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The Line It Is Drawn #150 for 8/2/13: Comic Book Cover Homages! I chose the suggestion "Action Comics #252 (The first appearance of Supergirl) with the original Captain Marvel and the Carol Danvers Captain Marvel." I was all set to draw a simple two character homage, when it struck me that Marvel had had a LOT of different Captain Marvels over the years, and we were off to the races!Homage to the cover of Action Comics #252 by Curt Swan and Al Plastino. Original is visible here: www.editions-deesse.com/imagesβ¦
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Given the muffled up history of the name Captain Marvel, this in hindsight is hilarious, especial cause in 2019 there were essentially two Captain Marvel movies.
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And this is why we call him Shazam now
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they still some times call shazam captain marvel sometimes
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While they can call him "Captain Marvel" based on their licensing and eventual purchase of the character / universeΒ from his original Fawcett comics and the settlement of an earlier lawsuit, they appear to have abandoned claims to the name in favor of Shazam. The DC / Marvel claim to ownership of the name was never litigated. It raises the suspicion that the name might have unintentionally fallen into public domain at some point, allowing Marvel to pick it up and use it on characters they could copyright as unique aside from the name. Much like you can have multiple "Snow White" as long as it applies to different, uniquely designedΒ characters.
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Not enough.Β
Shazam is the name of the Wizard, and Captain Marvel is the name of the hero that Billy Batson transforms into. Calling him "Shazam" is just making a dumb mistake official.
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Yes, is a shameΒ DC or/and Warner Brothers wasn't able to secure the nameΒ now.Β
I wonder how will that work in the upcoming movie?
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Don't worry, Billy, I'm sure you'll always be Captain Marvel in Kamala's heart.
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I did this piece in 2012 IIRC, so it was a little before Kamala's time.
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I was joking. But that was probably obvious.
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No, I gotcha. Just clarifying.
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Cap 'll always be THE Captain Marvel to me. I suppose it's DCs fault really, for driving Fawcett out of the market in the first place.
Anyway, Great Work! It really has a retro feel!
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At the time Fawcett thought they were getting the better end of the deal as they "settled" a lawsuit and licensed to DC. At the time comics were "dying" and they made more money via the license than through publication. DC eventually grew timed of paying the fee and formerly bought them out.
Of course, accusing DC of never really understanding or using the characters properly.......Β I would recommend they take the 5th.
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Oh, Shazam!Β Things got real right there and then!
Great job on this!
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You forgot the captain marvel that was. Robot
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I wasn't trying to get every single Captain Marvel in there, so I didn't forget anybody. I just drew the ones I wanted to draw.
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But he has such an amazing power
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Fun! Β I always liked Monica Rambeau. Β Marvel doesn't use her enough.
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Agreed. Roger Stern created a cool character there but no one has really used her as well since.
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Wait what's with the kree or whatever that greenguy Is!
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The guy in green and white I think his species is the skree or kree enemy of the skrull
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He's the Kree Captain Mar-Vell, and he's actually the same guy as the one in red & blue at an earlier point in his career.
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