Captain Marvel, Jr. is the sidekick to Captain Marvel, receiving incredible powers from the wizard Shazam whenever he speaks his predecessor's name. His alter-ego is a crippled impoverished orphan named Freddy Freeman, who cannot walk. During the The Trials of Shazam! storyline, he graduated to becoming the new Captain Marvel. In The New 52, Freddy Freeman is now known as Shazam, Jr.. He has been a member of the Marvel Family, Outsiders, Teen Titans and Young Justice.
Freddy Freeman was created by Ed Herron, C.C. Beck, and Mac Raboy, first appearing in Whiz Comics #25 (1941).