In 1967, Marvel’s chief auteur, writer-editor-publisher Stan Lee, decided to come up with another character who would use the Captain Marvel monicker. In the interim, the publisher known as Timely Comics in the 1940s and Atlas in the 1950s rebranded itself as Marvel Comics in 1961. Thus the first Captain Marvel hung up his cape and tights.Įxcept for a couple of fits and starts, the name Captain Marvel was then barely heard for almost 15 years. Fawcett had to cease and desist publishing Captain Marvel comics-although by that point, sales of superheroes had generally fallen off since the war years, and they were likely about to retire the franchise in any event. There was also Captain Marvel Jr., a disabled teenager who transformed into a Superboy-like figure- a favorite of a young Elvis Presley.Īll the while, Superman’s copyright owners were seething they launched a lawsuit that eventually was decided, in 1952 (and by a storied judge named “Learned Hand ” no, you can’t make some of this stuff up) in DC’s favor. Fields-like Uncle Marvel, and even Hoppy the Marvel Bunny (don’t ask). But he did have a female counterpart, Mary Marvel (Billy Batson’s sister), as well as an entourage of three Lieutenant Marvels, a W. The Big Red Cheese was also the center of a comic-book franchise, although he didn’t have a love interest à la Lois Lane or a kid sidekick like Robin, either.
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In 1941, Captain Marvel became the first superhero to star in a live-action adaptation: Republic Pictures’ classic movie serial, The Adventures of Captain Marvel. Mind, a bespectacled worm who spoke by means of a teensy amplifier around his neck. They existed in a universe partially populated by anthropomorphic “funny animal” characters, like Tawky Tawny, a talking (and conspicuously clothed) tiger, and the villainous Mr. He referred to the Captain as the Big Red Cheese. This Captain Marvel’s central villain and nemesis was a grumpy, bald-headed evil scientist named Doctor Sivana, who was clearly an overt parody of Lex Luthor-like evil scientists. On the cover of Superman’s first appearance, in Action Comics #1 (published by the company that later became DC), the Man of Steel is shown lifting a car, and is presumably about to throw it on the cover of his debut in Whiz Comics #2 (published by Fawcett Comics), Captain Marvel is hurling a car and the bad guys in it against a brick wall. Beck, premiered in February 1940, their Kryptonian inspiration was undeniable: the bright, primary-colored tights (red rather than blue) the insignia (a lightning bolt rather than a big red “S”)) the cape the boots the secret identity the chiseled chin and rugged good looks. When the original Captain Marvel, created by writer Bill Parker and artist C. The first Captain Marvel was one of many bullet-proof, airborne strongmen created in the wake of Superman, the literary creation who simultaneously mass-popularized the closely intertwined concepts of the costumed superhero and the four-color comic book.
But this Captain Marvel is a newcomer compared to the original Captain Marvel, created in 1939 and returning to the big screen April 5. The first of the two new Captain Marvel movies, due on March 8, is based on the Marvel Comics character, who has been around for 50 years. And somehow, by cosmic coincidence and the vagaries of the intellectual property market, both of the two Captain Marvels will soon star in their own big-budget Hollywood movie released within a few weeks of each other: first Marvel’s Captain Marvel, and then DC’s Shazam! In comic-book terms, it would be described as an epic battle: Captain Marvel vs. In each case, there have been multiple individuals who bear that name “Captain Marvel” at different times. The endless reaches of outer space are nothing compared to the vast depths of popular culture, which run so deep that they accommodate two completely different comic-book superheroes with the name “Captain Marvel.” Each is owned by a different publisher each comes complete with their own complicated backstory and sprawling cast of characters.
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