Shazam!
When it make out to the superhero personaCaptain Marvel , there are two name calling that immediately come to mind . The first being the current Captain Marvel in the Marvel Universe , Carol Danvers . The second being DC ’s formerCaptain wonder - turned Shazam , Billy Batson . However , during the 60s , another character with the same name was introduced and he was super bizarre .
Originally , the first Captain Marvel was put out by Fawcett Comics . That version is the character many sports fan know today as Shazam . However , after DC Comicssued the publishing firm for Shazam being too similar to Superman , the character was lay off That ’s when Marvel introduced a character named Mar - Vell who also went by the name Captain Marvel . DC would bribe the rights to the original Captain Marvel before change his name to Shazam . Meanwhile , legion Marvel hero would use the name until Carol Danvers -previously Ms. Marvel- took up the Captain Marvel byname in 2012 . In the mid-60s , another company try and ( mostly ) failed to introduce a new hero called Captain Marvel as well .
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In 1966 , M.F. Enterprises publishedCaptain Marvelan all - new hoagie create by Carl Burgos , with the unveiling issue by Roger Elwood and Leon Francho . This version of Captain Marvel ( who actually raven Marvel ’s version ) was an android capable of detach his own limb - including his head . The blonde - hirsute Hero of Alexandria also had laser - visual sense and could fly among his many top executive . He was create on an alien satellite in an exploit to aid them in warfare . However , after his planet is bombed Captain Marvel will and crash lands on Earth , where he teams up with a young boy … namedBillyBaxton . It ’s there he disguises himself as a prof diagnose Roger Winkle .
With Captain Marvel ’s Marvel debut happen a twelvemonth after M.F. Enterprises ' new take on the authoritative Fawcett case , Myron Fass ( who published pulp magazine on everything from unidentified flying object , punk rock and soft - nub porn)sued Marvel ’s Martin Goodmanin an attempt to shut down the fresh Mar - Vell comic . alas , the lawsuit did n’t avail his case as Captain Marvel would release four issues ( and M.F. a smattering more ) before the company kibosh print comics altogether .
It certainly did n’t help affair that M.F. Enterprises named characters Plastic Man , Dr. Fate , had a role called Bat , Prof. Doom , Colonel Cold , and Tinyman . Their version of Captain Marvel is generally draw a blank because he was such a flash in the pan and such a strident rip - off that he had no business survive in the first place . The effort to rebrand theCaptain Marvelname failed miserably . gratefully Marvel and D.C. would steer the name back into the undecomposed books .
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