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* ScienceMarchesOn: In the Golden Age comics, Dr. Sivana had a base in the jungles of Venus, and fellow villain Mister Mind was a Venusian native. For a long time, up until the start of the 1960s twenty years later, Venus was speculated to be a hot, tropical world teeming with life, only for the first probe to reveal Venus to be an acid-soaked, scorching hell scape where not even bacteria or advanced machinery can survive past a few seconds.s
** In his first appearance, it is said that The Wizard banished Black Adam to the edge of the entire universe, and that it took 5,000 years of flying at the speed of light for Adam to make his way back to Earth, which would logically place the edge of the universe at 5,000 light years away... except that just the distance between Earth and the center of the Milky Way galaxy is over ''26,000'' light years away, and the amount of light years between us and the observable universe is approximately ''46 billion'', which is the age of the entire universe several times over.
** In his first appearance, it is said that The Wizard banished Black Adam to the edge of the entire universe, and that it took 5,000 years of flying at the speed of light for Adam to make his way back to Earth, which would logically place the edge of the universe at 5,000 light years away... except that just the distance between Earth and the center of the Milky Way galaxy is over ''26,000'' light years away, and the amount of light years between us and the observable universe is approximately ''46 billion'', which is the age of the entire universe several times over.
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* FollowTheLeader: Obviously created to cash in on Franchise/{{Superman}}'s popularity, debuting not too long after the Man of Steel. Then he wound up getting so popular, ''Superman'' started to copy ''his'' trends. This included elements such as a female counterpart and the power of flight. And then DC sued Fawcett for making The Captain too similar.
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** Obviously created to cash in on Franchise/{{Superman}}'s popularity, debuting not too long after the Man of Steel. Then he wound up getting so popular, ''Superman'' started to copy ''his'' trends. This included elements such as a female counterpart and the power of flight. And then DC sued Fawcett for making The Captain toosimilar.similar.
** Ibis the Invincible was one of the many formalwear-dressed magician characters who debuted when Comicstrip/MandrakeTheMagician was at the height of his popularity.
** Obviously created to cash in on Franchise/{{Superman}}'s popularity, debuting not too long after the Man of Steel. Then he wound up getting so popular, ''Superman'' started to copy ''his'' trends. This included elements such as a female counterpart and the power of flight. And then DC sued Fawcett for making The Captain too
** Ibis the Invincible was one of the many formalwear-dressed magician characters who debuted when Comicstrip/MandrakeTheMagician was at the height of his popularity.
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* MutuallyFictional: Before the ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' made a MergedReality, ''Shazam'' was a comic book in the ''Franchise/TheDCU'' and ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' was a comic on Earth-S. Crossovers would treat the hero visiting the ither's universe as a RefugeeFromTVLand and the fourth wall-breaking wink that Superman often does at the end of his strips is shown to be for the benefit of Billy Batson who's reading the comic in his own universe.
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* MutuallyFictional: Before the ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' made a MergedReality, ''Shazam'' was a comic book in the ''Franchise/TheDCU'' and ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' was a comic on Earth-S. Crossovers would treat the hero visiting the ither's other's universe as a RefugeeFromTVLand and the fourth wall-breaking wink that Superman often does at the end of his strips is shown to be for the benefit of Billy Batson who's reading the comic in his own universe.
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* ColbertBump: Mr. Banjo got a bit more recognition after the ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken DC Comics'' specials featured him.
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* ColbertBump: Mr. Banjo got a bit more recognition after the ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken DC Comics'' specials featured him.
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* MutuallyFictional: Before the ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' made a MergedReality, ''Shazam'' was a comic book in the ''Franchise/TheDCU'' and ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' was a comic on Earth-S. Crossovers would treat the hero visiting the ither's universe as a RefugeeFromTVLand and the fourth wall-breaking wink that Superman often does at the end of his strips is shown to be for the benefit of Billy Batson who's reading the comic in his own universe.
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* TheOtherDarrin: Jackson Bostwick (Captain Marvel) was replaced at the start of the TV series' third season by John Davey.
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* ReferencedBy: The "Snowsong" arc of ''WebComic/DominicDeegan'' sees Greg become a superhero based on both Captain Marvel and Superman (InUniverse, his favorite comic book from when he was a kid, entitled "Supermage"), taking the magic word [[ByThePowerOfGreyskull Transformation Catchphrase]] from the Captain's side.
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* RenamedToAvoidAssociation: During the ComicBook/New52, DC Comics finally renamed their Captain Marvel Shazam (which was the book's ''title'' prior to the rename) after decades of the character [[CaptainMarvel coexisting]] with Creator/MarvelComics's ComicBook/CaptainMarVell.[[note]]Shazam predated Mar-Vell, but by the time DC snapped up the former Marvel had already trademarked the "Captain Marvel" name.[[/note]] This rename coincided with ComicBook/CarolDanvers' rise to popularity as Marvel's new Captain Marvel.
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Twice over in fact. Originally a creation of Creator/FawcettComics, for a time Captain Marvel was regularly outselling Franchise/{{Superman}}. Not liking this, Creator/DCComics sued Fawcett over copyright infringement, claiming Captain Marvel lifted too many traits from Superman. The courts found in favor of DC Comics, and because of both legal fees and the declining market in the 50s, Fawcett decided to step out of the comic industry. Come the 60s, with the comic industry growing once more, DC was now interested in investing in more comic characters and looked to license Captain Marvel. Irony came into play here because during the same timeframe, Creator/MarvelComics, having started to hit their stride, had already trademarked the Captain Marvel name [[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell for their new character]], so DC could never produce a comic ''titled'' Captain Marvel, opting for [[IAmNotShazam Shazam]] instead. By the time the ComicBook/New52 reboot happened, DC finally threw in the towel and officially [[RenamedToAvoidAssociation renamed the character Shazam]].
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Twice over in fact. Originally a creation of Creator/FawcettComics, for a time Captain Marvel was regularly outselling Franchise/{{Superman}}. Not liking this, Creator/DCComics sued Fawcett over copyright infringement, claiming Captain Marvel lifted too many traits from Superman. The courts found in favor of DC Comics, and because of both legal fees and the declining market in the 50s, Fawcett decided to step out of the comic industry. Come the 60s, with the comic industry growing once more, DC was now interested in investing in more comic characters and looked to license Captain Marvel. Irony came into play here because during the same timeframe, Creator/MarvelComics, having started to hit their stride, had already trademarked the Captain Marvel name [[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell for their new character]], so DC could never produce a comic ''titled'' Captain Marvel, opting for [[IAmNotShazam Shazam]] instead. By the time the ComicBook/New52 reboot happened, DC finally threw in the towel and officially [[RenamedToAvoidAssociation renamed the character Shazam]].
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* RenamedToAvoidAssociation: During the ComicBook/New52, DC Comics finally renamed their Captain Marvel Shazam (which was the book's ''title'' prior to the rename) after decades of the character [[CaptainMarvel coexisting]] with Creator/MarvelComics's ComicBook/CaptainMarVell.ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}.[[note]]Shazam predated Mar-Vell, but by the time DC snapped up the former Marvel had already trademarked the "Captain Marvel" name.[[/note]] This rename coincided with ComicBook/CarolDanvers' rise to popularity as Marvel's new Captain Marvel.
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Twice over in fact. Originally a creation of Creator/FawcettComics, for a time Captain Marvel was regularly outselling Franchise/{{Superman}}. Not liking this, Creator/DCComics sued Fawcett over copyright infringement, claiming Captain Marvel lifted too many traits from Superman. The courts found in favor of DC Comics, and because of both legal fees and the declining market in the 50s, Fawcett decided to step out of the comic industry. Come the 60s, with the comic industry growing once more, DC was now interested in investing in more comic characters and looked to license Captain Marvel. Irony came into play here because during the same timeframe, Creator/MarvelComics, having started to hit their stride, had already trademarked the Captain Marvel name[[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell [[ComicBook/CaptainMarvelMarvelComics for their new character]], so DC could never produce a comic ''titled'' Captain Marvel, opting for [[IAmNotShazam Shazam]] instead. By the time the ComicBook/New52 reboot happened, DC finally threw in the towel and officially [[RenamedToAvoidAssociation renamed the character Shazam]].
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Twice over in fact. Originally a creation of Creator/FawcettComics, for a time Captain Marvel was regularly outselling Franchise/{{Superman}}. Not liking this, Creator/DCComics sued Fawcett over copyright infringement, claiming Captain Marvel lifted too many traits from Superman. The courts found in favor of DC Comics, and because of both legal fees and the declining market in the 50s, Fawcett decided to step out of the comic industry. Come the 60s, with the comic industry growing once more, DC was now interested in investing in more comic characters and looked to license Captain Marvel. Irony came into play here because during the same timeframe, Creator/MarvelComics, having started to hit their stride, had already trademarked the Captain Marvel name
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* MissingEpisode: Since everyone kept working right until the end, multiple planned stories were scrapped when Fawcett finally cancelled the Captain Marvel line. Longtime writer Otto Binder recalled in 1974 that, as a therapeutic exercise, he did a SelfParody of the last story he'd written, "a serial [...] featuring the Sivana Family" (most likely "The Triple Trap of Terror" from ''Marvel Family'' #84), where Sivana, Thaddeus Jr. and Georgia kill off their heroes for good and rule the world; the script has never surfaced, likely because his officemates [[TooSoon didn't find it that funny at the moment]].
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* MissingEpisode: Since everyone kept working right until the end, multiple planned stories were scrapped when Fawcett finally cancelled the Captain Marvel line. Longtime writer Otto Binder recalled in 1974 that, as a therapeutic exercise, he did a SelfParody of the last story he'd written, "a serial [...] featuring the Sivana Family" (most likely "The Triple Trap of Terror" from ''Marvel Family'' #84), where Sivana, Thaddeus Jr. and Georgia kill off their heroes for good and rule the world; the script has never surfaced, likely because his officemates [[TooSoon didn't find it that funny at the moment]].moment.
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* MissingEpisode: Since everyone kept working right until the end, multiple planned stories were scrapped when Fawcett finally cancelled the Captain Marvel line. Longtime writer Otto Binder recalled in 1974 that, as a therapeutic exercise, he did a SelfParody of the last story he'd ever written, "a serial [...] featuring the Sivana Family" (most likely "The Triple Trap of Terror" from ''Marvel Family'' #84), where Sivana, Thaddeus Jr. and Georgia kill off their heroes for good and rule the world; the script has never surfaced, likely because his officemates [[TooSoon didn't find it that funny at the moment]].
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* MissingEpisode: Since everyone kept working right until the end, multiple planned stories were scrapped when Fawcett finally cancelled the Captain Marvel line. Longtime writer Otto Binder recalled in 1974 that, as a therapeutic exercise, he did a SelfParody of the last story he'd ever written, "a serial [...] featuring the Sivana Family" (most likely "The Triple Trap of Terror" from ''Marvel Family'' #84), where Sivana, Thaddeus Jr. and Georgia kill off their heroes for good and rule the world; the script has never surfaced, likely because his officemates [[TooSoon didn't find it that funny at the moment]].
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* PromotedFanboy: Freelance artist Mayo "Sen" Naito was signed on as one of several lead artists on the ''Shazam!'' (2018) comic; before this, she had a strong following on social media and was know for her superhero fan art, particularly of the Marvel Family (Shazam being her favorite character). Getting the job has been something of a dream-come-true for her.
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** E. Nelson Bridwell, who wrote for the 70's ''Shazam!'' relaunch and authored the early comics anthology ''Shazam from the Forties to the Seventies'', was a huge first-generation fan of Captain Marvel (and, for that matter, just about any other Golden Age comic you could name).
** Freelance artist Mayo "Sen" Naito was signed on as one of several lead artists on the ''Shazam!'' (2018) comic; before this, she had a strong following on social media and was know for her superhero fan art, particularly of the Marvel Family (Shazam being her favorite character). Getting the job has been something of a dream-come-true for her.
** E. Nelson Bridwell, who wrote for the 70's ''Shazam!'' relaunch and authored the early comics anthology ''Shazam from the Forties to the Seventies'', was a huge first-generation fan of Captain Marvel (and, for that matter, just about any other Golden Age comic you could name).
** Freelance artist Mayo "Sen" Naito was signed on as one of several lead artists on the ''Shazam!'' (2018) comic; before this, she had a strong following on social media and was know for her superhero fan art, particularly of the Marvel Family (Shazam being her favorite character). Getting the job has been something of a dream-come-true for her.
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* MissingEpisode: Since everyone kept working right until the end, multiple planned stories were scrapped when Fawcett finally cancelled the Captain Marvel line. Longtime writer Otto Binder recalled in 1974 that, as a therapeutic exercise, he did a SelfParody of the last story he'd ever written, "a serial [...] featuring the Sivana Family" (most likely "The Triple Trap of Terror" from ''Marvel Family'' #84), where Sivana, Thaddeus Jr. and Georgia kill off their heroes for good and rule the world; the script has never surfaced, likely because his officemates [[TooSoon didn't find it that funny at the moment]].
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Twice over in fact. Originally a creation of Creator/FawcettComics, for a time Captain Marvel was regularly outselling Franchise/{{Superman}}. Not liking this, Creator/DCComics sued Fawcett over copyright infringement, claiming Captain Marvel lifted too many traits from Superman. The courts found in favor of DC Comics, and because of both legal fees and the declining market in the 50s, Fawcett decided to step out of the comic industry. Come the 60s, with the comic industry growing once more, DC was now interested in investing in more comic characters and looked to license Captain Marvel. Irony came into play here because during the same timeframe, Creator/MarvelComics, having started to hit their stride, had already trademarked the Captain Marvel name [[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell for their new character]], so DC could never produce a comic ''titled'' Captain Marvel, opting for [[IAmNotShazam Shazam]] instead. By the time the ComicBook/New52 reboot happened, DC finally threw in the towel and officially renamed the character Shazam.
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* RenamedToAvoidAssociation: During the ComicBook/New52, DC Comics finally renamed their Captain Marvel Shazam (which was the book's ''title'' prior to the rename) after decades of the character [[CaptainMarvel coexisting]] with Creator/MarvelComics's ComicBook/CaptainMarVell.[[note]]Shazam predated Mar-Vell, but by the time DC snapped up the former Marvel had already trademarked the "Captain Marvel" name.[[/note]] This rename coincided with ComicBook/CarolDanvers' rise to popularity as Marvel's new Captain Marvel.
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Twice over in fact. Originally a creation of Creator/FawcettComics, for a time Captain Marvel was regularly outselling Franchise/{{Superman}}. Not liking this, Creator/DCComics sued Fawcett over copyright infringement, claiming Captain Marvel lifted too many traits from Superman. The courts found in favor of DC Comics, and because of both legal fees and the declining market in the 50s, Fawcett decided to step out of the comic industry. Come the 60s, with the comic industry growing once more, DC was now interested in investing in more comic characters and looked to license Captain Marvel. Irony came into play here because during the same timeframe, Creator/MarvelComics, having started to hit their stride, had already trademarked the Captain Marvel name [[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell for their new character]], so DC could never produce a comic ''titled'' Captain Marvel, opting for [[IAmNotShazam Shazam]] instead. By the time the ComicBook/New52 reboot happened, DC finally threw in the towel and officially [[RenamedToAvoidAssociation renamed the characterShazam.Shazam]].
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Twice over in fact. Originally a creation of Creator/FawcettComics, for a time Captain Marvel was regularly outselling Franchise/{{Superman}}. Not liking this, Creator/DCComics sued Fawcett over copyright infringement, claiming Captain Marvel lifted too many traits from Superman. The courts found in favor of DC Comics, and because of both legal fees and the declining market in the 50s, Fawcett decided to step out of the comic industry. Come the 60s, with the comic industry growing once more, DC was now interested in investing in more comic characters and looked to license Captain Marvel. Irony came into play here because during the same timeframe, Creator/MarvelComics, having started to hit their stride, had already trademarked the Captain Marvel name [[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell for their new character]], so DC could never produce a comic ''titled'' Captain Marvel, opting for [[IAmNotShazam Shazam]] instead. By the time the ComicBook/New52 reboot happened, DC finally threw in the towel and officially [[RenamedToAvoidAssociation renamed the character
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* ReferencedBy: The "Snowsong" arc of ''WebComic/DominicDeegan'' sees Greg become a superhero based on both Captain Marvel and Superman (InUniverse, his favorite comic book from when he was a kid, entitled "Supermage"), taking the magic word TransformationCatchphrase from the Captain's side.
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* DevelopmentGag: The AlternateTimeline of ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}'' has the Shazam powers shared among six kids (Billy, Mary, Freddy, and newcomers named Paco, Eugene, and Darla) who can summon "Captain Thunder" - Sound familiar?
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* DevelopmentGag: The AlternateTimeline of ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}'' has the Shazam powers shared among six kids (Billy, Mary, Freddy, and newcomers named Paco, Eugene, and Darla) who can summon "Captain Thunder" - — [[WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers Sound familiar?familiar?]]
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** The major talents in Fawcett said that if they could have kept the Captain Marvel characters into the 1960s, they likely would have responded to MarvelComics' rise with its character-based narrative style by adapting the idea of Captain Marvel unambiguously having young Billy's personality themselves.
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** The major talents in Fawcett said that if they could have kept the Captain Marvel characters into the 1960s, they likely would have responded to MarvelComics' Creator/MarvelComics' rise with its character-based narrative style by adapting the idea of Captain Marvel unambiguously having young Billy's personality themselves.
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** The major talents in Fawcett said that if they could have kept the Captain Marvel characters into the 1960s, they likely would have responded to [[Marvel Comics]]' rise with its character-based narrative style by adapting the idea of Captain Marvel unambiguously having young Billy's personality themselves.
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** The major talents in Fawcett said that if they could have kept the Captain Marvel characters into the 1960s, they likely would have responded to [[Marvel Comics]]' MarvelComics' rise with its character-based narrative style by adapting the idea of Captain Marvel unambiguously having young Billy's personality themselves.
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** Creator/JackKirby intended to head a relaunch of the Captain Marvel books as part of his defection to DC Comics. Supposedly his intention was to at the very least edit or write the books while also giving Captain Marvel's co-creator C.C. Beck work again. Legal issues prevented Kirby from convincing the higher-ups at DC to go through with it but it's implied that it was this proposal that convinced DC to eventually finally do something with the property and introduce the Marvel Family into the DC Universe.
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** Creator/JackKirby intended to head a relaunch of the Captain Marvel books as part of his defection to DC Comics. Supposedly his intention was to at the very least edit or write the books while also giving Captain Marvel's co-creator C.C. Beck work again. Legal issues prevented Kirby from convincing the higher-ups at DC to go through with it but it's implied that it was this proposal that convinced DC to eventually finally do something with the property and introduce the Marvel Family into the DC Universe. Kirby's relaunch would not have been any attempts to modernize or alter the character and his status quo but simply make the books {{Uncancelled}}.
