ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) wrote:
No. Black Adam is Shazam's(*) long-time adversary in comics history,
so their origins are connected. The movie completely dropped the ball
about clarifying any of that.
(*) Though "Shazam" was called "Captain Marvel" back when it all
started.
It could be noted that the character was named in 1940 by Fawcett
Comics, so well before Marvel Comics (1961) was in the picture. Based on
comic book sales, Captain Marvel was the most popular superhero of the
1940s, outselling even Superman.
Fawcett ceased publishing Captain Marvel-related comics in 1953, partly
because of a copyright infringement suit from DC Comics alleging that
Captain Marvel was a copy of Superman. In 1972, Fawcett licensed the
character rights to DC, which by 1991 acquired all rights to the entire
family of characters.
Owing to trademark conflicts over other characters named "Captain
Marvel" owned by Marvel Comics, DC has branded and marketed the
character using the trademark Shazam! since his 1972 reintroduction.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Marvel_(DC_Comics)
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