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Next Year, Marvel Captain Marvel and DC Captain Marvel hit the big screen
- Thread starter BWoog
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Sadly.
Didn't like that change in the comics. He'll always be captain marvel to me. I think it's something to do with all the weird licensing issues that have always been there.
I hope the makers of the Shazam put a Captain Marvel joke in their somewhere...Probably wouldn't even have to break the 4th wall.
Marvel could at least give the rights to Genis-Vell to The Asylum or something.
Throw me a bone dammit.
Throw me a bone dammit.
Carol has a reason tied to her story for why she uses that name. Why does Shazam?
Well, that's part of why he's called Shazam now and that's still kind of dumb.
Plus the cinematic boom of Marvel Comics, unpopularity of the character, and DC's longtime branding of the character through the title "Shazam!' due to those issues.
Yup, I'm really excited for Captain Marvel. Y'all should read Monster Society of Evil by Jeff Smith.
Blame DC for suring Fawcetts comics, the creator of Captain Marvel. DC sued them due to the similarities with Superman. After the DC won the lawsuit, Marvel then trademarked the Captain Marvel name before DC was "kind" enough to license the usage of Captain Marvel to Fawcett some decades later. But they couldn't use the Captain Marvel name so they called it Shazam.
That's how we got into this confusing mess.
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Korvath dies in GotG at being run out of the Kree Empire by Captain Marvel only to reincarnated as the Wizard Shazam who gives his power to ... Captain Marvel!
I wish I had a better shot of the Wizard Shazam.
Holy shit, I totally didn't catch that he's in both movies.
There is only one Captain Marvel, and they aren't part Kree... XD
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I haven't really paid attention to the movie, cause I don't care about the character and can't stand the actor. But, I assumed it was pretty standalone? Are there any actual connections to the DCEU?
I thought he was still called Captain Marvel in the comic but the title of the comic changed. How the hell does he introduce himself without depowering?
I once heard someone say, "Did you see that new DC trailer for, what was it called? Alakazam?"
I'm still upset legal BS made "Shazam" fall from grace. I'm totally fine with the rebranding, but it sucks he fell out of the public consciousness.
A reminder that Shazam/C.M. was once more popular than Batman and Superman, had his own tv series, and even Elvis's famous hair style was ripped off Captain Marvel Jr.
It had a huge cultural impact, but then just...magically vanished
A reminder that Shazam/C.M. was once more popular than Batman and Superman, had his own tv series, and even Elvis's famous hair style was ripped off Captain Marvel Jr.
It had a huge cultural impact, but then just...magically vanished
shazam and captain marvel are two seperate characters.
the real dc captain marvel if off on earth 5 with his twin sister, weird uncle and talking tiger friend.
the real dc captain marvel if off on earth 5 with his twin sister, weird uncle and talking tiger friend.
I was just leafing through my new 52 books and got bored before he even met the justice league so I have no idea how he refers to himself. I forgot he was more of a side/back issue thing for awhile and black adam just straight up calls him Billy.
I'm excited, simply because (right now) there is no cinematic universe for this to be crowbarred into. I got bored of comic crossover events, needing to buy books I don't give a shit about just to keep up with the story. I'm fed up with needing to watch five other movies just so I can understand what's going on in the Avengers.
I want great movies that stand alone without them needing to be part of something bigger. I don't need this to dovetail into a Justice League movie.
To be fair, that goes for Marvel Marvel too. :P
Will see Ms Marvel in theatres but only because it's so close to Avengers 4 and won't hit Blu-Ray in time. Maaaaarveeeeel