The “Captain Marvel” Debate Revisited with some insight by the Legendary Neal Adams 0

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Comic book historians and collectors know that Fawcett’s Captain Marvel was the most popular superhero on the Golden Age whose comics regularly outsold DC’s Superman, Batman, and Timely’s Captain America. DC’s copyright infringement lawsuit later put an end to Captain Marvel. The character would ironically become part of the DC Universe in 1973 and called Shazam because Marvel Comics had the rights to the name Captain Marvel. The question remains whether Marvel Comics/Disney should permit or even license the name Captain Marvel to DC Comics for the character known only as Shazam. Neal Adams fought for comic book artists and creators throughout his legendary career and he had an opinion on whether Billy Batson’s alter ego should be called Captain Marvel, which might hopefully inspire others to express their beliefs about this issue given it’s the character’s original title. Neal’s legend as one of the two greatest comic book artists ever (Kirby being the other) isn’t his only contribution to this American Art Form. Neal was outspoken on many issues and spoke his mind. He weighed in on the issue of the original Captain Marvel and defended the right to continue a Golden Age legacy:

I agree with Neal. Do you?

 

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Yes.  I agree.