History Trivia / Shazam

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to Alex Ross's ''Rough Justice'' art book, he proposed a redesign of the Marvel Family which would've slightly aged Billy to that of a teenager, and modeled him and Captain Marvel after their counterparts from the TV show. Ross's revision would've also included a reworking of Vulcan, the {{Expy}} of Black Lightning from ''Superfriends'', with a backstory connected to Shazam. This direction was pitched when DC's decision to make Freddie Freeman inheritor of Shazam's power had been decided on.

* PromotedFangirl: 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.

** ''Finally'' inverted when they ''could've'' sent [[{{Doujinshi}} Sen a cease-and-desist]] - but instead sent her a [[AscendedFanboy job offer]].

* [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fangirl]]: 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.

* [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fangirl]]: 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 his superhero fan art, particularly of the Marvel Family (Shazam being his favorite character). Getting the job has been something of a dream-come-true for him.

** ''Finally'' inverted when they ''could've'' sent Japanese [[Doujinshi]] artist Mayo "Sen" Naito a cease-and-desist - but instead sent her a [[AscendedFanboy job offer]].

* AscendedFanboy: Freelance artist Mayo "Sen" Naito was signed on as one of several lead artists on the ''Shazam!'' (2018) comic; before this, he had a strong following on social media and was know for his superhero fan art, particularly of the Marvel Family (Shazam being his favorite character). Getting the job has been something of a dream-come-true for him.

* AscendedFanboy: Freelance artist Mayo "Sen" Naito was signed on as one of several lead artists on the ''Shazam!'' (2018) comic; before this, he had a strong following on social media and was know for his superhero fan art, particularly of the Marvel Family (Shazam being his favorite character). Getting the job has been a dream-come-true for him.

* AscendedFanboy: Freelance artist Mayo "Sen" Naito was signed on as one of several lead artists on the ''Shazam!'' (2018) comic; before this, he was very well know and had a strong following on social media for his superhero fan art, particularly of the Marvel Family (Shazam being his favorite character). Getting the job has been nothing short of a dream-come-true for him.

* FollowTheLeader: Obviously created to cash in on Franchise/{{Superman}}'s popularity. Then wound up getting so popular, ''Superman'' started to copy ''his'' trends.

* FollowTheLeader: Obviously created to cash in on {{Superman}}'s popularity. Then wound up getting so popular, ''Superman'' started to copy ''his'' trends.
* TheOtherDarrin: Jackson Bostwick (Captain Marvel) was replaced at the start of the third season by John Davey.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Twice over in fact. Originally a creation of Creator/FawcettComics, for a time Captain Marvel was regularly outselling ComicBook/{{Superman}}. Not liking this, Creator/DCComics sued Fawcett over copyright infringement, claiming the 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 [[Main/IAmNotShazam Shazam]] instead. By time the ComicBook/New52 reboot happened, DC finally threw in the towel and officially renamed the character Shazam.

* Going further back, in 1983, a proposal for an updated Captain Marvel was submitted to DC by Roy Thomas, Don Newton, and Jerry Ordway. This version of the character, to be an inhabitant of DC's main Earth-One universe, rather than the Fawcett-based Earth-S universe, would have featured an African-American version of Billy Batson named "Willie Fawcett", who spoke the magic word "Shazam!" to become Captain Thunder, Earth-One's Mightiest Mortal. This alternate version of the character was never used.

* WordOfGod: The Wizard was intentionally drawn to look like an older Captain Marvel, foreshadowing the LegacyCharacter aspect of the Shazam power.

Going further back, in 1983, a proposal for an updated Captain Marvel was submitted to DC by Roy Thomas, Don Newton, and Jerry Ordway. This version of the character, to be an inhabitant of DC's main Earth-One universe, rather than the Fawcett-based Earth-S universe, would have featured an African-American version of Billy Batson named "Willie Fawcett", who spoke the magic word "Shazam!" to become Captain Thunder, Earth-One's Mightiest Mortal. This alternate version of the character was never used.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to Alex Ross's ''Rough Justice'' art book, he proposed a redesign of the Marvel Family which would've slightly aged Billy to that of a teenager, and modeled him and Captain Marvel after their counterparts from the TV show. Ross's revision would've also included a reworking of Vulcan, the {{Expy}} of Black Lightning from ''Superfriends'', with a backstory connected to Shazam. This direction was pitched when DC's decision to make Freddie Freeman inheritor of Shazam's power had been decided on.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Twice over in fact. Originally a creation of Creator/FawcettComics, for a time Captain Marvel was regularly outselling ComicBook/{{Superman}}. Not liking this, Creator/DCComics sued Fawcett over copyright infringement, claiming the 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 Shazam instead. By time the ComicBook/NewFiftyTwo reboot happened, DC finally threw in the towel and officially renamed the character Shazam.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Twice over in fact. Originally a creation of Creator/FawcettComics, for a time Captain Marvel was regularly outselling ComicBook/{{Superman}}. Not liking this, Creator/DCComics sued Fawcett over copyright infringement, claiming the 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. Come TheNewTens, DC finally caved to this fact and officially renamed the character Shazam instead.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Creator/AdamWest as the voice of Hercules in one episode.

* HeyItsThatVoice: AdamWest as the voice of Hercules in one episode.

* AshcanCopy: ''Flash Comics'', the title that introduced Captain Marvel (then called Captain Thunder). ''Whiz Comics #2'' was the first actual issue; #1 was an ashcan edition and was never publicly released.