“Captain Marvel” to me, was always the man in the red suit and the blue cape, with a lightning bolt blazoned across his chest, whose alter ego was the mild-mannered Billy Batson. When Billy uttered the word “SHAZAM!”, the vast powers unleashed changed him into the flying superhero (really a knockoff of Superman) that represented some REAL American virtues.
This new version of “Captain Marvel” is just a further erosion of that collapse of the promotion of American virtue and belief in the justice upon which this country was founded.
Marvel’s first Captain Marvel died of cancer. All the heroes were by his bedside.
[ “Captain Marvel” to me, was always the man in the red suit and the blue cape, with a lightning bolt blazoned across his chest, whose alter ego was the mild-mannered Billy Batson. When Billy uttered the word “SHAZAM!”, the vast powers unleashed changed him into the flying superhero (really a knockoff of Superman) that represented some REAL American virtues.
This new version of “Captain Marvel” is just a further erosion of that collapse of the promotion of American virtue and belief in the justice upon which this country was founded. ]
I think I will skip captain marvel movie and watch Shazam instead!
There’s nothing actually new about this Captain Marvel. Marvel, through very strange stuff, got access to the name but not the character. Since the 60s their Captain Marvel has had nothing to do with Shazam or Billy Batson. And their Captain Marvel has been a woman three times, Carol Danvers (the character being used in the movie) switch from Ms Marvel to Captain Marvel 7 years ago.
Later in the month the movie “Shazam” is coming out with the original Billy Batson story line. That is the one I want to see. So hang on the original Captain Marvel is coming soon.
The one you’re thinking of is the DC character.
The Captain Marvel of DC and the Captain Marvel of...well, Marvel, are entirely different characters.
There were/are two captain marvel characters. The one you describe is Shazam and owned by DC. The Marvel comics Captain marvel was originally a male kree warrior. Then it got boring and in the eighties he died and was replaced by a female character. She is a B level character at best. Not terribly bad but not a great one.