# You've got the power of Captain Marvel. Do you ever go back to being Billy Batson? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 26, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-the-power-of-captain-marvel-do-you-ever-go-back-to-being-billy-batson/708232 "2014-12-26T20:25:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-the-power-of-captain-marvel-do-you-ever-go-back-to-being-billy-batson/708232/41 "2015-01-01T19:32:45Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Ah, yes, the G.W.Bush theory of political good and evil. Bush got people _killed_. I’d do no such thing. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-the-power-of-captain-marvel-do-you-ever-go-back-to-being-billy-batson/708232/42 "2015-01-02T20:02:26Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > Isnt that the problem with many super heroes? When would Superman go back to being Clark Kent? That’s a somewhat different situation – if somebody shot Clark Kent, the bullet would still bounce off. Of course, he’d need to explain it away somehow, but that’s a less severe problem than having a bullet hole in you. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-the-power-of-captain-marvel-do-you-ever-go-back-to-being-billy-batson/708232/43 "2015-01-02T22:24:17Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > Isnt that the problem with many super heroes? When would Superman go back to being Clark Kent? One of the many reasons, I’m sure, for the change in his childhood post-Crisis. This question is much easier to answer if he didn’t start out being called Superbaby by his own parents. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-the-power-of-captain-marvel-do-you-ever-go-back-to-being-billy-batson/708232/44 "2015-01-02T22:49:57Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > One of the many reasons, I’m sure, for the change in his childhood post-Crisis. This question is much easier to answer if he didn’t start out being called Superbaby by his own parents. The Kents never called him that. “Superbaby” was just the name of the backup feature. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-the-power-of-captain-marvel-do-you-ever-go-back-to-being-billy-batson/708232/45 "2015-01-02T23:13:52Z")
Assuming the Captain marvel persona is also immortal, does my 'real" self continue to age while I’m CM? eg, if I stay as CM for 20 years, never aging, then change back, is my “real;” self 20 years older than the last time I was me or have I not aged? It would be a real bitch if you didn’t change back for a century or two, then did only to have your mortal self suddenly age and die before you could say “Tomato Herring” again. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-the-power-of-captain-marvel-do-you-ever-go-back-to-being-billy-batson/708232/46 "2015-01-03T22:54:37Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > The Kents never called him that. “Superbaby” was just the name of the backup feature. I was thinking of stuff like [this](http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/superboy/76-3.jpg). I suppose covers aren’t necessarily canon, and I relatively recently learned that they may not have even been reflective of writer/editorial thought, so maybe it’s not relevant after all, but there it is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-the-power-of-captain-marvel-do-you-ever-go-back-to-being-billy-batson/708232.md?page=2)