Dudley Marvel (Earth-S)

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Uncle Marvel

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Real Name

Dudley

Current Alias

Uncle Marvel

Aliases

Uncle Dudley; Mister Dudley; Dudley Batson; Dudley Marvel

Identity

Secret

Race

Human

Alignment

Good

Affiliation

Marvel Family

Relatives

Audrey (wife); Freckles Marvel (niece); Claimed to be the uncle to Billy Batson, Mary Marvel and Freddy Freeman, but in fact, he wasn't related to any of them.

Universe

Earth-S

Base Of Operations

Fawcett City

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Eyes

Blue

Hair

White

Unusual Features

Uncle Marvel was an extremely out of shape, yet courageous super-hero.

Status

Citizenship

American

Marital Status

Divorced

Occupation

Confidence artist

Origin

Origin

Creators

Otto Binder, C.C. Beck

Original Publisher

Fawcett Publications

First appearance

(Golden Age) Wow Comics #18; (Silver Age) Shazam #1

History

History of character is unknown.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Despite the fact that he wore a costume, Uncle Marvel possessed no superhuman abilities.

Abilities

Uncle Marvel had a way of making his own clumsiness work towards his benefit. Craftier than he may appear, he succeeds in allowing others to underestimate him, thereby providing himself with a chance to appear truly heroic. He once even tricked Black Adam into speaking the magic word, Shazam, transforming him back into the frail, aged Egyptian, Teth-Adam.

Strength level

Uncle Marvel possessed the strength level of a man his age, size and weight who avoided exercise at all costs.

Weaknesses

He explained his lack of super-powers by claiming he suffered from "shazambago".

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: Uncle Marvel generally ran down the street following the rest of the Marvel Family on their adventures. Occasionally, Captain Marvel would let him ride on his back while flying.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

• Whether Dudley is his first or last name is unknown.

• Uncle Marvel was created for Fawcett Publications by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Following a 1953 lawsuit, the character became the licensed property of DC Comics.
  

Trivia

• According to The Marvel Family Web, C.C. Beck patterned Uncle Marvel's appearance after vaudeville comedien, W.C. Fields. In keeping with that tradition, Jerry Ordway modeled his version of Dudley after actor Charles Durning.
  
  

Appearances in Other Media

• An alternate version of the Dudley character, known only as Mentor, appeared on the 1974 children's television series, Shazam. Actor Les Tremayne played the role of Mentor, and proved to be more insightful and effective than his more corpulent comic counterpart.

• Uncle Marvel appeared as a regular supporting character on the 1981 animated series, The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam. Actor Alan Oppenheimer provided the voice for Dudley Marvel as well as Tawky Tawny and Doctor Sivana. Although Dudley never wore a Marvel costume in the cartoon, his personality was very much in line with his portrayal from the comic books.

See Also

• Discuss Dudley Marvel (Earth-S) on the forums
• Appearances of Dudley Marvel (Earth-S) (Chronological)
• Appearances of Dudley Marvel (Earth-S)
• Character Gallery: Dudley Marvel (Earth-S)

Recommended Reading

• Captain Marvel Adventures
• Captain Marvel, Jr.
• Marvel Family
• Mary Marvel
• Master Comics
• Power of Shazam
• Shazam
• Shazam: The New Beginning
• Trials of Shazam
• Whiz Comics
• Wow Comics

Links and References

• Marvel Family at Wikipedia.org
  
• Uncle Marvel page at the Marvel Family Web
  

Footnotes

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