In the distant golden age of American comics, Fawcett Publications decided to try their luck in the booming business of comics. It is said that the same owner, Wilford "Billy" Fawcett oversaw the creation of a new superhero would use military rank he obtained when he was in the First World War, Captain, in addition to the source of the magical super hero, Thunderbolt.
The costume was inspired by a military-style uniform with decorations and a thunderbolt as badge chest, also included a coat decorated with flowers hanging by the neck on ceremonial style led by the former British nobility.
Captain Thunder's debut was in two black and white comic format "Ashcan" for advertising effect and announce their presence, not to start a collection. Usual with such issues was that they were straight to the trash after the public viewing.
As you can see, the first number was "Comics avenue" and the second to leave was "Thrilling Comics."
After that, the publisher found out that such securities were registered and not only that and there was another Captain Thunder (!) So at the last minute, for legal reasons, the name of Captain Thunder was changed to Captain Marvel.
The new cartoon called CARTOONS buzzer (Whiz Comics) surely referring to the magazine burlesque Fawcett published: "Captain Billy's Whiz Bang," the title is an allusion to the old rank and surname of the owner during the bombing in the war, he heard the "hum" and "clatter" of bullets and bombs.
As the last of the trouble getting up for sale this character was not a color guide to the costume by Fawcett and left to the discretion of the recorder sheets.
In those years, most basically let the writers do that job. In the case of Fawcett Comics, all they wanted was the lightning that comes through the chest of the costume was yellow. So in all honesty Fawcett did not know what color would the guise of Captain Marvel to get their hands on and see Whiz Comics # 2.
Whiz Comics # 2 is the first official appearance of Captain Marvel because Whiz Comics # 1 does not exist. Buzzers Comics 1.940 dated February debuted in second number with a new re-appointed Captain Marvel and a red-colored costume. Drawn
a cartoonish style by CC Beck, a homeless boy named Billy Batson followed a mysterious stranger in the abandoned tunnels of a subway station. There he meets an old wizard named Shazam, who tells the boy to tell his name. SHAZAM is
an acronym meaning wisdom of Solomon, strength of Hercules, stamina of Atlas, power of Zeus, Achilles' invulnerability and speed of Mercury.
The magic word is used to transform Batson developed an adult child to be called Captain Marvel.
The formula of the story was a winner from the start and ran out to see the cartoon, Fawcett decided to expand his line to give the good Captain your own collection: ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL and use to present more and Comics superhero comics Teachers, Buster Spies, Golden Arrow and others.
With the "Big Red Cheese" by beating the same Superman in sales, the next step was to expand the line Fawcett's Captain Marvel to Captain Marvel, JR., MARIA MARAVILLA, wonderful family.
All this happened long before the emergence of young versions of Superman and Supergirl Supergirl. Fawcett Comics
skillfully created a superhero based online teens who were heroes in their own right, rather than as mere companions (sidekicks.)
But it was felt that this would cause discontent among its competitors? It seems that one of them believe that what goes up must come down, either by hook or by crook.
In 1.941, opened Detective Comics a lawsuit against Fawcett Comics Captain Marvel claiming that it was infringing the copyright of Superman. In the time it took the trial, the court ruled that the "big red cheese" if infringed copyright of DC on Supes. Specific panels
Fawcett hero flying and doing works were used as evidence to show that his adventures and exploits were kidnapped DC hero (after 1.947, the company would be renamed as National Periodical Publications.)
But the court also ruled that DC could not enforce their copyrights because he had left (!) the basis for this decision was that the newspaper comic strip for the Man of Steel, which was produced by the McClure Syndicate with permission of DC, did not include any necessary warnings about copyrights that in those years were required by law to secure and maintain a right reproduction.
Thus, the court stated that DC had abandoned its copyright on Superman and could not enforce it, victory for Fawcett.
The federal appeals court in New York, was partially confirmed part of the opinion of the court and also partly reversed the decision of that court.
The appeals court agreed that the Captain Marvel violated DC copyright of Superman. It also ruled that DC had not abandoned their right of reproduction, it was noted that there was no attempt to give up that right for DC to continue hitting copyright notices in all the Superman comics published.
The appeals court also ruled that DC could not be held responsible for lapses McClure people with your license. For these reasons, DC never give up their rights to Superman and could enforce them. The appeals court returned the case to court to continue with other procedures.
At this time, Fawcett knew that technically lost the trial, proved that it violated the copyright of Detective Comics.
Fawcett's complaint-DC had begun when the sales of the publisher of the "big red cheese" were very high, but in the mid-fifties, its sales of the entire line "Wonder" were declining. So 1.953, Fawcett settle with the plaintiffs chose instead to continue a trial that was going to lose by publishing a character and his world was stumbling on sales.
In the agreement, Fawcett Publications agreed never to publish a cartoon of Captain Marvel. Never say never ever?
At that time, several publishers in the industry American Cartoon plummeted and the division of Fawcett Publications comic was closed.
Some of his characters, properties were sold to Charlton Comics from 1.954 to 1.955. Charlton drawn and printed several stories, though there were some needed changes in some details as happened with "Hoppy the rabbit Wonder" which was called "Happy, Magic Rabbit." Fawcett Comics as IN THIS MAGAZINE'S WEIRD STORIES GHOSTS and OF SUSPENSE continued to exist in Charlton, who seized the material inventory Fawcett had not been published.
In 1.965, Myron Fass, owner of several magazines, decided to enter the new genre of superheroes (thanks to some House of Ideas) and launched his cartoon character called Captain Marvel (taking advantage of the still remembered the hero of Fawcett) sales were erratic and the story always had National Periodical Publications problems for his firm bad taste to use names and words recorded in their histories with an apparent intent to sell as your product.
The use of the word "Wonder," Fass put in a judicial showdown with Marvel Comics and this made it clear to its owner, Martin Goodman that "Marvel" should have its own "Captain Marvel" and told Stan Lee to create one, Fass discontinued his Captain Marvel, but that's another story. In the early nineteen seventies, published by National / DC decided it would be very useful to them, if they could publish the adventures of the "original" Captain Marvel and several of its related characters as Mr. Scarlet, Ibis, Male Bala, etc.
Carmine Infantino, executive editor of those years, thinking that Fawcett would be happy to get rid of the "big red cheese," he called and what they answered was that they made an offer.
National / DC characters just leased Fawcett, were not hers.
(Years later, DC Comics characters eventually buy on the spot, this looks like it was his modus operandi, rather than become embroiled with treatment, they used their money to buy and get out of complicated deals, remember seen in WONDER WOMAN: THE MYTH OF WONDER WOMAN perpetuity. )
Although Superman was drawing back the curtains to present Billy Baton become Captain Marvel on the cover of the first issue of Shazam! in 1.973 (we know that this title was a way to avoid violating the rights of the Captain Marvel of Marvel Comics as we saw in TM: THE EFFECT OF TRADEMARK IN THE COMICS. ) he made no appearance in any number, indeed, the publisher had decided that the collection was its own separate universe from the DC universe. Basically cartoon was designed as a continuation of the Fawcett comic line.
In 1.974 it was decided to test in the audience to see if they could start a process of integration of the DC Universe characters Fawcett.
If they succeeded at that time that the Shadow (as had the rights to the character to use it) would give a hand to Batman (his best impersonator?) Why do these two super muscle did not ya? SUPERMAN
# 276 was the first meeting of the Man of Steel and Captain Thunder (¿¡?!) Apparently there were still questions to make them meet and was preferred to invent a double named Willie Fawcett rubbing his magic belt buckle and screaming " thunder! "magic stellar explosion became Captain Thunder, keeper of the seven spiritual powers granted by Merokee, the last of the great medicine men of the Mohegan tribe, as seen in the images. 
see, everything is slightly changed, figures and costumes, names changed to protect the guilty, er, innocent this creative adventure of two parts. 
seems that within NPP / DC was thought that the existence of Staff Billy / Captain Marvel would be difficult to accept in the "real world" of a messianic alien who lives among the puny humans. What they did with Popeye / Captain Strong was already funny, but this was ... to draw their own opinions, ladies and gentlemen. The message seemed to be that nobody in the editorial was confident that Superman and Captain Marvel could belong to the same world and less on going out together on an adventure. The super types
new faces would be the first in Justice League # 137 (where Fawcett Comics characters appear technically were not allowed in DC thought they could exploit and then discovered they had to pay for having used) The two super
again be subject to again be a hit in the size special treasure-COLLECTORS EDITION 58 at 1.978.
But what happened to the original collection of Captain Marvel? Reviving Captain Marvel and his family at 1.973, NPP / DC did not consider the current tastes of potential buyers and their own readers.
The first issues of his new collection were not as good as the stories published in the golden age, despite using the same atmosphere and style for new stories. Perhaps the cartoon had some support in sales, thanks to the fans of the TV series "Shazam!" To reach number 35 in his last 1.978.
Almost everyone agreed that his fault was not recreation, but they were very simple for the children of the seventies and were not set into your new reality editorial, this way we made the "big red cheese" could not grow in the DC continuity.
2.007 In, writer / artist Jerry Ordway said something worth paying attention: "This is my own opinion because" Shazam " has never succeeded in DC and that DC does not have a story with a triumphant "Shazam." Captain Marvel Fawcett was a success not for DC, so my feeling is that they have never seen him having the potential to reach a huge mass of readers. With something like Flash, or Wonder Woman, Green Lantern or they have a vested interest. DC not bought the rights to Shazam until the late eighties or nineties, before doing that, they had to pay a fee for each appearance Fawcett that made [the characters] and that is what limited the inclusion Cap's on the stories of DC. They did not secure the other Fawcett heroes until I needed them in POWER OF SHAZAM. My point is that Shazam is a foster child, while the other DC characters are the sons and daughters' favorite. "
has always been attempts to adapt or make their stories more serious in decades past, but when you belong to the world of the hero who for generations said it was number one in their universe and that Captain Marvel is just an imitation, to the most powerful mortal can not shake the appearance of apparently always a number two.
Written by Hector Augusto Sovero Gastañeta.
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