![]() ![]() No longer would Billy Batson ever become Captain Marvel. During the time Captain Marvel was out of publication, Marvel Comics snapped up the trademark for the name “Captain Marvel.” So any books DC Comics published with their character now became titled “Shazam!”, though he was still called Captain Marvel up until 2012, when his name officially became Shazam. Sivana, and then in 1994, bought them outright. ![]() In 1974, DC Comics (which has copyright of Superman) licensed Captain Marvel and associated characters like Mary Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr., Black Adam and Dr. However, in 1953 due to numerous factors like flagging sales and lawsuits, Fawcett ceased publication of superhero titles and even sold many of them off. In fact, in those early days for a brief time, Captain Marvel comics actually outsold Superman comics. This Captain Marvel debuted in Whiz Comics, a subsidiary of Fawcett Publications, in 1939 as a direct competitor to Action Comics’ hugely popular character, Superman. That was indeed Billy Batson, given super powers by the ancient wizard, Shazam - when he shouts that name, he becomes the mightiest of heroes. To try to untangle this mammoth knot we need to start with the first Captain Marvel. studios, the DC Comics movie “Shazam!” opens, and this will be the Billy Batson character and his adult alter ego. To add further confusion to the matter, on April 5 in a coincidence that’s not really a coincidence but plainly planned by Warner Bros. ![]() “Isn’t ‘Captain Marvel’ that kid Billy Batson that says ‘SHAZAM!’ and then turns into a grown man in red long johns, a white cape, and a gold lightning bolt on his chest?” Watch Video: WATCH: The long and twisted history of Captain Marvel and Shazamįollowing on the heels of “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Antman and the Wasp" comes the nationwide opening of Marvel Cinematic Universe’s latest entry, the 21st in their unprecedented endeavor of connected films, “Captain Marvel.”įor many moviegoers who are only casual fans of comic crusaders, this may cause some confusion. ![]()
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