CAPTAIN MARVEL SHAZAM MOVIE
From Wikipedia: “A popular myth (spread in part by Groucho himself) surrounding the movie is that the Marx Brothers were threatened with a lawsuit by Warner Bros. Which I’m sure will come as a great disappointment to our readers. I have to say though, that given all the fierce protection of elements of his name, it’s unlikely Warner have any plans to bring us new adventures of Hoppy the Marvel Bunny as part of this assertion of their rights.
There’s still plenty to read and enjoy on the Digital Comics Museum that is in the public domain. The takedown is part and parcel of the complex history of the original Captain Marvel, now the star of WB’s new Shazam! film but whose name now belongs to DC rival Marvel, whose own Captain Marvel has been reinvented several times to ensure it stays that way.Ĭontesting rights to the ownership and names of superheroes goes back to the genre’s earliest days, particularly when it came to protecting Superman against his upstart rivals, as noted briefly here on Comic Book Historians – especially in the case of the original Captain Marvel, who was at one time far more popular. Warner are the current owners of Fawcett copyrights and in a post to the DCM forum, the team announced the company’s legal representation had contacted them to inform that several Fawcett books previously on DCM were in fact not in the public domain and must come down.ĭCM dutifully complied, stating WB is within their rights to ask for removal. recently asserted rights over early appearances by the original Captain Marvel, first published by Fawcett.
One of them is the Digital Comics Museum – run by a team clearly determined to honour contested ownership when companies like Warner Bros. There are a number of comic sites online quite legally republishing digital versions of comics now considered to be in the public domain, based on extensive research and sourcing original copies. There’s a long time rivalry between Superman and the original Captain Marvel, both on and off the page Comic Projects: The Really Heavy Greatcoat.Comics Projects: Return to Planet Earth.British Comic Reference | British Comic Characters Profiled | Garth.Marvel UK | “Genesis ’92”: Looking Back and What Might Have Been.British Comic Characters and Strips Profiled.Starblazer Checklist: Starblazer Abroad.Starblazer Recalled: Forgotten Fantasy Fiction – With Pictures.Action – The Sevenpenny Nightmare – Micro Site.British and Irish Creators and Publishers on Twitter.British Classic Comics and Creators on Facebook.British Comics Sales Figures: The Good Old Days.British News Stand Comics and Magazines for Teens, Pre-Teens and Children.Why Your Favourite British Comic Strip of 1974 Hasn’t Been Reprinted – Yet!.Lakes Festival Focus – Comic Creator Interviews.Roy of the Rovers – Rebellion Books Check List.2022 2000AD and Treasury of British Collections and Specials.
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