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unusual facts about Captain Marvel



DC Universe

Dimensions, rituals and spiritual realms are sources for magic power as seen in Ras Al Ghul's Lazarus Pit, Doctor Occult's use of the astral plane and the transformations of Captain Marvel.

Fatman the Human Flying Saucer

Beck and Binder created Fatman long after Beck's popular creation Captain Marvel was canceled partly due to a copyright infringement suit with DC Comics.

Gender Through Comic Books

Significant to the course content were the interviews with prominent comic book creators: Terry Moore author of Strangers in Paradise; Mark Waid, writer for Superman; Kelly Sue DeConnick, Steve Wacker, and Sana Amanant, creators of the new Captain Marvel; Gail Simone author of Secret Six; Scott Snyder author of Swamp Thing; and Brian K. Vaughn author of Y: The Last Man.

Lance O'Casey

The stories were popular backup stories to the book's main attractions of Captain Marvel and Spy Smasher.

Legacy hero

Family franchises such as DC's Atom, Black Canary, Captain Marvel, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Hawkwoman, The Ray and Robin or Marvel's Black Knight, Captain America and Captain Marvel have seen several characters take up the name and abilities of the original.

Marvel Family

Created in 1942 by writers Otto Binder and Ed Herron, and Fawcett artists C. C. Beck, Mac Raboy, and Marc Swayze, the team is an extension of Fawcett's Captain Marvel franchise, and includes Marvel's sister Mary Marvel, their friend Captain Marvel Jr., and, at various times, a number of other characters as well.

Per Degaton

For example, he provides the revelation of the gruesome punishment that Atom Smasher will suffer at the hands of the Spectre, the breaking down of the relation between Stargirl and Captain Marvel; only the intervention of Daniel Hall prevents Degaton from telling Hector Hall details of his eventual passing.

Squadron of Justice

Three young men from different areas of the country (Texas, the Ozarks and Brooklyn) all named Billy Batson were reading Captain Marvel’s comic book adventures and happened to wonder if saying “Shazam” would work for them as well.


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Adventures of Captain Marvel

Nigel De Brulier as Shazam, the wizard who gives Billy the power to become Captain Marvel.

Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam!

Black Adam exploited that hate to recruit him with his power as Black Adam Jr. until the boy realizes the villain's evil and reconciled with the Marvels, which led to Captain Marvel bestowing him a portion of his power to become Captain Marvel Jr.

Genis-Vell

He starred in Captain Marvel (vol. 2) by writer Fabian Nicieza and artist Ed Benes with an initial publication date of December 1995.

Karmang

While Superman and Captain Marvel fight to the death, Supergirl and Mary Marvel discovered the enemies responsible for the mess, fly to Mars and face Karmang in his castle.

Marc Swayze

Swayze was hired primarily by Fawcett to illustrate Captain Marvel stories and covers for Whiz Comics and Captain Marvel Adventures.

Marvelman

Faced with the sudden loss of their star feature, Miller turned to Mick Anglo to come up with a replacement character that, while ostensibly a new creation, mimicked enough core elements of Captain Marvel to retain the interest of readers who had enjoyed the reprints.

Mister Atom

Again Atom was brought back to Earth, this time by Mr. Mind, who employed him to attach his head to an atomic racecar and challenge Captain Marvel to an auto race in Indianapolis with the threat that he'd level the city with an atomic blast.

Muhamad Radhi Mat Din

Radhi also known by the nickname Captain Marvel among Kedah fans during his playing careers with his similar characters of former English footballer Bryan Robson.

National Comics Publications v. Fawcett Publications

Captain Marvel had proven to be very successful for the company, and had, within two years of his existence, become its flagship comic book character and had been the first superhero to be adapted into film, in The Adventures of Captain Marvel.

Otto Binder

His first Captain Marvel writing was the "Dime Action Book" novel Return of the Scorpion, featuring the villain from the 1941 Republic serial The Adventures of Captain Marvel.

The Magnetic Telescope

The story begins with Clark Kent and Lois Lane, along with the entire town, observing a scientist's (who resembles Captain Marvel's archnemesis Doctor Sivana) demonstration of his magnetic telescope.