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| Just SO excellent! Thank you very much! |
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| Okay, we know where Fawcett missed the boat on trademarking FLASH COMICS and THRILL COMICS, but whose trademark caused Fawcett to change Bill Parker's originally intended name, "Captain Thunder", to Captain MARVEL, and why weren't they concerned about any possible trademark issues with Timely's MARVEL (Mystery) COMICS?
Seems to me that if Fawcett had just stuck with the original Parker idea of Captain Thunder, it would have caused DC a lot less headaches with the character that they now call "Shazam". Of course, that doesn't have anything to do with Fawcett, but maybe DC should have gone back to the original Captain Thunder name in 1972, since it should have been obvious that Marvel would *never* relinquish the trademark on "Captain Marvel" once they'd secured it. But DC jumped the gun and used "Captain Thunder" for a pseudo-CM battle with Superman Of course there'd have been some grousing from nostalgic fans of the original CM -- but it's a lot worse changing his name NOW, after another 45 years have passed. |
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| I believe it was Johnny Thunder who squashed the Captain Thunder TM. |
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| It was most likely Fiction House, who debuted "Captain Thunder and the Congo Lancers" in Jungle Comics #1. Details are in my introduction.
-Eric |
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| Appreciate the sharing od this comic book publisher. |
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| Publication | January 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | When Better Publications acquired the rights to publish Thrilling Comics #1, Fawcett was forced to change the title of this magazine again: originally from Flash Comics #1, then Thrill Comics #1, then Whiz Comics #2 (#1). |
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| Credits | Pencils: C. C. Beck | Inks: C. C. Beck |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Thunder [Billy Batson] |
| Notes | When Better Publications acquired the rights to publish Thrilling Comics #1, Fawcett was forced to change the title of this magazine again: originally from Flash Comics #1, then Thrill Comics #1, then Whiz Comics #2 (#1). |
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| Synopsis | After being taken by a mysterious stranger to meet the ancient wizard, Shazam, and gaining the powers of Captain Thunder, Billy Batson learns of a mysterious boss, and decides to report it to the head of Amalgamated Broadcasting Company. |
| Featuring | Capt. Thunder |
| Credits | Script: Bill Parker | Pencils: C. C. Beck | Inks: C. C. Beck |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Thunder [Billy Batson]; un-named phantom companion of Billy; Shazam (wizard, death); Sterling Morris (President of Amalgamated Broadcasting Company); Hammond (Amalgamated Broadcasting's receptionist); Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain, scientist); Ebenezer Batson (villain, Billy's Uncle, flashback) |
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