![]() ![]() Among other things, it involves Superman, Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, the UK’s Children and Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act of 1955, the word “atomik” spelled backwards, and preeminent United States legal scholar, Judge Learned Hand. Someone might even have explained to you that this is connected to a decades-long trademark Cold War between DC and Marvel Comics, or that it’s a primary reason why Marvel has published a Captain Marvel book for so long even though the character has never really been a consistent hit.īut the story of the Captain Marvels begins decades before Marvel Comics was even calling itself “Marvel Comics,” and it’s much, much wilder than you could ever expect. They say that life is stranger than fiction, but I know it to be true because both Marvel and DC Comics have characters known as “Captain Marvel,” and in 2019, both of those characters have feature films out within a month of each other.Įven if you don’t know anything about comics, you may have heard that the lead character of Warner Bros.’ Shazam! used to be called “Captain Marvel,” just like the lead character of Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel. ![]()
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