VENGEFUL FOUR

Membership: Biggy Brix, Captain Death, Herr Geyer, Sivana

Base of Operations: Fawcett City, Earth-S

First Appearance: Whiz Comics (Fawcett) #21 (September, 1941)

History:  (Whiz Comics (Fawcett) #21) - Captain Marvel’s arch-nemesis Sivana recruited three other foes of Marvel, Biggy Brix, Captain Death and Herr Geyer to form the Vengeful Four. Sivana revealed that Captain Marvel’s secret identity was Billy Batson, and sent his men out to scour hotel registries so they could find and abduct Billy. The villains didn’t know that the Billy Batson Fan Club, consisting of three boys named Billy Batson, were in town. They kidnapped Tall Billy, Fat Billy and Hill Billy, but failed to find their actual target. When Sivana learned that the Billys were friends with his nemesis he sent a ransom note to radio station WHIZ, demanding Billy show up at an abandoned saw-mill or his friends would be killed. Billy knew it was a trap, but had no choice, and when he arrived the Vengeful Four knocked him out and gagged him so he couldn’t say Shazam. Sivana tied all the Bilys to a log and started up the saw, gloating that he was leaving them to their doom. As they inched closer to the saw Billy managed to use it to cut through his gag, but when he said Shazam the sound of his voice was drowned out. He asked his new friends for help, and when they all said the word Shazam they were given the powers of Captain Marvel. Captain Marvel and his new Lieutenant Marvels Fat Marvel, Hill Billy Marvel and Tall Marvel spotted the Vengeful Four flying off in Sivana's plane and crashed through it, with the Vengeful Four seemingly perishing in the crash. Billy’s friends were overjoyed at being able to team up with their hero.