Billy Batson/Courtney Whitmore

Pairing
Pairing:	Billy Batson/Courtney Whitmore
Alternative name(s):	Shazam/Stargirl, Captain Marvel/Stargirl, Starzam, Starvel
Gender category:	Het
Fandom:	DC Comics
Canonical?:	Canon (Only in New Earth)
Prevalence:	Rare
Archives:
Other:	Billy Batson and Courtney Whitmore kissing by Leonard Kirk (2003)
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Billy Batson/Courtney Whitmore is the het pairing of Billy Batson (Shazam/Captain Marvel) and Courtney Whitmore (Stargirl) in the DC Comics fandom. While only canon in one universe (New Earth), the ship is well liked by DC fans, and grew to be one of the most popular ships for both characters.

Canon

Billy Batson and Courtney Whitmore are superhero teenagers from DC Comics. Billy and Courtney had rarely interacted across most DC media for most of either of their existence's. Mostly because Courtney was introduced in 1999, almost 60 years after Billy's debut. Another reason is due to both characters often being in separate teams; while Billy is usually with the Justice League and the Shazam family, Courtney is usually with the Justice Society of America. In some canons though, they had met, and in one case, they had dated briefly.

New Earth

JSA

In the JSA comic line set in New Earth, Billy and Courtney, both 16 year old members of the Justice Society, had a brief romantic relationship with each other between issue #48 and #59. Before dating her, Billy had a secret crush on Courtney. Black Adam (a.k.a. Teth-Adam), ruler of Kahndaq, another JSA member, and a close ally and former enemy of Billy, notice that, but convinces him that she's "out of your league," and that there's better thing to attend to, like his family, Fawcett City, and homework. Sometime later, Courtney and Billy were transported to the alternate realm known as the Shadowlands, where Billy can’t access his powers and is reverts to his true identity. The transformation shocks Courtney, realising that Billy is another teenager in the Justice Society. At first, Billy explains that the wizard Shazam is where he got the powers from, and when Courtney asked him if anyone else in the team knows that he's a teen, he says "Uhh... just one other really. Black Adam." which got Courtney understandably concerned due to Adam once being a bad guy. While the two were traveling together in the Shadowlands, Courtney finds that Billy acts less sure but also more relaxed when he’s not an adult superhero and asked what is it like to be in his adult form, in which Billy claims to be strange and discusses about an school test he had in the same day he was fighting Black Adam back when he was evil, in which he decided is turn into Captain Marvel to do the test, but than realised how wrong it was to cheat, so he switched back to himself and did the test without help. He than discloses both his real age (Which happens to be the same as her) and his name to Courtney, who then mentions how glad she is to meet him and started kissing him on the lips.

After returning to Earth, Both Billy and Courtney officially began dating. However, there’s one problem: Billy and Courtney spent most of their time as superheroes together with the JSA, a team that (besides Black Adam and Courtney) don't know Billy's true secret identity (since he's always in his adult Captain Marvel form while working with the team) making other teammates concern that Billy, who they think is a grown man (when in reality, he's not), having a romantic relationship with a 16 year old. At first, Jakeem Williams (another friend of Courtney) and Johnny Thunder notice Courtney and Billy together, in which Jakeem was suspicious about. Then, Jay Garrick, the original Flash, expresses his concerns to Billy. While tempted to reveal the truth of his secret identity to the others, Billy finds his Wisdom of Solomon prevents him from doing so. Unable to see another option, Billy flies to Courtney’s window and tells her he’s leaving the Justice Society. Despite Courtney begging him to switch back to his true self so he won’t be influenced by the gods empowering him, Billy flies away, breaking up with Courtney before their relationship can become a scandal.

Justice Society of America (Vol 3)

Years later, Billy loses his powers and admits his true identity to the Justice Society of America, acknowledging to Courtney that their relationship may have worked out if he’d been honest earlier. Billy and Courtney manage to reconnect, but before their relationship can go anywhere, New Earth was rebooted into the New 52 era, abandoning the ship in the process.

Fandom

Tropes

• Battle Couple - Billy and Courtney are both superheroes.
• Birds of a Feather
• Everyone Can See It - Black Adam, Jakeem Thunder, Jay Garrick.
• Hair Contrast Duo - Billy has black hair, while Courtney has blonde hair.
• Lookalike Lovers - They're both close to the same height (at least in Billy's normal form), and have blue eyes.
• One Head Taller - While Billy does appears to be only an inch taller than Courtney, he is a head taller in his Captain Marvel form.
• Official Couple - Only briefly in one universe.
• Puppy Love - Billy and Courtney are both teenagers.
• Unresolved Sexual Tension - Other JSA teammates' suspicions (Due to them only seeing Billy as the adult Captain Marvel) was a issue that lead to Billy leaving both the team and Courtney.
• Relationship-Salvaging Disaster

Moments

• Big Damn Kiss - Their first kiss was immersed in a large spark coming out of Billy's forehead.
• First Kiss - JSA #48.
• Friends to Lovers - They were good friend at first, but then after Courtney found out who Billy really is, they escaped the friend zone and began dating.
• Kissing Discretion Shot - In their first kiss, both Billy and Courtney are a silhouette.
• Please Don't Leave Me - The upset Courtney tried begging Billy not to leave the JSA.
• Rescue Romance - JSA #50
• Working with the Ex - Billy and Courtney later reunited.
• You Are Not Alone - When they were both in the Shadowlands, where they started falling for each other.