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[[File:SHAZAM CM.jpg|link=Shazam|frame|left|I am not Shazam.]]
[[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>]]
[[File:captainmarveli.gif|link=Captain Mar-Vell|thumb|150px|[[I Am Not Shazam|Neither am I, you know.]]]]


Whoops! [[Name's the Same|Turns out there are several superheroes named Captain Marvel.]] Are you looking for:
Whoops! [[Name's the Same|Turns out there are 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...
* ''[[Shazam]]!'' (left): 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.]]
* ''[[Captain Mar-Vell]]'' (right): 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.]]


* At 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.
* At least one other comics company decided to cash in on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160204131538/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]]''.
* ''[[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.
Please update links to point to the correct Captain Marvel.
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Latest revision as of 20:23, 15 January 2024

I am not Shazam.[1]
Neither am I, you know.

Whoops! Turns out there are several superheroes named Captain Marvel. Are you looking for:

  • Shazam! (left): 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...
  • At least one other comics company decided to cash in on the Captain Marvel name, too.

Please update links to point to the correct Captain Marvel.

  1. ↑ Well, I wasn't...

 

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