Captain Marvel: Difference between revisions

[[File:SHAZAM CM.jpg|link=Shazam|frame|left|I am not Shazam.<ref>Well, I ''wasn't''...</ref>]]

[[File:captainmarveli.gif|link=Captain Mar-Vell||thumb|150px|right|[[I Am Not Shazam|Neither am I, you know.]]<ref>Well, I ''wasn't''...</ref>]]

Whoops! [[Name's the Same|Turns out there's twoare several superheroes named Captain Marvel.]] Are you looking for:

* ''[[Shazam]]!'' (rightleft): The original, created in [[The Golden Age of Comic Books]]. Billy Batson shouts the magic word "SHAZAM!" to call down magic lightning which transforms him into the World's Mightiest Mortal. Now owned by [[DC Comics]], but couldn't be advertised with his real name for years and eventually had it changed to "Shazam" due to...

* ''[[Captain Mar-Vell]]'' (leftright): Created by [[Marvel Comics]] when the trademark lapsed. A Captain in the alien Kree army named Mar-Vell, sent to spy on Earth but coming to use his powers to protect humans. He eventually died of cancer, but [[Legacy Character|has been succeeded by several other heroes to take the "Captain Marvel" name.]]

(Apparently,* atAt least one other comics company decided to cash in on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160204131538/http://www.superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=36&Itemid=53&limitstart=63behold-captain-marvel-no-not-that-one-not-the-other-one-either/ Captain Marvel] name, too.)

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