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[[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]]!'' (right): 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]]'' (left): 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 [http://www.superdickery.com/behold-captain-marvel-no-not-that-one-not-the-other-one-either/ Captain Marvel] name, too.)
 
* ''[[Captain Marvel (film)|Captain Marvel]]'', a 2019 film from the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] about Carol Danvers -- Ms. Marvel in the Marvel print universe. Interestingly, she is never actually ''called'' "Captain Marvel" in the film, although Spider-Man refers to her by that name in ''[[Spider-Man: Far From Home]]''.
 
Please update links to point to the correct Captain Marvel.
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