DC Timeline 8



DC Timeline 8 is the 8th of 61 universes in the DC portion of the Multiverse. This universe debuted in Adventures of Captain Marvel 1, Curse of the Scorpion in 1941.

History
In 1941, the Malcolm Expedition went to Siam in search of an artifact known as the Golden Scorpion. Unfortunately, one of the members in secret became a hooded villain called the Scorpion and wanted use the artifact's powers for his own power mad purposes. Billy Batson, the youngest member of the Expedition came across a spirit known as Shazam the Wizard and Shazam blessed him with the abilities of Captain Marvel. Captain Marvel would eventually defeat the Scorpion and destroy the Golden Scorpion itself so it could no longer be sought after by villains. This also turned Captain Marvel back into Billy Batson for good, or at least the time being.

Meanwhile, Alan Armstrong fought against Nazi spies as Spy Smasher with the help of his twin brother, Jack Armstrong.

Danaverse Connection
Billy Batson's Captain Marvel alias came back to him as the wizard Shazam called out to him in 1942, warning of the Crisis War. He would then be recruited into the Council of Marvel. Spy Smasher meanwhile is sure to take part, though what role he plays in the Crisis War is unclear.

Characters
To Be Added

Information
With Adventures of Captain Marvel being released to cinemas as a serial in 1941, this is actually the earliest DC Timeline to be produced, but at the time, both Captain Marvel and Spy Smasher were part of Fawcett Comics. This timeline's inclusion as DC Timeline 8 is the result of DC licensing the rights to the Fawcett characters. DC would buy them outright in 1994.