Why is captain marvel and shazam

Sivana, and then in , bought them outright. No longer would Billy Batson ever become Captain Marvel. Meanwhile, at Marvel Comics, they began publishing their own Captain Marvel comic books in So a parade of different Captain Marvels have been introduced through the years. Captain Marvel has been a man, a woman, a human, an alien and a hybrid. Pre-Order Now. Captain Marvel Avengers: Endgame []. Avengers Endgame: Captain Marvel Pop! Vinyl Figure.

Funko Pop! Captain Marvel: Nick Fury Pop! Marvel's Captain Marvel Prelude. By Joanna Robinson. By Paul Chi. By Richard Lawson. HWD Daily From the awards race to the box office, with everything in between: get the entertainment industry's must-read newsletter. Enter your e-mail address. Some Assembly Required. Higher Further Faster. Marvel's Captain Marvel was entirely different — an alien hero who came to Earth as a conqueror before vowing to protect his adopted homeworld.

And for several years, this version of the character was the only one on shelves — until , when National, now rechristened DC Comics, licensed the original Captain Marvel from Fawcett's owners. From there, things don't get simpler. Because the actual title 'Captain Marvel' was now under trademark by Marvel Comics, DC couldn't simply publish their hero's stories under his own name, so they improvised.

Drawing a name from both the wizard that gave Captain Marvel his powers and the magic word he speaks to become a hero, DC began using 'Shazam! And so Marvel's Captain Marvel or Captain Marvels — there have been a few people in the Marvel Universe to use the name, which is the subject of a current story arc in Captain Marvel's monthly series and DC's Captain Marvel coexisted for some time, with DC purchasing Fawcett's heroes outright in the '90s — that is, until the changing landscape of pop culture led to a scenario where, not only did Marvel's Captain Marvel and DC's Shazam!

Coupled with an ever-evolving media landscape that increasingly ties TV, comic books, and movies together with themes and characters, DC has all but officially eschewed the name 'Captain Marvel' from their books, now referring to their hero solely as Shazam, while Carol Danvers has become the last Captain Marvel standing. Whichever you are a fan of, we've got your reading list covered with the best Captain Marvel stories and the best Shazam stories. I've been Newsarama's resident Marvel Comics expert and general comic book historian since