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  Comics Central Captain Marvel
The Captain Marvel of this universe was the hero that the true Captain Marvel had always wanted to be, and his creation was such a success, that his mother, Elyisius, created another genetically engineered offspring, Phyla.
As the insane Captain Marvel was headed for Titan, with Elysius and Eros on his trail, Elysius sent a message to Phyla telling her that her brother was coming and to be ready to fight him when he arrived on Titan.
While Captain Marvel traveled to the future to resolve the conflict with the future Marlo, he sent Phyla to the apartment of the Marlo Jones of Earth-616 and Moondragon to make sure they were safe in the present as well.
www.comicscentral.net /marvelheroes/a-f/captainmarvel.php   (1943 words)

  
 STL COMICS - Calling All Comics - "The Captain Marvel and Family's Rise to Prominence in Comics - Part 1" - by KEVIN ...
Captain Marvel's appearance in the first issue of Whiz Comics proved to be a hit, and became the only successful rival to DC Comics' popular Superman title.
However, the popularity of superhero comics began to wane in the early 1950's and in 1953, Fawcett conceded and settled the lawsuit with DC out-of-court.
DC retained the rights to Captain Marvel, essentially letting the characters linger in limbo for many years, much to the chagrin of the legion of Captain Marvel fans.
stlcomics.com /columns/cac/V   (888 words)

  
 Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Captain Marvel is the name of several fictional Marvel Comics superheroes.
The third Captain Marvel is Genis-Vell, the genetically-engineered son of Mar-Vell and his lover Elysius, created from the late Mar-Vell's cell samples and artificially aged to physical, if not emotional, maturity.
The fourth Captain Marvel is Phyla-Vell, Genis-Vell's younger sister.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Captain_Marvel_(Marvel_Comics)   (989 words)

  
 FAWCETT COMICS STORY
Thrill Comics and Whiz Comics were going to be at first Flash Comics but DC won the race with their comic featuring the adventures of the Scarlett Speedster, Jay Garrick (The Golden Age Flash), who by the way, wears a costume that reminds to the one that Captain Marvel uses, or vice versa.
Captain Marvel was also the first comic super hero featured in a movie, in the serials by Republic of 12 chapters, played by the actor Tom Tyler.
Claiming that Captain Marvel was a carbon copy of their character, DC lost their first legal fight in 1948 to Fawcett, when the Court resolved that Superman's characteristics weren't really specified in their copyright.
www.angelfire.com /comics/eternity0/captainmarvel03.html   (1019 words)

  
 Captain Marvel (DC Comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Marvel wore a bright red costume, inspired by both military uniforms and ancient Egyptian and Persian costumes as depicted in popular operas, with gold trim and a lightning bolt insignia on the chest.
DC Comics bought the Fawcett line of characters outright in 1980 and, with their 1985 miniseries Crisis on Infinite Earths, fully integrated the characters into the mainstream DC superhero setting.
Prior to reviving Captain Marvel in the 1970s, DC Comics, in its flagship Superman comic (issue #276, June 1974), published a story featuring a battle between the Man of Steel and a thinly disguised version of Captain Marvel called Captain Thunder (whether this was intentional to honor the character's early original name is unknown).
www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/Captain_Marvel_(DC_Comics)   (6397 words)

  
 The Marvel Family Web » Who's Who » Captain Marvel
At that, Captain Marvel sets off to track down the evil radio silencer plaguing his fair city — and at that Captain Marvel meets his arch-nemesis for the first time: Dr.
After a 20 year hiatus, it was revealed that in his attempt to place Captain Marvel in suspended animation, Sivana also caught himself, the rest of the Sivana Family as well most of Captain Marvel's friends and family in the same trap.
Captain Marvel was the first to awaken and he freed the rest of Sivana's prisoners.
www.marvelfamily.com /WhosWho/whoswho.asp?castid=1   (1154 words)

  
 Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) - DC Database - A Wikia wiki
Marvel's first call to duty was saving the world from the evil mad scientist Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana, who threatened to silence radio forever unless he was paid a large sum of money.
In Whiz Comics #25 (December 1941), a friend named Freddy Freeman, mortally wounded by an attack from Captain Nazi, was given the power to become teenage boy superhero Captain Marvel, Jr.
A typical use for Captain Marvel guest appearances in current comics is as a backup for Superman when a flight-enabled, super-strong being is needed, especially in situations where Superman's special weaknesses, such as Kryptonite or magic (which Captain Marvel does not share), are involved.
www.dcdatabaseproject.com /Captain_Marvel   (3572 words)

  
 Movie Poop Shoot - COMICS 101
Captain Marvel’s villains were some of the most bizarre in all of comics.
Most fans of the Fawcett Captain Marvel consider the high point of the character to be a serial that ran in CAPTAIN MARVEL ADVENTURES for two years, from 1943 to 1945: “The Monster Society of Evil.” In the story, all of Captain Marvel’s enemies (including such fiends as Sivana, Ibac, Captain Nazi, Mr.
Marvel’s alien Mar-Vell character was moderately popular but never widely known, and different variations on their character have been continually published to this day.
www.moviepoopshoot.com /comics101/6.html   (2580 words)

  
 Marvel comics story. 1: 1939-1946 Captain America etc
Indeed, he was in comic book since 1938, you may as well say prehistory, before what he did comic strip and before again animated cartoon, as inbetweener on Popeye and Betty Boop.
Intrinsicaly, the character of Captain America was althoug far away to have the originality of the two former ones.
Captain America was but the last stage of the policy sketched by Human Torch, Submariner and others.
g.courtial.free.fr /marvel_1.htm   (765 words)

  
 Superman vs. Captain Marvel [Archive] - The Superhero Hype! Boards
Captain Marvel gets his powers from gods.Not abnormally strong people, from gods.The strength of Hercules,etc. So,he's not as powerful as A god.He's as powerful as several gods.Would this not relegate to a serious ass whupping of an alien or does this mean that an alien is stronger than gods.
To me it's like DC is the head coach of a football team and Superman is the coach's son, Captain Marvel is like the guy who is just as good as the son probably even better, but never starts because he's not the coach's son.
Marvel’s powers come from gods….that aren’t gods in the sense that they created the Universe, but in that they were mortals that gained power by an outside source and have earth people worship them because earth people think they created this world and everything in it.
superherohype.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-69235.html   (11519 words)

  
 Captain Marvel (Amalgam Universe)
Captain Marvel told Apollo that he and his metamutant associates had gone too far this time, but Apollo only responded by hitting Captain Marvel with one of his optic solar blasts.
Captain Marvel and his JLA teammates then retreated so that they could get Angelhawk medical attention, vowing to bring Aqua-Mariner to justice another day.
Super-Soldier disagreed with Captain Marvel's suggestion that all metamutants were evil by definition, but he admitted that he could not release the JLX because it was his duty to uphold the law.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/amcptmvl.htm   (959 words)

  
 Marvel Comics - Uncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Marvel Comics, otherwise known as "Gay People Writing Queer Stories, Inc." is a comic book company that mainly publishes shitty books about the X-Men, a soap opera concerning people who can shoot laser beams from their eyes!
Marvel Comics was founded by Stan Lee, the "Father of Marvel Comics!" Its first publication was Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939), featuring the first appearance of the Human Torch, and the mutant anti-hero Namor!
Strangely, this comic seems to celebrate America in a non-ironic manner.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Marvel_Comics   (477 words)

  
 Captain Marvel (DC Comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Captain Marvel was hailed as "The World's Mightiest Mortal" in his adventures (and nicknamed "The Big Red Cheese" by archvillain Doctor Sivana, an epithet adopted by fans as a nickname for their hero).
Fawcett ceased publishing Captain Marvel-related comics in 1953, due in part to a copyright infringement suit from DC Comics alleging that Captain Marvel was an illegal infringement of Superman.
Marvel's strength is enough that he has fought beings such as Superman or Wonder Woman to a standstill.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Captain_Marvel_(DC_Comics)   (6659 words)

  
 Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Captain Marvel
More likely, however, this was because it addressed a desire shared by all children — the ability to make themselves bigger and stronger and able to deal with the frustrations of their lives in a physical, viscerally satisfying way, and yet be their regular selves when the power is not needed.
And DC Comics, Superman's publisher, launched a lawsuit accusing Fawcett of having patterned Captain Marvel a little too closely on their character.
In 1966, Carl Burgos, who, a generation earlier, had created The Human Torch, created a short-lived hero named Captain Marvel for M.F. Enterprises; and in 1967, Marvel Comics, claiming ownership of all uses of the word "Marvel" in comics, chimed in with a version of their own.
www.toonopedia.com /capmarv1.htm   (795 words)

  
 Shazam, Captain Marvel, DC Archives
We are now carrying titles from DC Comics masterful reprinting of the best of its past.
Created by writer Bill Parker and artist C.C. Beck, Captain Marvel was one of the most popular comic characters of all time, outselling even Superman.
Volume 4 reprints stories from America's Greatest Comics, Number 2, Captain Marvel Adventures, Numbers 4-5, and the Captain Marvel stories from Whiz Comics numbers 25, and Master Comics numbers 21 and 22.
www.kenpiercebooks.com /shazam.htm   (331 words)

  
 SHAZAM! It's Captain Marvel
Shazam is an ancient wizard who gave Billy Batson the power to become Captain Marvel.
This is the Captain Marvel that a lot of people remember and the biggest cause of the name confusion.
The images and other related material is not official or affiliated with Warner Brothers, DC Comics or any other relevant trademark or copyright holders.
www.tconl.com /~clowns/marvel.html   (398 words)

  
 OAFE - DC Comics: Captain Marvel custom figure
Since Captain Marvel is a rather innocent and naive hero, I thought that making him from Batman/Superman Animated figures would be appropriate.
Captain Marvel is 5" tall, and has four points of articulation.
I boiled and popped to swap the figures' heads, but Bruce Wayne's neck peg was longer than Superman's, so I ended up gluing the head in place anyway.
www.oafe.net /customs/dc_shazam.php   (183 words)

  
 THE CAPTAIN MARVEL'S HOMEPAGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Welcome to the Big Red Cheese's Homepage, I'm just one of the many fans that the World's Mightiest Mortal has, trying to contribute in informing to the people the most that I can about this "marvelous" character!
I want to aknowledge the works of the incredibles William Parker and C.C. Beck who created him, and created him quite perfect!
Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr., and almost all characters aknowledged in this page are property of DC Comics Inc.
www.angelfire.com /comics/eternity0   (80 words)

  
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 DC Comics Message Boards: Captain Marvel/Shazam!
DC Comics Message Boards » DC Universe » Captain Marvel/Shazam!
Goodbye "Captain Marvel", Hello "Shazam!": What's In The Name Brand?
All site contents ™ and © DC Comics, unless otherwise noted here.
dcboards.warnerbros.com /web/forum.jspa?forumID=29209029   (127 words)

  
 DC Comics
Acclaimed writer Judd Winick (OUTSIDERS, GREEN ARROW) redefines the mighty Captain Marvel in a 12-issue maxiseries featuring a stunning new art style for fan-favorite illustrator Howard Porter (THE FLASH, JLA)!
The world is in magical turmoil as Captain Marvel tries to keep everything under control in the aftermath of the events of DAY OF VENGEANCE.
And with the rest of the Marvel Family powerless, it's all up to him — unless some drastic changes occur fast.
www.dccomics.com /comics/?cm=5782   (97 words)

  
 SHAZAM! The Original Captain Marvel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Origin: The ancient wizard Shazam grants orphan newsboy Billy Batson the power to change into Captain Marvel by saying his name, an acronym for 6 powerful elders.
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www.captainmarvelculture.com /shazam.html   (167 words)

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