-era version of Mary Marvel, Junior remains a young teenager in his transformed state.Retconned out of existence after the 1985 Crisis on Infinite Earths miniseries, Freddy Freeman was reintroduced in The Power of Shazam! ..3 (although he makes a very brief cameo in the Power of Shazam! graphic novel). The modern version of the Freddy/Captain Marvel, Jr. origin, depicted in Power of Shazam! ..6 - 8, ..37, and Outsiders v3 ..9 -10, closely follow his Fawcett origin, with the only major additions being details added to the main story.As a young boy, Freddy Freeman grew up in New England with his parents and his foster brother, Timothy Karnes. Freddy's parents were killed in an auto accident by a drunk driver en route to one of Freddy's Little League games. Freddy was sent to live with his grandfather, Jacob Freeman, while Timothy was forced to live with a string of unstable foster homes. Timothy would eventually grow to blame Freddy for his misfortune, and planned revenge against his former foster brother.Freddy and his grandfather eventually moved to the Midwest and Fawcett City, where Freddy became an all-star student at the Binder school. An archetypical jock, Freddy was a featured member of both the football and baseball teams, made excellent grades, had several girlfriends, and was among the school's most popular students. One of Freddy's schoolmates was Billy Batson, Captain Marvel's alter ego, who worked as a boy reporter for WHIZ radio. Billy was the host of a regional spelling bee that Freddy entered, where he first met and immediately fell for one of the other contestants, Billy's sister, Mary Bromfield.After one of his baseball games, Freddy and his grandfather went fishing in the Fawcett Bay. At the same time, Captain Marvel was engaged in a battle with Captain Nazi, a World War II-era villain who had just awoken after fifty years in suspended animation. The modern origin story follows the Fawcett origin from this point on almost to the letter: Captain Marvel knocks Captain Nazi into the lake, the Freemans attempt to save Nazi, Nazi attacks the both of them, and Captain Marvel intervenes and rushes both injured bystanders to a hospital. Jacob Freeman slips into a coma, and Freddy is found to have a severely injured spine and a broken leg.Freddy is attacked once again by Captain Nazi before being taken to the wizard Shazam by Captain Marvel and Mary Marvel, who grant the boy the power to become Captain Marvel, Jr. After being granted his powers, Jacob Freeman dies, and Freddy goes on a rampage against Captain Nazi as Captain Marvel, Jr. Nazi is eventually brought to justice after Mary gets Junior to calm down.An attempt by Junior to ask Mary to be his girlfriend in Power of Shazam! ..13 leads to a brawl between Junior and Captain Marvel, who, as Billy, had seen firsthand how Freddy treated his girlfriends. As a result, Junior quits the Marvel Family and leaves to New York City.In New York he starts a new life, dating a middle-aged woman, Dr. Caitlin Russo, and battling both Captain Nazi and a schizophrenic villainess named Chain Lightning. His Freddy Freeman body eventually healed, although he is left permanently lame in his right leg and forced to walk with a crutch.During his time in New York, Junior became a member of the Teen Titans, calling himself CM3 (short for "Captain Marvel Three", with Billy being CM1 and Mary CM2) to allow him to identify himself without changing. He also periodically ran into his former foster brother Timothy, who, as the super-powered demon Sabbac, repeatedly attempted to kill him.After the Titans disbanded, Junior eventually returned to Fawcett and the Marvel Family after reconciling with Billy. Much to Billy’s distaste, Freddy and Mary begin dating, although, heeding the wishes of his sister, Billy does not interfere.Junior briefly served as a member of Titans L.A., a shortlived Teen Titans spin-off group.In The Outsiders , Timothy Karnes was later killed by a man named Ishmael Gregor, who murdered Timothy during a satanic ritual in order to inherit his Sabbac powers. Junior came to the aid of the Outsiders to stop the new and more feral Sabbac. In his current incarnation, Junior once again goes by the name "Captain Marvel Junior" (not "CM3"), and wears a white cape like that of the other two Marvels instead of his traditional red one.H was an Outsider, Both he and Marvel Family nemeses Sabbac and Dr. Sivana play major roles in the current Outsiders comic book series. As an Outsider his first mission was to stop the Fearsome Five with their new member Sabbac. Sabbac empowered by the Seven Deadly Sins stopped his own members and almost killed the Outsiders. With the help of Katana with her Soul Taker, Donna Troy and Junior himself trapped Sabbac in the Soul Taker. Donna Troy recruited Junior, Shift, Jade and Starfire for a mission in outer space. Junior unexpectedly left New Cronos to head back to Earth because of the disruption of magic, brought about by the Spectre's murder of the wizard Shazam.
Freddy eventually helped rebuild the Rock of Eternity and fought against Superboy Prime in Infinite Crisis. One Year Later, Freddy has lost his powers in the Brave New World.With a loss of his powers, Freddy finds himself required by the gods who empower the Marvels to undergo a series of trials (Ã la Heracles) to prove himself worthy of his powers and become their new champion and herald under the name Shazam. At the same time, the evil Council of Merlin backs its representative, a sorceress known as Sabina, to challenge Freddy and attempt to win the power of Shazam in the name of the council."; I edited my profile at Freeweblayouts.net , check out these Myspace Layouts!
