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Yawn.
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Oct 30, 2014 - 9:12 PM
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Joe E.
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I have always found irritating that the real Captain Marvel, who is currently owned by DC had to have his book titled Shazam. The real Captain Marvel was created by CC Beck for Fawcett Comics. Ironic when you consider that DC sued Fawcett claiming Captain Marvel infringed on Superman's copyright.
This, too, is the "real" Captain Marvel, as there's more than one. The "Shazam!" one is the original, of course, which is certainly important, but Marvel's current Captain Marvel (there have been several characters with that name / mantle, as well as several Ms. Marvels, one of whom is now the current Captain Marvel) is an important character in her own right, with significance going beyond just being another Marvel movie character anchoring yet another Marvel movie.
But getting back to the DC / Fawcett Captain Marvel, it is indeed ironic that DC wound up owning the character (though hardly unheard of; note how Disney even sued Marvel back in the day over Howard the Duck, whom it alleged infringed on Donald Duck, and now Disney owns Marvel outright and allowed Howard back on screen in Guardians of the Galaxy, 28 years to the day after the release of his previous movie appearance back in 1986). But it's also likely DC's ownership of the character has done more to keep the character "alive" than would ever otherwise be the case, preventing him from fading into obscurity and historical footnotes.
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