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C.C. Beck(1910-1989)

  • Writer
  • Art Department
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C.C. Beck is the co-creator of the Marvel Family and many other Fawcett properties. Beck started as a staff artist on Fawcett Publications' pulp magazine, but after the publisher switched its focus to comic books in 1939, he was brought on to design a character conceptualized by writer Bill Parker, called at the time Captain Thunder. By the time the character actually debuted in the pages of Whiz Comics #2 in 1940, the name had been changed to Captain Marvel, and a legend was born.
BornJune 8, 1910
DiedNovember 22, 1989(79)
BornJune 8, 1910
DiedNovember 22, 1989(79)
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Pierce Brosnan, Aldis Hodge, Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Shahi, and Noah Centineo in Black Adam (2022)
Black Adam
6.2
  • Writer
  • 2022
Zachary Levi in Shazam! (2019)
Shazam!
7.0
  • Writer
  • 2019
Helen Mirren, Djimon Hounsou, Lucy Liu, Adam Brody, Meagan Good, Rachel Zegler, Zachary Levi, D.J. Cotrona, Grace Caroline Currey, and Ross Butler in Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
5.9
  • Writer
  • 2023
Shazam! (1974)
Shazam!
6.5
TV Series
  • Writer(creator, uncredited)

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  • MultiVersus (2024)
    MultiVersus
    6.2
    Video Game
    • characters: Captain Marvel, Shazam, Black Adam
    • 2024
  • Helen Mirren, Djimon Hounsou, Lucy Liu, Adam Brody, Meagan Good, Rachel Zegler, Zachary Levi, D.J. Cotrona, Grace Caroline Currey, and Ross Butler in Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)
    Shazam! Fury of the Gods
    5.9
    • Shazam! created by
    • 2023
  • Pierce Brosnan, Aldis Hodge, Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Shahi, and Noah Centineo in Black Adam (2022)
    Black Adam
    6.2
    • characters created by
    • 2022
  • Death Battle (2010)
    Death Battle
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Black Adam created by
    • Shazam created by
    • 2019–2022
  • LEGO DC: Shazam! Magic and Monsters (2020)
    LEGO DC: Shazam! Magic and Monsters
    6.2
    Video
    • comic and characters
    • 2020
  • Zachary Levi in Shazam! (2019)
    Shazam!
    7.0
    • Shazam created by
    • 2019
  • Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (2010)
    Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam
    7.0
    Video
    • character created by: Captain Marvel
    • 2010
  • DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection (2010)
    DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
    7.5
    Video
    • character created by: Captain Marvel
    • 2010
  • Tim Daly and Kevin Conroy in Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)
    Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
    7.1
    Video
    • characters: Captain Marvel and Billy Batson (uncredited)
    • 2009
  • Legends of the Superheroes (1979)
    Legends of the Superheroes
    5.4
    TV Series
    • Captain Marvel and Sivana characters (uncredited)
    • 1979
  • Shazam! (1974)
    Shazam!
    6.5
    TV Series
    • created by (creator, uncredited)
    • 1974
  • Tom Tyler in Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)
    Adventures of Captain Marvel
    7.1
    • character (uncredited)
    • 1941

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  • Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010)
    Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
    7.6
    Video
    • art contributor
    • 2010

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Charles Clarence Beck
  • Height
    • 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
  • Born
    • June 8, 1910
    • Zumbrota, Minnesota, USA
  • Died
    • November 22, 1989
    • Gainesville, Florida, USA(renal failure)
  • Spouse
    • Hildur Lorraine Peterson1934 - November 14, 1978 (her death, 2 children)
  • Other works
    Creator and illustrator of the original Captain Marvel.

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    I have never, to the best of my recollection, longed for the good old days of my childhood or youth. They weren't that good, and neither were the years of the Golden Age of Comic Books. That period - the late '30s and early '40s - may seem gloriously simple and primitive to people today, but it wasn't. The world was just as complicated and irrational and frightening then as it is today, or more so - which is why we writers and artists at Fawcett created a world of the imagination in which our comic characters lived and did things that we ourselves could not do.

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