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Whiz Comics Capt Marvel Pt III (joshua13)h33t
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Whiz Comics (Pre-DC) -Captain Marvel Pt III 057-155 (ic) Sep 1944-Jun 1953
Hey Kids It's Billy Batson! - No It's not Shazam!
It's Captain Marvel - Golden Age Edition. Having read no current versions of him I can't compare them but it's likely there have been significant changes, given the pattern with every character I do know about.
No no not THAT captain Marvel of that other big publisher, and the girl in the case is not Ms. Marvel either. This guy has a sister Mary Marvel. Then there's Captain Marvel Jr., and The Marvel Family. Even Hoppy the Marvel Bunny (I kid you not)
*Hoppy* .... the ..... *Marvel*.... ***Bunny***. No not a woman named bunny. Fur. Long ears. rabbit. species uncertain. I don't know. I don't want to know.
There is no published issue one. There was an ashcan issue. Issue 002 was the first published issue. [quote]
cyager69. Fawcett created 2 black and white identical first issues titled Flash Comics and Thrill comics to secure copyright material. Captain Marvel was originally called Captain Thunder. After the 2 ashcan issues were printed Fawcett discovered that DC had already had a comic titled Flash and standard comics was using the name thrilling Comics. Fawcett changed the name of the character to Captain Marvel and the name of the comic to Whiz comics (after Captain Billy's Whiz Bang - a humor magazine also published by Fawcett). Incidently the first issue (#2) of Whiz Comics cover was inspired by Dc's Action #1 as both characters are shown throwing a car on the covers.[/quote]
Many of this Whiz comics run are from fiche copies, not paper. This means the colors are washed out and the next is generally fuzzy. Some find this difficult to read and some term them unreadable. I agree they are more difficult to read. The effected issues are copies of an older and inferior attempt to preserve these - the microfiche copying process.. Paper scans are needed and would be a big improvement for this and other titles. I can read them and enjoy doing so. I am glad to have these. You must make your own judgement
Whiz Comics are where Captain Marvel made his debut. Shortly He was also in Captain Marvel Adventures. Other Marvel Family titles followed This was Fawcett, not DC in these days. Later Fawcett went out of business and DC bought up the rights to Captain Marvel and other properties. But they waited too long to pubish him again and by the tyme they did Marvel Comics had trade marked Captain Marvel and DC could not publish a comic with that title. Thus was born the name Shazam, which was simply what BIlly siad to be Captain marvel back in these days.