Rank of 1940's Captain Marvel (Shazam) VS Superman 2 2

[Shazam500]

So the history is that Captain Marvel (Shazam) was #1 for a few years in the 1940's and exceeding Superman.  

How would you rank Shazam's significance as a character today in DC Comics?  If Superman and Batman are "A" level characters.. where is Shazam/Captain Marvel ranked? 

Feel free to throw in some other characters who are "A" "B" "C" and "D" level characters from the Golden Age and today

Edited May 6 by Shazam500

[Chicago Boy]

C. 

[Robot Man]

Isn’t Capt Marvel a female now? 

[woowoo]

On 5/7/2024 at 7:38 AM, Robot Man said:

Isn’t Capt Marvel a female now? 

Thinks Capt Marvel is  non-binary 

[PDGray]

Well, he's had more live action feature film movies in the last five years than Supes.

 

PDG

[Marty Mann]

On 5/6/2024 at 8:46 AM, Shazam500 said:

So the history is that Captain Marvel (Shazam) was #1 for a few years in the 1940's and exceeding Superman.  

How would you rank Shazam's significance as a character today in DC Comics?  If Superman and Batman are "A" level characters.. where is Shazam/Captain Marvel ranked? 

Feel free to throw in some other characters who are "A" "B" "C" and "D" level characters from the Golden Age and today

Thank you for starting this thread...much more to come.

Marty

[Shazam500]

[The Black Hand ®]

I wonder what would have happened if Captain Marvel came out  before Superman? The Shield came out before Captain America but it made no difference. Captain America had a much better origin story and an extraordinary first cover.

With Superman, I think the Sci Fi origin was probably a little more appealing that Captain Marvels supernatural origin, in hindsight. At the time I don't think it mattered.

[Marty Mann]

Not sure how he would rank today against the current Superheroes but the Golden Age CAPTAIN  MARVEL will always be

my favorite.  From the first copy I picked off the newsstand in 1944, CAPTAIN MARVEL was always my choice over anything

else.  I didn't buy my first SUPERMAN COMIC until late 1945.

Here are my original newsstand copies both in still pretty good shape.