Fawcett City

**Fawcett City** is a fictional city located in the American Midwest and the home of the Marvel Family. It appears in publications by Fawcett Comics.

## Points of Interest

- Beckville
- This is a neighborhood located in Fawcett City. The name is derived from Shazam creator C.C. Beck.

- Binder Square
- This is a recreation area located in Fawcett City. The name is derived from Otto Binder, a longtime writer of the Captain Marvel family of titles.

- McKeon History Museum
- One of several natural history museums found in Fawcett City.

- Sivana Industries
- One of the largest and most successful business operating out of Fawcett City. Sivana Industries is owned and operated by millionaire entrepreneur Thaddeus Bodog Sivana.

- Solar Center
- This was the name of a front company owned by Doctor Sivana in Fawcett City. Dr. Bruce Gordon was the designer and chief architect of the Solar Center.

- Binder Subway Station
- Beckoned by a mysterious figure, young Billy Batson was lured into the subway where he entered a mystic portal that brought him to the Rock of Eternity. It was here that he first met the wizard Shazam who granted him the ability to transform into Captain Marvel.

- WHIZ Radio
- This is the news/radio affiliate station where young Billy Batson worked as an amateur newscaster.

### Heroes

- Captain Marvel
- Captain Marvel Jr.
- Ibis the Invincible
- Mary Marvel
- Spy Smasher
- Uncle Marvel

### Villains

- Black Adam
- Captain Nazi
- Doctor Sivana
- Ibac
- King Kull
- Mister Atom
- Mister Banjo
- Mister Mind
- Sabbac

### Others

- Bruce Gordon
- C.C. Batson
- Ebenezer Batson
- Hoppy the Marvel Bunny
- Lisa Sutton
- Marilyn Batson
- Sinclair Batson
- Sterling Morris
- Tawky Tawny

### Sports

- Binder High Marvels (high school baseball)
- Fawcett City Bullets (high school basketball)
- Fawcett City Lightning (baseball)
- Fawcett City Tigers (football)
- Fawcett Tech Trojans (high school baseball)

## Notes

- Fawcett City is named after Wilford H. Fawcett, the founder of Fawcett Publications.
- In the pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity, the Marvel Family lived in an unnamed metropolis, implied to be an original fictional city since most major American cities (including New York) would be mentioned as distinct from the heroes' hometown on various occasions. This would be contradicted in Shazam!, which indeed suggested Billy Batson's city to be New York, however in _Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe_ #4 (1985), the base of operations of Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel, Jr. was stated to be Fawcett City in their respective entries. Months later, writer Marv Wolfman established Fawcett City in-story in _Crisis on Infinite Earths_ #7. The New Earth version of the city first appeared in the 1994 graphic novel _The Power of Shazam! (graphic novel)_ by Jerry Ordway. Previously, Captain Marvel had lived in San Francisco (Shazam! The New Beginning).
- Fawcett City's location had never been firmly established, though it was in the Midwest. Differing sources indicate:
    - Indiana
    - Minnesota, at the location of Minneapolis
    - Wisconsin, based on implicit hints in _The Power of Shazam!_ (Volume 1)
- However, the New 52 made Fawcett City a suburb of Philadelphia.